Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 11, Issue 67

Brucellosis is a sexually transmitted disease that causes sterility in rams. Sandy On Saturday, November 21, 2015 7:26 PM, Nancy Johnson wrote: What is Brucellosis? Nancy > On Nov 21, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Eileen Breedlove > wrote: >

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 11, Issue 67

On Saturday, November 21, 2015 8:10 PM, SHession <slhess...@yahoo.com> wrote: Brucellosis is a sexually transmitted disease that causes sterility in rams. Sandy On Saturday, November 21, 2015 7:26 PM, Nancy Johnson <imgr8a...@comcast.net> wrote: What is Brucell

Re: [Blackbelly] Dumb lamb

Thanks to all who have given feedback on this little lamb.  He seems to be doing better with the regular bottle feedings, and is much stronger today.  Since I have goats, he is getting goat milk, and seems to be doing well on it.  Guess I'll have to accept that I have a bottle baby. Nancy - I

[Blackbelly] Dumb lamb

I have a ram lamb that was born last Saturday (Sept 14).  From the beginning he wasn't right.  He was born in the barn sometime between 2 AM and 7AM.  When I found him he was dried off, but had managed to get in behind the lambing jug, and was stuck back there, inaccessible to Mom.  I got him

Re: [Blackbelly] Mothering ability

for along time, so I am going to thin my flock and keep everything that is named!! Just my opinion and observations. Cecil in OKla 5/11/2012 7:38 PM, SHession wrote: Thank you to all for the good advice.  The lambs continue to do well.  Mom lets the babies nurse while I hold her, and has

[Blackbelly] Rejected lambs

Hi all: I just had my second ewe lamb last night. She had twins, a ram and a ewe between 2:45 and 3:45 AM.  When the first one (the ram) was born she began to clean him off, but once he moved she began butting him into the wall.  Fortunately I was there to rescue him.  She did a little better

Re: [Blackbelly] Rejected lambs

Thank you Mary.  If you can find the picture that would be great.  I've been looking through the plans and have found a portable stanchion which would probably work. Sandy - Original Message - From: Mary Swindell mswin...@siu.edu To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info; SHession

[Blackbelly] Thank you

Thank you to all for the good advice.  The lambs continue to do well.  Mom lets the babies nurse while I hold her, and has become increasingly less aggressive with them over the course of the day.  I am hopeful that she will accept them.  I will put together a headgate for her tomorrow, if

[Blackbelly] Fencing

Hi all: I am in the process of putting up fence for my BB sheep.  For my paddock area I have used sheep and goat fencing with 4x4 squares with electric above, but it is expensive.  What experiences have people had with standard field fence?  I would like to fence our perimeter, and the

Re: [Blackbelly] Sick Sheep

the others out...  If the grass is lush,  then I would only give them a mineral supplement and leave the grain for catching them or leading them into the barn Just my $0.02 Cecil in oKla On 9/5/2011 2:10 PM, SHession wrote: Thank you for all the good suggestions.  They were wormed

[Blackbelly] Sick Sheep

Hi all: I am fairly new to sheep, and have two seven month old BB ewes. This morning one of them did not want to eat her grain.  They get a small amount of sheep feed each AM and PM, which is an alfalfa based pellet.  She obviously does not feel well. Her ears are droopy.  Her color and

Re: [Blackbelly] Sick Sheep

Thank you for all the good suggestions. They were wormed about 5 weeks ago with oral Ivermectin. She seems better this afternoon and nibbled on some grass, so hopefully we are on the road to recovery. I will get some Probios this afternoon, and put out some baking soda. I will give them