Lustrous-Extent to which wool reflects light, to produce a sheen

Our lustrous ewe lambs born in 2013 did well over winter. They fully shed this spring. We had 1 1/2 feet of snow with freezing temperatures for 3 weeks with wind chills that finally sent our sheep to the barn. Our lustrous ewe lambs slept in the snow as did Pigee with our other Herd Sires. Ice formed on their coats, faces and ears. No frostbite or signs of chilling. Their bodies were warm to the touch while my hands were freezing from the chill in the air. We don't worm our sheep. Our lambs build resistance in the first year, so I have to assume if they are stressed with severe weather changes, they will lose some weight. All our sheep are fed hay over winter with no grain or supplements. They all remained healthy over winter and are thriving this spring with all the lush green pasture. It's late July now, the pastures are brown and the sheep are lean and at their perfect weight for fall.

The photos below are from our lustrous Honey Gen line. I have a ram lamb out of her this year. Gorgeous white coat. I have some lustrous ewes that will be for sale. See photos at bottom of this page.

I have several buyers that produced lustrous lambs this year, they are out of our lustrous rams sold in 2013.

New Zealand has wool lustrous coats. They will be studying the wool lustrous gene....http://www.agresearch.co.

We have hair sheep wtih lustrous coats/silk faces. More to come as we research our lustrous line...

Honey Gen I---2nd
generation produced
Honey Gen 2---3rd generation. HG-3 pictured as a lamb on top row. 2nd row-at a year. Last photo, shedding her lustrous winter coat. She sports a lustrous body coat for summer. She has produced all lustrous lambs, inlcuding our herd sire Pigee in 2012. Healthy sheep with gorgeous coats!