Carol:
Try the contacts listed on this website. You could pull into the rodeo
arena and be assured that nothing will get out
http://www.guymoncofc.org/pioneerdays.htm
Cecil in OK
On 9/6/2011 6:14 PM, Carol Elkins wrote:
I will be swapping some sheep with a person and we plan to meet
On 9/9/2011 4:42 AM, stewart wrote:
to all,
can anyone suggest the best way to protect my sheep from coyotes?
i work the late shift and the last two morning when i get home i find
a dead sheep.
i have field fence as a barrier. spent a few hours thursday making
certain no holes or spots the
A few years back I killed about 17 lambs with selenium shots. If your
soil or water has selenium in it, I would not even consider feeding any
selenium supplement. Selenium is another heavy metal just like
arsenic. A lot of feeds are supplemented with selenium so that it can
be sent
In defense of the farmer that sold you the hay, it is extremely
difficult to get an accurate weight on round bales of hay. In the same
field, I have found as much as 300 lbs difference between hay bales.
While there are some out there who are taking full advantage of the
plight of farmers
I feed dried distillers grains pelleted. During lambing season I feed
late in the evening. My ewes Usually have lambs between 5 and 9 am the
next morning. This works for cattle, and seems to work for sheep. As
I said earlier, every lambing is the same only different!!!
Welcome to the
It appears that this is a legitimate poll, and these folks really need
our help as fellow livestock owners and breeders and pet owners. We
have had the same type of problem here in OK with humane organizations
trying to tell a donkey rescue org how to care of their animals. I am
not a Donkey
I have lost a lamb in a larger pasture, and it weighed about 7 lbs. I
finally concluded it was to hawks. I have good anecdotal evidence that
a hawk can pick up a 15lb poodle.
Cecil in oKla
On 2/1/2012 4:47 PM, RAY DE SA wrote:
Hi Jerry,
Here in California I've lost bigger ABB lambs to
Feel his belly on HIS left side see if it feels full. If so massage it
and rub from legs to head on his left side gently in long strokes 3 or 4
times and listen for a burp. If no burp, he might be bloated. Possibly
from not getting enough colostrum. I add colustrum to my bottle fed
babies
couldn't save her. She
didn't have any signs of anything wrong at all it just hit her and
that was it. Good luck. Nancy
Quoting Cecil R Bearden crbear...@copper.net:
Feel his belly on HIS left side see if it feels full. If so massage it
and rub from legs to head on his left side gently
I have had more troubled experiences this lambing than ever before. My
ewes were too fat. I was supplementing them and had hay out 24/7. They
just do not have the milk production they should have had. I had green
pasture for them to graze on until the last2 months of pregnancy. When
I
I should have elaborated a little more on the predator experience. I
think it was a neighbor's dog which is not fed and contained as it
should be. This occurred inside a 5 ft high chain link fenced area of
my front yard about 20ft from the house. The drought we experienced
this summer and
Michael:
I have an old ewe that started limping about 3 years ago for no reason.
She still limps and has 2 lambs now. I would get a bottle of Banamine
and use the dosage same as cattle.
Cecil in oKla
On 3/6/2012 4:23 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
Could use some advice on what to look for
A few years ago we were having a streak of very wet weather. My ewes
started acting as if their feet were sore. I fed them Vitamin H or
Biotin as a supplement and in about 3 days it went away. Biotin helps
strengthen hoofs, It couls not hurt. Clovite is a good supplement that
has Biotin.
A coarse sanding belt or shop roll can slip between horn and face and
sand down the horn for some clearance
Cecil in OKla
On 4/21/2012 11:23 PM, Lucinda wrote:
Yes you can sand/ trim a few inches usually
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On Apr 21, 2012, at 8:16 PM, atwoo...@aol.com wrote:
I
My dad made a halter out of some flat nylon woven strapping for a ewe
that would not take her lambs. We tied her to the pen and p;ut hay and
water within reach and in 3 days she took her lambs. We supplemented
the lambs with bottle feeding also. She had triplets. When she did it
again the
I do not know what state you are in, but , Call Animal Damage Control.
They are paid by federal funds and usually in your department of
Agriculture. File a report about your losses and document the losses
with pictures. If you get a chance to trap or shoot or just run this
one over, then
Good luck. remember you are dealing with an animal that has a nose that
is 100,000 times more sensitive than yours. It can smell a week old
weinie in a closed refrigerator a mile away!!! If it has any fear of a
human, it will not come around. It is a frustrating experience, as I
had to
I would add a supplement rich in vitamin H and follow with a good
worming with safegaurd or panacur.
Cecil in oKla
On 11/18/2012 4:28 PM, Mary Swindell wrote:
Hello breeder friends,
As Registrar of the BBSAI, I answer questions from those who write in
to the BBSAI web site at
If you want to save it, work fast, keep it warm, tube feed if necessary,
and remember, a Barbado ewe here in OKlahoma only gives about 20cc of
milk per milking. If you follow that book recipe for the 20% per day,
you will over feed it and it will die from clostridium toxins or Founder
as
Could it be she has overeating disease, or founder?
Cecil in OKla
On 1/17/2013 10:03 PM, ljacob4...@aol.com wrote:
I have two ewes. Mom, (Tawny) is 11 yrs. old and daughter (Violet) is 10.
Tawny is very ill and we are trying desperately to save her; however, the
Vet can't figure out why
Sounds like coyotes or coyote/dog cross.Look for a trail into your
pasture and set a trap.
Cecil in OKLa
On 6/5/2013 12:17 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
(Moderator--I am re-sending this in plain text.)
New to sheep, started in 2008 as some of you folks know, and our
fencing has been real good.
I have used Mentholatum or Vicks on the ewe's nose and on the lambs back
to get them to take a lamb. It might work in reverse. You might try
some around the lambs nose, and then rub some on the ewe's legs or her
belly so the lamb will recognize her.
Cecil in OKla
On 9/22/2013 9:42 PM, Mark
Thank you Michael. I was afraid you were going to succumb to the mighty
dollar. When my first ram Blackie, was not usuable for service, I
wethered him and he turned out to be a great pet and would lead the
flock in to the pen or wherever I needed them. He later had an injury
to his feet, he
The only time I have had lambs cry out in pain is when they had
enterotoxemia from over feeding. I would never elastrate a lamb before
4 months old. It is possible that you little one tried to nurse another
mother and was shoved into the barn, ground, etc. I have seen other
mothers being
Mastitis is a real pain. You need to feed the lambs on a bottle and
restrict their access to that udder milk. They can get an infection
from it. You can infuse the udder with Penicillin, based mastitis
treatment. You will have to use cattle treatments as there are none
available for
Get youjrself a .357 Marlin lever action rifle. You can use 38 caliber
ammo in it. It will have a good knockdown power at close range and will
not travel a long way if you miss...( 100 yd bullet drop). I use one
for coyotes in what is now becoming suburbs.
Cecil in OKla
On 3/28/2015
I cannot help but suspect Selenium poisoning here. It acts fast, Less
than 6 hrs, and looks like pneumonia.
On 5/23/2015 1:33 PM, Laura Rinker wrote:
There were a bunch of sudden deaths on a property in Galt, Ca and a necropsy
on one of them from UC davis showed pneumonia and cardiac
I installed a 5 wire alternating hot and ground wire fence about 300 ft
long across one end of my sheep pasture about 10 years ago. I used a
locally built 110 volt fencer that would produce a very blue spark about
1/2 inch long. The rams would stick their heads through the fence with
their
Extreme hot weather will cause Pneumonia as quickly as cold. I think
the problem is dust in the air. It probably is dust Pneumonia. Makes
no difference what we call it, it has to be treated aggressively. I
would not wait on the vet, I would start giving Combiotic ( Long acting
Penicillin
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