Unzicker ewes - Early Importation lines |
Because
Jacob Sheep are a rare breed, we feel it is important to promote
the continuation of the various blood lines. By doing this we hope
to keep inbreeding at a minimum. One of our goals is to maintain
the genetics of some of the Jacobs who were first imported into
the United States. Their "purity", of course, is only as pure as
were the imported Jacobs. With this in mind, we have attempted to
purchase sheep from some of these early importations.
The four flocks from whom we have purchased these sheep have all been closed. Some of these breeders have worked hard to keep inbreeding as low as possible. We traveled to Vermont to purchase sheep from Maizie Hescock (Jacob's Ladder) who imported Jacobs from Scotland in the mid 70's. A part of that group went to Jamie Huntsberger. For seven years, Jamie's sheep had the run of Butter Island, a three hundred acre island off the coast of Maine. In the summer of 2003, we spent several days there rounding up 64 of the 86 head on the island. Some of those sheep are now in our flock. |
Unzicker Caroline
A054-04 |
| A third flock from which
we purchased was the Culloden flock located in Maryland. This flock
developed from two bred ewes purchased in the early '80s from the
Fieldwood flock. The other flock from which we bought sheep was the New Hampshire Kisakanari flock owed by Janet Sillars and Brooks McCandlish. Additionally, as opportunities have become known to us, we have purchased individuals whose sires and or dams were entered in the early flock books. Meet the flock: Ewes-Early Importation lines| Ewes-Maverick/Rockies lines| Ewes-Maverick Magnus offspring| Ewes-Other|
Royal & Sue Unzicker
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