One More New Ram

We added one more ram to our flock yesterday.  He is a rare and lovely chocolate color.  His chocolate coloring goes all the way down to the skin, which is not a common trait in Icelandics.  Most colored Icelandics have their coloring only in their outer wool. Their under wool is cream or grey.  When you spin the wool of those animals, the yarn will end up much much lighter than the outer color of the animal.  The yarn will end up a pale oatmeal color, or grey color. But, our new ram has a rich deep chocolate underwool.  Yarn spun from his wool will produce a lovely yarn saturated in color.  He is especially valuable to me genetically for his ability to produce babies like himself with dense color.