Yea I don't get the thrill of shooting something that really can't get
away or can't fight back. All you need to get our guys is rattle a
coffee can with a bit of corn in it. They'll come running from an acre
away. But if that is how they get their thrills I'll supply their
game if it
Thank you Michael. I was afraid you were going to succumb to the mighty
dollar. When my first ram Blackie, was not usuable for service, I
wethered him and he turned out to be a great pet and would lead the
flock in to the pen or wherever I needed them. He later had an injury
to his feet, he
Thanks to both Carol and Curtis, our mineral bill will be going down.
On 10/6/2013 6:32 PM, Carol Elkins wrote:
Curtis has sent me photos of his mineral feeder and I've uploaded them
to the Blackbelly Listserv's Scrapebook page at
http://www.blackbellysheep.info/scrapbook.html Choose the
Yes, thank you for the pictures of the PVC mineral feeder!
Betsy
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On Oct 9, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com wrote:
Thanks to both Carol and Curtis, our mineral bill will be going down.
On 10/6/2013 6:32 PM, Carol Elkins wrote:
Curtis has sent me
One of the resons I got into ABB sheep is that I understood they have a
natural ability to resist parisites and dasieses, In the arcives I read how
some are worming there sheep, Can we get by whithout worming and vaccinating?
On Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:22 PM, Betsy bwildcatl...@aol.com
Hi Ellen,
Great question, and you will probably receive several different
viewpoints. In almost 16 years of raising Barbados Blackbelly, I have
never dewormed or vaccinated my sheep. Although I haven't had any
sheep losses from worm overload, I was prepared to lose some in order
to cull any
Glad I could be of help. I got the idea from someone else but wanted the clean
out plugs instead of an end cap so that I could clean them out when needed.
Curtis
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