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Two white sheep can have a black lamb due to the presence of recessive genes in their genetic makeup. If both parents carry a recessive allele for black color, even if they appear white, they can produce offspring that express that trait. This phenomenon is linked to the complex genetics of sheep coat color, where multiple genes influence the final appearance. Thus, genetic variation allows for unexpected color outcomes in their offspring.
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Is a white lamb better than a black lamb?
White lambs give you white wool, while, black sheep produce black wool. So just depends whether or not you like white better than black; or black better than white. Other than that there is no other differences between the two sheep.
What is another name for yearling sheep?
a one to two year old lamb can be a ewe-lamb or a ram-lamb or a wether they can also so be called a hogget after the ewe lamb has her first lamb or is two years old she is called a ewe or as a group sheep as she gets older her meat will be called mutton
What age does a sheep become known as mutton?
A sheep is never called a Mutton. A mutton is meat from a mature domestic sheep. A Ram is an intact male sheep. A Ewe is an intact female sheep A Wether is a castrated male sheep. A lamb is a young sheep. Lambing is giving birth to sheep. A Flock is a group of sheep.
What is the alternate name for lamb?
Sheep (Ovis ares) are a more general term for lambs. Also, lamb can also be confused with hogget and mutton. A lamb is a young sheep under 12 months of age which does not have permanent incisor teeth, while hogget refers to sheep having no more than two permanent incisor teeth and mutton refers to sheep having more than two permanent incisor teeth.
What is the difference between a goat and a lamb?
Goats are Female, Lamb Is MaleGoats and sheep are two different species - lamb is a baby sheep.
What is hogget?
Hogget is a 1-2 year old sheep - the name for sheep between lamb & mutton. The way to tell hogget is if the sheep has had its first two first two permanent teeth come through. It then called two tooth or hogget
A pet lamb is a cross ram?
a pet lamb grows to be a cross ram like his father
What is the difference between mutton and lamb?
The main difference between mutton and lamb is the age of the sheep when it is slaughtered. Lamb comes from younger sheep, typically under one year old, while mutton comes from older sheep, usually over two years old. This difference in age affects the flavor and tenderness of the meat.
What is the difference between lamb and goat?
Lamb is a sheep less than a year old, typically slaughtered between the ages of four and twelve months. Older sheep is called mutton and has a much stronger flavor and tougher meat that many find distasteful Contrary to conventional wisdom, in the USA any sheep under two years of age can be legally labled and sold as lamb.
What happens to black lambs when they get older?
There are two things that can happen, most suffolk lambs are born black, and once shorn, will be white. Or, sometimes if the dam is black, the lamb will also stay black. This is for suffolks anyways.... =]
When does a lamb become a sheep?
A lamb becomes a sheep when it reaches the age of 12 months.
If All sheeps are black Mary's lamb is white?
All sheep are not black, there are many color varieties bred for the wool and mohair trade mnainkly in Australia. You are confusing two different rhymes, Mary had a Little Lamb, whose fleece were white as snow- with Bah Bah Black Sheep, not the Marine fighter squadron! It is remotely conceivable the poem (Mary and the lamb) might be poking fun at poor Queen Mary Tudor, who was, as is known deeply religious. She was the daughter of the Spanish Royal House and Henry Viii!-one can 7understand her martial ardor towards non-Catholics. of course (Lamb Of God) refrs to the Christ Child and has a religious connotation-and white is purity, as with a White Dove as a peace symbol. Leave the Poor Lady alone, she only reigned five years, the shortest natural reign (as opposed to executed Lady Jane Grey- 8 days on the throne) of any English monarch. Mary I acceded in l553 and died in l558 of some form of cancer,possiblky Leukemia-which also Did in her Half-sister (Via King Hal-Henry 8) Elizabeth I. (Bloody) Mary had a short, tragic reign. Leave her alone!
