Re: [Blackbelly] Can anyone HELP me with my new Lamb?

[blueberryfarm]

Hey Jody,

You have a real Blackbelly on your hands.  They are very flighty and can 
jump quite high if spooked.  But if you start with a bucket of sweet 
feed, you can win her over in due time.  Always use the same bucket or 
bucket style and your sheep will come to it when they see.  If you will 
call your sheep while you feed them and show them the bucket, soon they 
will come at your call, if you use a distinctive call every time.  I 
call "Yoohoo sheep, yoohoo sheep!" now, without the bucket and they will 
come running and I can lead them to a new paddock or pasture with ease.

Good luck with your ewe and her crew.  You will enjoy them, both in the 
field and on the table.

Jerry
Windmill Farms LLC
Picayune, MS

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From: "GARLAND STAMPER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Can anyone HELP me with my new Lamb?


Hi Jody,

Don't despair...you new little one will just take some patience on 
your part.  If possible, put the goat and lamb in a very small 
enclosure or stall for a couple of weeks so you can interact with 
Lammie.  I tamed my very first 4 month old ram that way.  He lived in 
the chicken house til we acquired some sheep to go with him later. 
I'd just sit on a bucket and watch him eat his hay and then started 
tempting him with kale leaves and cut grasses.  It didn't take too 
long to win him over.  Amazingly, he was always respectful, even later 
as a mature ram.

Almost all of my sheep are bucket trained now.  I can let them out of 
their pen and they will follow me wherever I want by just following 
the little bucket of grain.  Believe me...it comes in handy to have 
them do this when you need to catch the whole flock for shots or to 
trim feet.  We do all of that in an enclosed stall or barn isle.

Just be careful always with blackbelly sheep or any of the primitive 
breeds. I think they should be called "flying sheep"!!

Beth in central OR
Sierra Luna Am. Blackbelly Sheep
Powell Butte, OR

PS  You might want to get Lammie another lamb friend down the road as 
they are such strong flockers.  Just tame the first one first.
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