[blackbelly] Grazing habits

2005-06-13 Thread Sue Miller
Barb, Diana, Julian and all, Yes these sheep have funny habits sometimes. Our sheep tend to graze several times in the morning hours. It's 7:30 AM and they have been down to the far end of the pasture twice already this morning. Their water tank is right behind the barn and I know they walk

[blackbelly] Special Delivery!

2005-06-13 Thread Barb Lee
I am sitting here looking out my office window at seven GORGEOUS newcomers! That is, five American Blackbelly ewe lambs and two ram lambs that have ridden all the way from Mark and Barbara Fleming's farm in Lamar MO in Ron Keener's awesome trailer, to Oregon City Oregon! After planning this

[blackbelly] Success in castrating older ram lamb

2005-06-13 Thread Mary Swindell
After receiving some thoughtful advice from good folks who responded to my question several days ago, I was encouraged that it wasn't too late to castrate my 3.5 month old ram lamb. I bought a bigger bander tool (which opened the rubber castration bands wider than my old banding tool), and

[blackbelly] bugs

2005-06-13 Thread Rick Krach
Has anyone has seen this bug before: I've been finding them in my sweet grain, C.O.B./molasses. They are no bigger than a pin point, and I don't mean a pin head! I would need a microscope to see if they have six or eight legs, but they do crawl. Recently when I picked up the metal coffee can

[blackbelly] bugs

2005-06-13 Thread Rick Krach
Has anyone has seen this bug before: I've been finding them in my sweet grain, C.O.B./molasses. They are no bigger than a pin point, and I don't mean a pin head! I would need a microscope to see if they have six or eight legs, but they do crawl. Recently when I picked up the metal coffee can