Nancy Richardson
Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:46:03 -0700
We raise the horned black bellies as well as Jacob 4 horns. They can be dangerous that is a fact. We had one although not bottle fed we got him at 6 weeks along with 4 others they are gone . This four hour liked to eat from the bucket when he got older. He wanted to demand the bucket. He bumped my husband several times. He then asked for a bucket that had water in it. Bingo! A splash in the face! How he hated this . He didn't ask for several days but came back and just made the motion like he wanted the bucket Splash with half a bucket. He no longer asks. It has been over 6 months. We tried this with a black belly who is penned by himself since we don't use him. This worked great. now when he sees the buck he goes and hides behind his hut and peeks out until the feeding is done. This may help someone. But Still be mindful if getting in the pen of everyone. I even have ewes who are tame and they will nock a bucket out of your hand to get to corn if you let them. Nancy _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info