2019, Waiting on lambs!

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The bleaching, oddly enough, still happens to greys!
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Billy is grey for awhile now.
Before shearing, front left-
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After, right-
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And this is now-
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This is him after shearing a couple years ago, center.
The black ram is an age greyer. He didn't start to grey until after his 4th birthday.
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This is his fleece this year-
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Here's 4 blacks at the feeder, one still black, 3 greying.
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And this is a lamb with rapid color loss.
Born black, which sun bleached quickly & is also greying quickly.
I've noticed that ones that are bleaching fast as lambs, are usually also greying quickly.
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Oh, and!
A greyed black, if skin is injured, will regrow the wool as black & restart the greying process!
Also, this one was injured as a lamb, so the greying got a delay, even before the rest started to grey. (She was still black to the skin)
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And this is her this year, finally caught up.
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Good to know about the colors! Thanks for the info :)
And they're all so cute!! They're really small...how big do they get?
 
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