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Blue-woolled lambs were sometimes born in Texel flocks, but little attention was paid to them until the 1970s, when deliberate breeding for blue colour began, and some blue flocks were established. [4]: 765 A flock-book for blue sheep within the Texel breed was started in 1983, and a breed society was formed in that year. [4]: 765 [2]
Three-year-old ram from the island of Texel British Texel ewe with twin lambs near Erpingham in Norfolk. The Texel is a Dutch breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel. [3] It is a heavy and muscular sheep, and produces a lean meat carcass. It is polled, clean-faced and clean-legged, with white face and wool.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep.Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species.
The U.S Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 3, 2023, in Washington. A religious couple from Anderson, Indiana is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a case involving their child, a transgender teen ...
In sheep farming, the term mule is used to refer to a cross between a Bluefaced Leicester ram and a purebred hill (or mountain) ewe (usually a Swaledale sheep) . [1]The production of such mule ewes is a widely used breeding management system which offers several advantages to the farmer.
This is a list of mammals in Indiana. A total of 60 species are listed. A total of 60 species are listed. Species currently extirpated in the state include the black bear , gray wolf , elk , American marten , cougar , fisher , porcupine , and bison .
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood. A total of 21 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution.
The modern strain of skinny guinea pig originated from a cross between haired guinea pigs and a hairless lab strain.The hairless strain that it is most likely related to was a spontaneous genetic mutation that was first identified at Montreal's Armand Frappier Institute in 1978, in a colony of Hartley lab guinea pigs.