The Sheep with Black Heads

A story about how the sheep with black heads, the Dashwood Dorpers, arrived at the farm.

Reproductive and Developmental Behaviour in Sheep: An Anthology from ``Applied Animal Ethology''
By A.F. Fraser
All lambs in the untreated group, and all with black tail and rump or black front legs also sucked within 15 s, but most completely black lambs or lambs with black head took longer than 15 s to suck (Fig.2); indeed, two lambs in each of ...
China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty
By Charles D. Benn
They were probably superstitions based on ancient folklore : do not eat black cows or sheep with white heads , white sheep with black heads , white horses with black heads or hooves , deer with white armpits , any animal with red feet ...