Amy S 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 5,666 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 601 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2022 Birthday: 23/04/1982 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Hi everyone, I was down at the farm this weekend and it's lambing season. There were so many frisky little bundles of white bouncing around the paddocks :rofl: There was a brand new hour old lamb there - It had blue eyes. I've never seen a blue eyed lamb before. Is this normal or a mutation/defect? It's such a gorgeous little one and is a twin, but the twin has brown eyes. I'm just curious as the people who own the farm have no idea as the sheep are being leased on their property. Link to comment
RIPbudgies 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 4,902 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 872 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 16/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2013 Birthday: 27/10/1957 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Would help to know what breed of sheep they are. Generally blue eyes come with pied or mixed coat like colouring in some animals. In horses there are a couple of blue eye like types called Glass-eye and Wall-eye. Link to comment
chookbreeder9 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 5,463 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 26/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 7, 2014 Birthday: 09/05/1966 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I have seen cows with "blue Eyes" that look a bit like sheeps eyes (you can see a rectangular "pupil" in them). A holstein cow called A Tora Triple Threat Lulu was the most famous cow with "weird eyes" and was the dam of a very notable Holstein sire called Hanoverhill Inspiration who had thousands of daughters around the world. Must be recessive as you don't see many. Cheers PT Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted June 8, 2010 i seen few blue eyed ewes but couldn't tell you if its normal or not sorry Link to comment
Amy S 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 5,666 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 601 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2022 Birthday: 23/04/1982 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Oh sorry RIP, it's a Merrino. Forgot to add the breed whoops. No mixed colouring in the coat and it is a purebred. It reminded me of a goat's eyes because the pupil was so clear - much like the way you described the cows, PT. But it did look strange, but still very cute. It's the first blue eyed sheep I have ever seen. I tried googling pictures and information but was rather unsuccessful Link to comment
rachelm 0 Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 6,042 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 740 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,045 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2014 Birthday: 15/06/1977 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Oh sorry RIP, it's a Merrino. Forgot to add the breed whoops. No mixed colouring in the coat and it is a purebred. It reminded me of a goat's eyes because the pupil was so clear - much like the way you described the cows, PT. But it did look strange, but still very cute. It's the first blue eyed sheep I have ever seen. I tried googling pictures and information but was rather unsuccessful Painted horses and Siberian huskies are other blue eye animals. Never seen a blue eye sheep. It sounds eerie. Link to comment
Ratzy 0 Posted June 9, 2010 Member ID: 5,628 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,283 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,095 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 22, 2012 Birthday: 26/03/1998 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I've seen a blue eyed lamb, Amy's twin was one. Unfortunately he died at 1 week of age from some sort of illness. Amy was stronger, and she was taken to the vet. Link to comment
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