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Seen a few posts about black Cheviots on Facebook, all seem to be American, are they a thing in the UK?
Are they any different apart from the colour?
Are they any different apart from the colour?
Good to know, I'd never come across any before.They are common here, too. Black is a recessive gene, comes through every now and again.
Exactly the same as a 'normal' white Cheviot, but black.
Ewe lambs usually get pulled out/sold on their own - money for the kids...
Good to know, I'd never come across any before.
You don't fancy selling them as blue Cheviots then? They could be the next big thing! [emoji16]
.....you WILL.....Or thinking about it - if you put a black tip to black ewes you MIGHT get black lambs, it'd definitely increase the chances of it.
If your ewes are homozygous for white then you'll get all white lambs, BUT they will all carry one black gene. When you breed them to a black tup you've then got a 1 in 3 chance of 'em throwing a black lamb, the others will be white (but black carriers).Oh so the black is suitably recessive that my black tup should throw mostly white lambs! I’ll be keeping the ewe lambs then , winner winner !
Read this earlier, makes me happy we've only got one Cheviot left
Oh so the black is suitably recessive that my black tup should throw mostly white lambs! I’ll be keeping the ewe lambs then , winner winner !
It must be possible to register black cheviots because the Kelso flock had one in at the Clitheroe society sale about 3 years ago. He said that he has a flock of them which he runs separate from the rest.Happy to be corrected but iirc black sheep cannot be registered with the society