blueberryfarm
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:34:57 -0800
I have enjoyed reading all these posts on nutrition, but they make me feel very inadequate. Am I not treating my blackbellies well? I simply put them out to pasture, fertilize once in the summer and again in the late fall when I put out my winter rye. They get granulated mineral ad lib and nothing else. I monitor their droppings for eggs and their load is light so I do not worm them and they lamb every 7 or 8 months, but I have not yet had any twins. I have trained them to a feed bucket and a vocal call, but they get a taste of the feed bucket only maybe once a month. They are a joy to have and to watch but require very little maintenance in my part of the country, if one is satisfied with single births. Jerry Picayune, Mississippi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Selenium > Thanks Shel! > > This sounds like a keen interest for you too! > > Our sulphur levels in the feed are averaging around 0.11 mg. I am > going > to be adding a horse product called "Gen-A-Horse" to the sheeps' feed > which is biotin, another sulphur bearing compound, and zinc > methionine. > I may have the sulphur dilemma nailed! > > Reading more, I guess that sulphur isn't a common supplement because a > lot of drinking water contains sulphates and some byproduct type feeds > are also high in sulphur, so apparently excess is more of a problem > than > deficiency. > > Barb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Asylum Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Selenium > > >> Barb- if I remember correctly, to supplement sulfur you should >> ideally >> add methionine. And the requirements were that 0.4mg was an >> acceptable level. >> >> Shel >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? >> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info