Re: [Blackbelly] dying lambs

2007-10-21 Thread Barb Lee
I don't think I've seen clostridium - overeaters disease mentioned. My apologies if I missed something. Kills the biggest and best lambs quickly and apparently without a lot of symptoms. Good luck to you. I've screamed into my pillow many times over the mysterious loss of sheep, but this

[Blackbelly] Montmorillonite Clay

2007-10-21 Thread Barb Lee
I first ran across this item in an article by a holistic DVM in Stockman Grass Farmer magazine. It was an excellent series of articles on the importance of minerals. He said he couldn't create a holistic herd health program without a product such as this. That's a pretty broad statement, but

[Blackbelly] dead lambs quick

2007-10-21 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
A couple of years ago we put some rams out on a neighbors pasture and fed them grain about 2 times a week. they had been wormed. But we lost 3 of them. They just dropped dead. Figured out it was anemia. They were not getting enough protein from the grass but yet looked fat and sassy. Perhaps

Re: [Blackbelly] horns

2007-10-21 Thread Cecil Bearden
He was wethered at about 10 years old. You are right. Cecil in OKla Rick Krach wrote: Cecil, is it usual for a wether to grow horns? I presumed that they would not get much more than stubs. Rick Krach Auburn, California (530) 889-1488 Message: 4 Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:06:28