[Blackbelly] grieving sheep

2009-06-23 Thread Double J Farms
Georgette: I can't answer you question for sure, but thought I would share a recent experience. After ten years of raising AB, I had my first ever birthing problem. An older ewe tried to deliver twins at the same time. They were so tangled up in there that I could not make it happen so we made

Re: [Blackbelly] grieving sheep

2009-06-23 Thread Carr DuPuy
We took in rejected lamb about two years ago. We got her back to health with cilostrum and milk replacer. She lived at our house in the city for about three months . We tried to get her back into the herd when we were at the farm, but she had no interest. We finally decided to leave

Re: [Blackbelly] grieving sheep

2009-06-23 Thread Cecil Bearden
I have raised 4 bottle babies that are now in the flock and have 4 more that were born in March that I am weaning from the bottle now. The latest ones are in the yard with my 5 rams. So far there is really no problem. My first bottle child is with the flock and has been there for about 4