Hi Barbara,
We tried all those nipples as well and found that our took to a baby
bottle with in a day or two. None of ours ever bit the ends off, they did
try though.
Lorean
I had to force feed ours by prying their mouth open and holding their head
still (on my lap). This went on for a week
That's interesting to know because I tried the baby bottles and it seemed the
rippled part they really could suck with was further back in their mouth than
the baby nipple would reach. I also liked the way the nipples screwed onto a
water bottle since ours drank about 12 oz every 2 hours.
Hello good list~I have a lamb (ram and a twin with one sister) that I THINK
may be an albino. I have been trying to Google and find out all I can about
Albinism and have not had much luck finding much of any useful information
on Albinism of any kind~let alone sheep. My sheep are predominantly
We have one ram right now that is being bottle feed (Babe). His mother is
the best sociable one we have but she will never feed both lambs, she
always rejects one of them. But Babe is about a week old now and he is
only drinking about 4 oz. every 3 hours. After see how much your drink, is
that not
I have had similar crosses in my sheep. What makes you suspect albinism
over just a white sheep? All of my polypay/Barbados blackbelly were white.
Eye color can be tricky in a young lamb. If the eyes are blue I am guessing
you might truly have an albino.
Mark W.
Subject: [Blackbelly]
I am raising almost a dozen lambs now. Different ages and reasons why. But
some of them only take 4 oz every 4 or 5 hours. And they are a week or more
old. I also dilute my milk a little bit making albout 18 - 20 oz instead of
the 16. This keeps away scours if they do over eat a little. I also
hello everyone!
the DEC/JAN trip was quite expensive for me as far as repair costs - I
am in a cash flow crunch to be able to pay for repairs plus my normal
'living' expenses during FEB/MAR - to generate the needed repair cash I
am resurrecting the 'Travel Discount Coupon' program
starting now
hello everyone!
reservations continue to stream in for the MAR/APR coast to coast
transport trip - early reservations indicate that a west coast loop
followed by an east coast loop is likely to occur - there are two large
loads on the west coast going eastbound so I am likely to be on the
west
