Re: [Blackbelly] IVY- UPDATE

2010-09-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Have you tried the paste that has the probiotics in it for her rumen? That also helps alot. Nancy - Original Message - From: ljacob4...@aol.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 23:50 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] IVY- UPDATE Thank you, I will

Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose You ain't gonna believethis!!!

2010-08-12 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
wow! what a find! I would have never of thought it. It seems like they are always snorting some grain when feed ground corn to worm with pellets etc but wouldn't have thought of grass seed! Nancy - Original Message - From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net To:

Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose

2010-08-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Cecil never had anything so bad . We have thistle and sometime we see one shaking her head but nothing like this! Sounds agrivating and painful for the poor girl. Nancy - Original Message - From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Monday,

Re: [Blackbelly] California breeders: more ram lambs than ewe

2010-08-05 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We are in missouri and raise several kinds of horned sheep. We had about 2 to 1 ewes verses rams this year. But we have had tons of rain and mud. Now its hot and humid! almost all the mud is gone. Nancy - Original Message - From: Sunny wspri...@goldstate.net To:

Re: [Blackbelly] Help: Need info on bottle feeding

2010-08-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I agree with Cecil. I normally sleep with my new babies for the first night or 2. I didn't realize they were so small when I told you about the feeding amounts. On ones this small I feel lucky when I get a half ounce down them every 2 hours at first. I use a pet nurser bottle and the longest

Re: [Blackbelly] Also new here:)

2010-06-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
:) Nancy, I checked on your web site and it came up site not found. Is this the correct link? Liz Radi idar alpacas and nubians 100% ARI and homegrown Nunn Colorado 970-897-2580 http://idaralpaca.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net

Re: [Blackbelly] Also new here:)

2010-06-17 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Welcome to the list. You will love having BB sheep! We are in North Central MO if that helps. We sometimes meet people part way to help on there time etc. www.freewebs.com/mossyspringranch.com Nancy - Original Message - From: Tashia Lund tl...@eclipsebordercollies.com To:

Re: [Blackbelly] New Here!

2010-06-15 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Welcom to the list! I would suggest getting bottle babies that are weaned . They will cost a little more but they are sure easy handlers normally. If you don't mind feeding bottles that makes them bond even better to you. The ram being bottled bothers alot of folks but I have never personally

Re: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning

2010-06-10 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Could she be constipated? Have you changed the temperature of her milk? Nancy - Original Message - From: ssja...@windstream.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 21:15 Subject: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning I have

Re: [Blackbelly] Alfalfa for sheep?

2010-05-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
alfalafa / orchard is what we always feed. No problems. Just stinks if it gets wet and gets flies really going! Nancy - Original Message - From: Tom Quinn cars1...@yahoo.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 20:11 Subject: [Blackbelly] Alfalfa for

[Blackbelly] Help broken leg

2010-05-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
The vet is closed naturally. We found a 3 day old lamb with a broken leg in the flat part of the back hip. We have splinted to the best of our ability . We have given some penn but I think he should have some kind of pain killer to help reduce any inflamation and keep him a little quite for the

Re: [Blackbelly] Bent legged lamb update~

2010-04-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I once had a lamb that way about a week or so old that go hit orsomething . It couldn't walk but if i put him up he could stand.. I bottle fed him for several weeks finally he got where he could get himself up and then stand. Finally to walk a step. He is now a year old. We call him cinnamon.

Re: [Blackbelly] New momma will not hold still to feed lambafter 10hours

2010-03-31 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
My thoughts exactly she could just be in pain when he does grab on! Nancy - Original Message - From: Onalee Israel ona...@aol.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:02 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] New momma will not hold still to feed lambafter

Re: [Blackbelly] New momma will not hold still to feed lambafter10hours

2010-03-31 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
/mwsmith100/spring_2010/Ruby_labor.html -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net wrote: My thoughts exactly she could just be in pain when he does grab on! Nancy - Original Message - From: Onalee Israel ona...@aol.com

Re: [Blackbelly] First lambs from my first bottle-ewes

2010-03-29 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Congratulations! Nancy - Original Message - From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 22:37 Subject: [Blackbelly] First lambs from my first bottle-ewes The first of three yearling bottle-ewes who had

Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics

2010-03-28 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I wouldn't think anyqne with a heart could break the leg of a lamb! You could just catch it and carry it around with you all the time. It will either take to you or not. I had a lamb break a leg and it didn't make him any tamer. I kept him in a horse trailor front and fed him everyday for 6

[Blackbelly] Rams For Sale

2010-03-28 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I have a couple of trophy type rams that I will sell this year if there is anyone out there interested in some new blood. www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch for info on bloodline and off line contact info. Thanks For looking Nancy ___ This message

Re: [Blackbelly] (no subject)

2010-03-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We try and save anything that is small. The weather played a large roll in it this year. We don't have large barns for things to lamb in so if a mom lambs in a bplace where it was very windy in a hut and the lamb is freezing faster than she can clean it we bring it in. Also I sell alot of

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 6, Issue 39

2010-03-08 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
the list at blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. lambing season (Nancy Tom Richardson) 2. Re: lambing season (Peter C. Wallace) 3. Lambing this year (Michael

[Blackbelly] lambing season

2010-03-07 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We had over 100 babies born. But We used a Racka Ram which through mostly black sheep. Although I did get some great looking black bellies. My 35 jacobs are in the swing of lambing. about 10 have popped just waiting for the rest over the next month. The Racka crosses really grow fast. They are

[Blackbelly] Black lamb

2010-02-02 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I haven't had this but he sound beautiful! Nancy ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info

[Blackbelly] Fw: placenta Bag

2010-01-17 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
- Original Message - From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:35 AM Subject: placenta Bag Good morning everyone I have a problem this morning I found where a second ewe couldn't clean the bag off

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Agressive RAms

2010-01-13 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I bottle raise quite a few rams. I haven't had one get agressive yet. I put them in with other rams at about 3 -4 months of age. Or group them all together. When this happens they tend to go back to their wild state for the most part. Some remain easy to catch while others wouldn't come near.

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 170

2009-12-10 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:20:26 -0600 From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net We have line bred for about 5 years to get the horn traits that we want. We started with Wingnut bred him to his daughters once. Then took a son Junior and bred him

[Blackbelly] racka blackbelly

2009-12-10 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Message-ID: 3eabf8bc0912091518t736968f8r913bfa9c06d5c...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:20:26 -0600 From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net We have line bred for about 5 years to get the horn traits that we want. We started

[Blackbelly] line breeding

2009-12-08 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We have line bred for about 5 years to get the horn traits that we want. We started with Wingnut bred him to his daughters once. Then took a son Junior and bred him to those first of his dads which were basically his sisters and then the young ones. We did this twice and then used a son of his

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 163

2009-12-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I do the same with about 150 girls with my ram running year round. If a girl comes in he will run the babies off. This normally occurs at about 6 weeks. Good luck Nancy - Original Message - From: blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info

Re: [Blackbelly] noisy sheep

2009-11-21 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Well, I must have the noisy sheep of all. Mine love to talk! my husnband says it gets so annoying!. If I have a ewe that is given a little extra when she is alone. she then comes to the fence and cries everytime someone goes out. She wan't a bottle baby either She now has 6wk old twins and when

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 150

2009-11-15 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I had a ewe that broke her leg just below the knew I couldn't get a splint on it but penned her in a hut. Fed watered etc for about a month. She did just fine. It took her a while to trust enough to walk on it but she is up and running good. She was bred just shortly after I let her out and

[Blackbelly] New Ram picture

2009-11-02 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
For those of you who like to look at photos I have posted a new photo of a group of our Trophy type rams under our page Rams Galore. They would all make good herd sires. They all have great temperments as well as horns if you like the open look. Thanks for looking! Nancy

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 146

2009-11-02 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Peter they may be only lawn mowers but they are cuties! Love those tails! Blackbellies make great pets especially if bottle raised and/or given alot of attention and love when small. We raise about 20 or 30 babies of different breeds on our farm each year and I hate to sell them! But now that

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 143

2009-10-29 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I bottle raised a jacob with my hair sheep. a couple of months after weaning I penned her with the jacobs again some he age some ewes. They hated her! hit her etc. I left her for about a week thinking they would bond eventually. Nope! Then I put her back with her original buddies. They

[Blackbelly] (no subject)

2009-09-27 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hi ! Had a lady call me that is looking for a small possible bottle baby ewe in northwest Ark. or Oklahoma. Anyone out there have such a thing? Thanks Nancy ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 113

2009-08-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Thanks for the update on your lamb she sounds like she is doing really well. When I wean I generally cut the milk concentrate first along with a little less the amount per feeding so that they desire to eat more. Then go for the less time and less milk etc. It normally take me about 3 weeks to

[Blackbelly] scours

2009-07-24 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I have a bottle jacob ram lamb it is only the size of a 6 week old but is almost 3 months. His wool is bad and he is boney. I have wormed him etc. He is still being bottled because of his bad health. He started getting scours when he was about 3 weeks old and gets them periodically. They are a

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 104

2009-07-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Sorry to hear about the large loss. We don't have a dog either. But find that fireworks work really well to scare off the coyotes when they start howling really close. The loud noise bothers them but we have found that dogs and especially dogs that are used buy hunters and around gun fire are

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 75

2009-04-29 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
If she were mine I .would give her Pen g twice a day about 6cc and do it for 5 days I would also give her probiotics to keep rumen in check but that would just be for my sheep. and is just my opinion. I would maybe call a vet to check for sure. Nancy - Original Message - From:

[Blackbelly] macon sale

2009-04-07 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Yes, They charge $15 at macon to sell each lamb in their auction.I am only a little over an hour away so its not to bad for just a couple of days. I also sell some of my bigger rams there so this is why I get to sell in the swap bottle babies and they are priced at $125 or so each depending on

Re: [Blackbelly] Sick lamb

2009-04-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. sick lamb (Nancy Tom Richardson) 2. microscopes for fecal tests (Cathy Mayton) 3. Re: microscopes for fecal tests (Becky Lannon) 4. Re: microscopes for fecal tests

[Blackbelly] Lamb Sales

2009-04-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
... Today's Topics: 1. sick lamb (Nancy Tom Richardson) 2. microscopes for fecal tests (Cathy Mayton) 3. Re: microscopes for fecal tests (Becky Lannon) 4. Re: microscopes for fecal tests (Cathy Mayton) -- Message: 1 Date

[Blackbelly] sick lamb

2009-04-05 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I know my jacobs are different but I have a question about a sick lamb perhaps someone may have seen in their balckbellies. He is a bottle baby first of all. About a month old. The first 2 weeks of his life he ate like a pig! now for the last 2 weeks I have been lucky to get 5 ounces of

[Blackbelly] Re Location

2009-03-30 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I just want to let everyone know on the list that I will have some ewes for sale as well as lambs even a bottle or two I think that are not spoken for. Please contact me off list if interested. Also If anyone is in need of a ram I have several that I am going to sell. Thanks Nancy

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 34

2009-02-26 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We use regular cattle wire all around but always make sure that when going to catch work them that we coax them into an area with a cattle panel or higher fence. we don't seem to have much problem. Although from time to time a horn will get caught and we will have to get them out. These

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 27

2009-02-20 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I hate to promote a certain brand but I use Kent milk replacer. My lambs do great! I have 21 now! The only catch is that I mix it at about 20oz of water instead of 16. This makes it not so rich and give scours or bloat if they happen to over eat just a little and also pepto will take care of it

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 22

2009-02-14 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I agree with 2 cycles. I have seen ewes bred for 2 days and then not have lambs until the second cycle time. For some reason sometimes they just don't settle. Nancy How long are most folks leaving the ram in with the ewes to make sure that they have all (all = 5 to10 ewes in my case) been

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20

2009-02-12 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
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

[Blackbelly] Colostrum question

2009-02-10 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello I have a question perhaps someone else will have an answer for. I found a twin lamb that had been left by mom perhaps 10 hours withought colostrum. It then drank 4 oz. and will be eating more. Will this lamb have a chance to make it or do you think it was to late? I never thought to look

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 16

2009-02-08 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
the external anatomy, so most of them don't get or stay bred. Stephanie Westminster, SC On Feb 7, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Nancy Tom Richardson wrote: Well, heres the story, Last spring I had triplets born, 2 rams and a ewe so I thought. I bottle fed the ewe. She grew great horns and had a mane! My husband

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 9

2009-01-25 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
(Nancy Tom Richardson) 2. Re: Wormer blocks (j...@netzero.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:54:29 -0600 From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Wormer blocks To: blackbelly

Re: [Blackbelly] Wormer blocks

2009-01-24 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
The wormer blocks we have here are for cattle. We tried it but they don't eat enough fast enough for it to do any good. It has safegaurd in it. Nancy - Original Message - ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's

[Blackbelly] Ram For sale - Missouri

2009-01-05 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
twins. Some of his lambs are pictured in various ways on our site. www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch Just give us an email if interested. Thanks for looking! Nancy Tom Richardson ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 146

2008-12-16 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
For those of you who looked at the photos I should say that we sold WingNut at the top of the page about 2 years ago when Junior came along and was so beautiful. His horns are not quite as open as Wingnuts but if you notice the horns on his grandson Zaggy are more like his. We have Up and

[Blackbelly] Ram Photos

2008-12-15 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
For those of you who like to look at ram photos I have started posting some of our photos of rams born this year along with our herd sires. If anyone is looking for a special color phase please give us a shout. We have over 50 rams born this past spring that we will be selling this upcoming

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 138

2008-12-04 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Good morning I tried the link and put in an extra - inbetween R and docket and it did not come back . Perhaps this was the problem. I heard it was extended until Dec 15 with alot of the new comments going to be put on the desk of the incoming officals. But who know's. Nancy. - Original

[Blackbelly] copper

2008-11-14 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I read this on another site and thought that it might be of interest to some who have questions about copper in sheep feed. Nancy http://www.elcascabel.com/copper.htm ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at

[Blackbelly] ram lambs bottle ewes

2008-10-23 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I have several ram lambs born this spring summer that I am looking to sell. Also I have 2 bottle ewes that I am now feeding that are a little over a month old. Both of them are for sale. They are kept inside right now so would need to be aclimatized to your area.

[Blackbelly] talking sheep

2008-10-12 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Well, when it comes to talking sheep I thought my were just weird. For the most part ours only call out to their young lambs. But when it comes to my bottle babies, the ones who stay really tame. They are something else! I can call out to them and they will call back and generally start coming

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 117

2008-10-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We use the cydectin for cattle oral it is purple all the time for our sheep at the same rate. It does work great is and less expensive in the long run. Also use penn if there is bottle jaw or any sign of stress to help stop pnuemonia. It seems to creep in and kill fast if they are week

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 101

2008-08-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We use cattle cydectin not sheep. Our vet says that the sheep isn't strong enough. Use the cattle orally at a rate of 1 cc per 20 pounds. This give 2 .5 of wormer where the other is only 1 per 11 pounds. It has worked great for us the past couple of years. - We did use the sheep and

[Blackbelly] choked sheep

2008-07-23 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
If your feed has whole oats they could be choking on it. We have had them gobble down feed with alot of oats and the little burr on it sticks in their throat. They drool and choke and jump. I did loose one young one who foamed and I couldn't do a thing for it. It got the foam in its lungs and

[Blackbelly] (no subject)

2008-07-22 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello does anyone know can you apply permithian fly spray directly onto sheep and lambs? thanks nancy ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 73

2008-06-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We had a jacob do something simulair last year. Our vet thought it was like a heat scald like babies get. He lost wool on the back of his hip and leg. I kept spraying with fly repell spray and gave him some penn for a couple of days,. It slowly growed back out just fine and you couldn't

[Blackbelly] New hay regulations

2008-04-30 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello. I just recieved this off another list I belong to. thought it may interst some. Ellerslie Acres Farm Jefferson, NC Member of NC Farmland Preservation Certified Naturally Grown Transporting Hay to be Subject to New Regulations By IPR Aug 19, 2006, 09:18 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Under the

Re: [Blackbelly] Hurt sheep update

2008-03-31 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 37 Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via

[Blackbelly] Hurt sheep

2008-03-30 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Good morning, my husband found one of my favorite jacob sheep ewes caught in a fence this morning. I don't know how long she was there maybe overnight. She has a wound on her leg just above the ankle area which I put a little pennicillian on and also sprayed with iodine. I gave her a tetnus

[Blackbelly] milk temperature

2008-02-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I know that there have been alot of new people join the list and this is just a note to them: When you bottle feed lambs make sure you use just warm milk not to hot. The extra warm milk gives babies scours. I sometimes forget this myself thinking of momma's milk being so warm . Also something

[Blackbelly] Alfa Ram

2008-01-29 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. lambs with colds (Nancy Tom Richardson) 2. Re: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 14 (William Buchanan) 3

[Blackbelly] lambs with colds

2008-01-28 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Thanks for the advice on shots. I usually give 1 cc pen and1/2cc of excenel once a day and if they are really bad another dose of penn in the evening. I do this for 3 - 5 days depending on how sick. It normally is a great fix. I just hate the whole idea of shooting such a little thing. I

[Blackbelly] (no subject)

2007-12-19 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Sorry I put the link to our site wrong. www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch Thanks for looking Nancy ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 176

2007-12-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
As many of you know we breed for wide open horns. I have posted some more pictures of some of our rams other sheep for those who like to look. It is possible to have horns cut or clipped and the ram live. Look at Copperhead on our BB web page. He broke off his bottom horn off at the skull just

[Blackbelly] Sulfer

2007-12-16 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Here in Missouri you can buy salt blocks with sulfer in them. They look yellow. Some folks say if they eat it it will keep the flys and mosquitos away. Who Knows about that one. It does take them awhile to get use to eating it though. Nancy - Mossyspringsranch Looking for last minute shopping

[Blackbelly] bottle babies

2007-11-21 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Yes to Barbs love of her bottle baby.!!! I raise around 25 - 30 babies each year. Some are blackbelly crosses and some jacobs but all are loveable. Alot of them go to homes wanting pets etc. The ones we keep are certainly pest according to my husband. He has trouble feeding since they are

[Blackbelly] sick baby Help!!!

2007-11-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I don't know much about goats hopefully someone out there will. I have a pgimy 3 weeks old. He was nursing mom but the last few days been eating on pellets. During the night I noticed him peeing blood. He is not nursing and she is large and very uncomfortable. I have forced 1 ounce of

[Blackbelly] Relambs born in Late August

2007-11-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We had about 16 lambs born from the last of August through mid September. Boy have they grown exceptionally well. I Wish more had been born. Don't know why more weren't since we run the ram year round but figure more will start about the time the ice and snow flows with our luck! Truthfully

[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

[Blackbelly] Horses Sheep

2007-10-05 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We are considering buying some land that currently has horses on it. WE do not vaccinate for blackleg . Can anyone tell me how long we should wait before putting our sheep on the land or if we have to vaccinate for it? They will also be using the barn that the horses used. Thanks Nancy

[Blackbelly] hoof trimming

2007-09-29 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
When we trim hooves we pen the rams and catch by the horns like everyone else. Then my husband picks them up and puts them on their backs between my legs while I am sitting on the ground and I cradle them between my legs and hold on to their horns.I talk to them and rub their faces and chin

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 118

2007-09-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
We run a ram year round and are having some ewes lamb now. We have had mostly singles in the blackbelly type herd but 2 of our white horned wiltshires have had twins. But like you all have said they are healthy and strong but little in size. Nancy - Mossyspringsranch Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007

Re: [Blackbelly] Updating site

2007-09-17 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We are in the process of updating our site. So when you have time you may like to take a look. Thanks for looking! www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Blackbelly] Rams for Sale MO

2007-09-14 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We have Black Belly mature rams for sale as breeders or for hunting. They range in age from 16 months to a little over 2 years. www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch Thanks for looking! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent:

[blackbelly] poem

2007-06-25 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I got this off of the hair sheep list but thought it appropriate for those who raise sheep. I know it does fit me perfectly. Nancy Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:05:06 -0500 From: Angel Valley Farm Before I was a Goat Owner by Sarah Haner Before I was a Goat Owner I made and ate hot meals. I

[blackbelly] New Photos

2007-05-31 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello everyone, I have just posted some pictures of some of the rams that we will have for sale. Some are black bellies, corsicans and black hawiian. They are all sired by WingNut Sr.and have their horn size listed. We also have others that are not pictured. They are from 12 months to about 18

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 74

2007-05-13 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, We had an experience last night that I thought I would share. We have had over 400 babies born since we started raising sheep and never before has this happened. I saw a jacob new born. but couldn't see its face because momma was afraid and taking it away. About 3 hours later after dark

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70

2007-05-06 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
This silly goat will just walk up to the post and hit it 3 or 4 times.No trembling or shaking etc. She is also pretty onry to the other goats. She won't let them eat anywhere near her or she will hit them. I think she is just plane mean. Also I still have a few sheep for sale if anyone is

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 68

2007-05-05 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I don't know if anyone can help with this or not. We have an angora goat doe. She is well fed, wormed shorn etc. she keeps banging her head on the post in the barn. We can't figure it out . She has her kid which was born back in late december and is doing fine. Thanks for your help.

[blackbelly] Crippled new born -

2007-04-23 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I have had a new born Jacob who won't lower his back legs . He wants to keep them drawn up . Any ideas? I have had 2 others born that couldn't stand. The legs would fold under at the first joint. Like they were weak. they never got any stronger. Each of these lambs were born with soft

[blackbelly] Bottle lambs

2007-04-14 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I forgot to mention that we are considering going to the exotic sale in Fruitland MO . (Southeast Corner). If anyone is intereseted in a bottle baby corsican lamb I have a couple of rams left from Wing Nut Sr. and some rams and ewes from Jr his son. Nancy - www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch -

[blackbelly] bottle babies

2007-04-14 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I am considering going to the Fruitland MO exotic sale this coming friday. If anyone is interested in bottle babies I have a ram that is now 6 months old that was sired by Wing nut and I have several ewes and rams that are corsicans that were sired by wingnut Jr.(He is a black belly ) Pictures

[blackbelly] Goat lamb replacer

2007-03-04 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Thanks for the info on goat kids. I was lucky and the momma took her back! I am now rearing 13 lambs in the house and another 5 outside and really didn't need another. Hopefully my Jacobs will be better mothers as first timers so I don't get many more. Thanks again Nancy

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33

2007-03-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I may have a baby goat kid that I have to bottle can anyone tell me if I can use lamb milk replacer or do I need special milk?I have never raised a goat before. Thanks Nancy - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Friday,

[blackbelly] processing grain

2007-02-08 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I read somewhere that a lamb can't live on hay and grain alone until 10 weeks of age. But I have had a lamb or two that wouldn't drink much milk from a bottle and the only problem I have found is that they just don't grow very well. They tend to get the scoots and need pepto because the grain

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 18

2007-02-04 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, This is a quick note to let everyone know that is thinking of reserving lambs with us that as of Feb. 15th the cost of lambs will be going up do to the increased cost of hay and grain. People here are asking 4.75 to $6 a bale for alfalfa and corn at the local MFA store is now $5 a bushel

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15

2007-01-26 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I put out baking soda for our sheep all the time. They seem to love the taste. Nancy @ mossysprings - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15 Send blackbelly

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 2, Issue 219

2006-12-18 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Oneta, Glad Bailey is doing well. The sheep are always teaching us something. One person told us sheep are just looking for a reason to die. But yet it seems like if they want to be they are tough as old boots. We had a wool ewe tear a chunk out of her side thumb nail size. The vet said never

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 2, Issue 213

2006-12-07 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
What we call corsicans are anything with a yellow belly. We have black bellies, frosty backed blackbellies , and yellow bellies. They could have a black belly mom and yellow dad or be a yellow mom yellow dad and still throw a black belly baby. You never know what you will get . Just my 2

[blackbelly] Rams for sale

2006-12-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello, I hope everyone in the midwest is all safe and sound. Our sheep woke up the other morning to 14 of snow that they didn't know what to do with. They were afraid to go out in it! Any way just wanted to let everyone know we still have several almost 1 year old rams available to become herd

[blackbelly] Bottle Lambs

2006-11-13 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
Hello everyone. I have my first set of bottle lambs for this fall. They were born on October 13th (Friday!) They spent their first week with mom. But they were small and it turned very wet cold. They were not doing well with this first time mom so I brought both in. They are Jack Jill. Sired

Re: [blackbelly] blackbelly Digest, Vol 2, Issue 167

2006-09-09 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
If any of you have been trying to contact me about Wingnut Babies please try again. We were hit by lightening a couple of weeks back and when we replace our computor something was placed in the email that gave out the wrong return address at times. I didn't know this until someone who had tried