When we began with our ABs, we had some worm (tape and round) and fly
problems. We fed grain and the girls would paw at it, kicking some of
it out onto the ground. Therefore, we also had, what we call meal-worms,
they come from the corn. Now, the girls would not eat these, but they
just looked
I have free range chickens and ducks with my sheep and it works great. I
would have major fly/insect problems if they weren't around. If the dog food
gets wet and goes bad I feed it to the chickens to prevent maggots. All the
left over food I cannot feed to the dogs goes to the chickens,
I tried going natural this year to see what the ewes would do naturally. The
ewes have started cutting the feedings back recently; these lambs were born
at the end of Feb. and one mid- April. Those babies are nearly as big as their
moms! Lifting the ewes hindquarters up while they suckle.
My
In a message dated 8/14/05 10:03:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I read a report of some research done at Texas AM ( I think) about using
Vinegar to control weeds. It had some success on a lot of weedy plants.
It
also would be OK to use for organic farms...
Hi Karen,
Barb Lee in W. Oregon here. Everyone's got different reasons for
lambing at different times, and that's the nice thing about the
polyestrous blackbellies! :o) I'm working my program toward a good
grass finishing model, and one of the prime ingredients for tender,
succulent lamb
Karen,
I am not feeding hay at this time, because there's still enough grass in
my pasture not to stress it by overgrazing with my small number of
sheep. When I weaned, my two remaining adult ewes needed to put on some
condition (one raised twins, the other triplets, unassisted), so after
Dayna, you should be able to obtain beet pulp, either as pellets or
crumbles, at just about any feed store - they are an important horse
feed, particularly for endurance horses. My horses eat a mash of soaked
beet pulp and various supplements every day and are quite fond of it.
I am
Depending on the size and number of sheep you purchase, you might consider
getting an extra-large dog crate (~$70 from Petsmart; sometimes available
used in the classifieds) and putting it in the back of a pickup truck.
That's how I move most of my sheep unless I have more than 4.
Carol
At
How do you keep the chickens from getting in the sheep's feeders and 1.
leaving droppings in them and 2. eating the sheep feed while you are feeding
your
sheep?
Not really sure how chickens control flies, however, if the flies are
breeding elsewhere (like at your neighbors). We have one
There is a breeder listed on the BBASI breeder list in Scott Bar. Go
to http://www.blackbellysheep.org/breeders.htm to see his
listing. Do you or a friend have a pickup with a canopy/shell? Put
down a good layer of straw or something else soft, and load them into
the back of the truck. I
Have been passing out some samples of this remarkable harvest of
blackbelly lamb - Bob gave some to a retired Greek restauranteur from
Chicago and the report came in today...he declared it was the sweetest
lamb he ever tasted! :o) He had guests for dinner and passed out
samples of the chops,
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