[Blackbelly] sudden death of ABB ewe

I am so sorry to hear of your loss however, what jumped out at me while reading your necropsy report is that there were no fecal pellets, so perhaps she had a block. There should have been lots of fecal material in the colon, especially since her stomachs were full of grass. She was eating but no

[Blackbelly] feeding fish food to sheep

Hi Rick, I totally agree with the others that the fish food should not be fed to the sheep due to animal and fish proteins AND if the fish won't eat it that raises a red flag for me too. The fish are telling you something is wrong with the feed. For the last 2 years my sheep have been grass fed

[Blackbelly] bottle lambs

I have successfully raised bottle lambs on Dumor for years and last year raised 6 lambs, five in the spring and 1 last fall because she became orphaned. I mix the milk according the instructions and for me human baby bottles work better. I adjust the nipple flow depending on the age of the lambs