I had a polled dorsett cross lamb born last season that had one eye that was partially blue. That was the first one I've ever had in 10 years of raising lambs.
Strange question-What about your sheep's eyes?
Hi 
I own a poll dorset ram with one blue (wall) eye and I've seen several other poll dorsets with one or 2 blue eyes, all my other sheep have varying brown or grey eyes, so far from about 75 progeny none of the lambs sired by the blue eyed ram have one or 2 blue eyes, there were 2 lambs (both rams) with blue flecks and some of the baby lambs were born with blue eyes that later turned brown. So does this mean that the blue eye gene is not very inheritable? Would it ever show up in coloured sheep (black piebald, moorit etc)? Do you own a sheep with a blue eyes? Or another different colour? I've only ever seen the blue in the poll dorset but soon I'll be getting a purebred EF ram with 2 blue eyes, so it must turn up in other breeds occasionally.
Curious,
Sheepy
I own a poll dorset ram with one blue (wall) eye and I've seen several other poll dorsets with one or 2 blue eyes, all my other sheep have varying brown or grey eyes, so far from about 75 progeny none of the lambs sired by the blue eyed ram have one or 2 blue eyes, there were 2 lambs (both rams) with blue flecks and some of the baby lambs were born with blue eyes that later turned brown. So does this mean that the blue eye gene is not very inheritable? Would it ever show up in coloured sheep (black piebald, moorit etc)? Do you own a sheep with a blue eyes? Or another different colour? I've only ever seen the blue in the poll dorset but soon I'll be getting a purebred EF ram with 2 blue eyes, so it must turn up in other breeds occasionally.
Curious,
Sheepy
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