to admin:
I read your response to my orgiinal post request.
there were no photos or attachments. only a URL to a website that
shows photos that is not associated with this listserv. If that is OK,
then hopefully you can post my message.
I believe the gist of the message will be lost trying to
Julia Hale said:
There are only 2 real down sides to the breed-their small size, and their
flighty temperament. The second can be ameliorated somewhat, but only the
bottle babies have any chance of being docile like a Suffolk or Dorper.
regarding bottle-fed American Blackbellies
My
trying to milk my American blackbelly ewe with 2-day olds, and having
no luck. One lamb is very small, and we are thinking, needs
supplemental feeding. I'm new to sheep, but got to practice on a goat
with smallish udders yesterday and had plenty of luck milking her.
My Ewes udders are no bigger
Thanks to everyone for their thoughtful responses. Yesterday I found
BamBam, they boy, had a temperature 2 degrees lower than the rest of
the lambs. Being new to shepherding, I made an appointment with the
vet this morning and brought him in. His temp was back up to normal
but he was still resting
Message: 2
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:09:41 GMT
From: j...@netzero.net j...@netzero.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Milking
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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Michael,
Yes,
I decided to do a search, took me two seconds to come up with...
http://www.udderlyezllc.com/
anyone try this? (pretty expensive)
Seriously, I was looking at the problem, and thinking, I could make
something like this, since I have a hand-held vacuum pump for
automotive use, and need a way
http://www.tvsp.org/sheep_milker.html
I thought about this as well. Talk about cheap, quick, replaceable and easy.
Imagine being able to get colostrum during that crucial time, and it
actually not being a chore
talked to the local goat expert vet and she was incredulous it would even work.
regarding:
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:26:12 -0800
From: Rick Krach rickkr...@hotmail.com
Subject: [Blackbelly] The Birth of American Blackbelly Twins
To: blackbelly Blackbelly List blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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Had a ewe with one of her twins half the weight of the other. At 2
weeks, he's 4.5lbs and she is 8lbs.
His name is Bam Bam. here he is on his birthday, you can see the size
difference:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mwsmotorsports/February_LambS213091011AM#5302876349358364882
Noticed after a few
So, Mark was right--in that Bam Bam was seriously constipated, and I
thanked him profusely already. Mark, you should post your very
detailed email instructions you gave to me, on this forum, they were
great!
Just wanted to share the highlights:
Bam bam was born Feb 12th and has never been
Message: 10
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:55:08 -0600
From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Underdeveloped twin, (He WAS constipated)
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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Regarding:
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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:19:44 -0600
From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Underdeveloped twin, (He WAS constipated)
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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Bam Bam only had two days of nomal bowel movements after getting the enema.
Now he has diahrrea, and we are keeping a close monitor on him, giving
him Probios and mixing Colustrum replacer that simply has acidophilus
in it, in with his feed. At night I usually give him some sub-Q
dextrose, since
The Lambs have been in a 10'x20' horse stall all their life. This
weekend I let them out for the first time ever, and you can see how
the bottle-feeding pays off:
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/Site_2/LambsFirstOuting.html
there's a coupla movies, be sure to check them out.
BTW: they and the
Message: 2
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:20:43 -0400
From: Bonnie Chandler jbchand...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Bottle-Baby as New Mother
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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regarding:
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I had a bottle lamb a few years back that scoured for the first 45
days of her life. I tried everything under the sun except guava but I
would have tried that too if I had known about it. Nothing worked.
I found a product online and thought what the heck I'll give it a try.
I'm new to this mailing list, but am curious why we don't mention
Coccidia or E. Coli as a possible source of scours, more often?
Especially, since, if there's an outbreak of coccidia in the lamb
flock, the indications I find on the web usually say that pretty much
all the scouring lambs likely
Mark, you should write a manual on how to raise lambs. And for the
rest of you, this mailing list is invaluable thanks to everyone on it
and for all your help.
Hope things are going well with your new arrivals.
Last night, I followed your advice about all the cravings the lambs
were having that
Had Bam Bam up to 102 temp, and at 5 lbs (5 weeks old) he could do
13oz a day. Diarrhea was gone, He was making pellets no problem.
now:
1] no appetite for 3 days now. temp and energy going down.
force-feeding yields maybe 5oz a day.
2] constantly burping and chewing--but what? He's eaten no
Message: 6
Could you share with us exactly what and how much solid food you are
feeding Bam- Bam daily? Also how much time on fresh grass you have him
on would be helpful.
Dayna Denmark
Half Ass Acres
Bam Bam has been on formula of 1/2 Sava Lamb and 1/2 pasteurized
goat's milk from the
three days of enemas with a good 10-15cc oil in each one and finally,
Bam Bam became unplugged and had several blotches of runny poop last
night and this morning.
That is troublesome when you consider, he'd really not had milk for
1.5 days in any capacity, and no food yesterday at all (just tubed
What can I do to settle him? Should he have more sheep companions? Is
this something that will pass?
time will help. When we first got our two bottle-fed weathered Pygmy
goats, it was their first time away from home and they screamed like
crazy for about a week before they settled down some.
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:39:25 -0500
From: Nancy Tom Richardson cjarr...@centurytel.net
Subject: [Blackbelly] sick lamb
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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meet Ziggy, the late-arriving ram-lamb. This arrival date means his
mother was bred here on my ranch, rather than by one of her relatives
on the ranch we got his mother from.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mwsmotorsports/Ziggy_Ram_Lamb54091006PM#
10 lbs. Same size as my largest ewe lamb from
Curtis. I'd make sure they have some shadeThey can overheat and
end up panting and seeking shade, but otherwise, do fine.
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies (in Northern California, where
it's hot and dry, most of the time)
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I have two intact American Blackbelly rams, Marley and Verne, who are
great buddies, both a bit older than yearling. One day Verne's eyes
look fine, the next, one is cloudy, has a puffy eyelid and obviously
in pain.
Vet comes, dyes the eye, we see deep scratches from one side to the
other on his
I use a combo of Mark Wintermutes' Cold turkey and his weight
requirements (8 weeks and at least 25 lbs) and tapering, but I taper
by cutting out say, the afternoon meal first, then the nightly, and
then the morning meal. I don't dilute, but their last bottle will go
down from 16 oz to 8 oz in the
I'm going to plant one of my fenced pens with alfalfa. In northern
California, it should grow like mad thru the winter and be 18 tall by
spring. I have a sickle mower and can harvest it, but was wondering
what the group's experience with grazing sheep on live alfalfa, under
controlled conditions.
The grasses that grow wild here include some very tall oats. It can
get to 5-6' tall by late summer.
the alfalfa I plan to plant is this:
http://www.hearneseed.com/product-info.php?Alfalfa__Ameristand_403T__domancy_4_-pid164.html
I was intrigued by the fact it is bred for high traffic, so I
Peter, my 3 bottle-fed ewes do the same thing with our Aussie that
they came to know through the fence.
I sent this out before,
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/Sheila/with_lambs.html#grid
but they do the same thing with our dog, tail wagging and all.
(similar to what ewes do in heat). It's one of
I've had a pygmy goat with a broken rear leg. I did all the re-wraps
and dressing. Did run into a scraped ulcer, under the wraps, twice.
The only thing I was going to mention with the broken leg is
1] if she's not using the splint, definitely check to see if there's a
problem with the application
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/2009_bottle_lambs/Lucy_and_Ziggy.html
Just sharing a few pictures of my three intact rams, with Ziggy, who
was born in May, coming along nicely.
Also, some hilarious movie footage of our little pygmy/alpine goat in
heat (not being bred, just the sounds she makes).
Very nice pictures! Especially the three boys with different horn lengths
_Almost_ makes me want a ram here...
A couple of times the goat sounds like shes talking!
Peter Kathy Wallace
Thanks, Peter. I am excited to watch them grow up and always look
forward to Winter, when their coats and
Rick, you're right about no one getting hurt, for sure.
Your system would work well for me if I wanted lambs every year, and
if I was raising them for meat, I totally agree. In that case I would
only need one sire. I'm doing this more for the pasture grazing I
need, and to raise a flock of a
So, if anyone else has more pictures of their places, add them to the list,
too. ?Thanks,
Rick Krach
Auburn, CA 95602
Rich, I we had a nice-looking frost yesterday and still some Autumn
colors, so here's the small posting.
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/2009_bottle_lambs/Autumn_2009.html
all
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 to those first of his dads which were
regarding:
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:11:36 -0700
From: Dave Andrus andruscompan...@netecin.net
Garland,
1)Are you saying that all rams are not aggressive and some can be kept with
the flock all year round. I was told that it is always a good idea to keep a
ram segregated from the
and something for scours/diarrhea, especially if you get stuck
with a bottle-baby.
1] I am starting to like Corrid for possible coccidia, most people use
Albon. Corrid is crazy expensive. See if you can get the vet to pour
you a smaller bottle of it to try.
2] some sort of pro-biotic
I've seen quite a few different patterns with black, when shopping for
lambs to start my flock:
Look at the little guy in the top right.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mwsmotorsports/New_Barbados10308857PM#5253879184549225234
this breeder had a couple different patterns going. they all looked
Crystal. Some amusing pictures of me pondering the same thing a few
months ago. Turned out to be a big non-event. They basically just
chase the newer, smaller ram, and try to mount him.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mwsmotorsports/Ziggy_With_Big_rams829091018PM#
-Michael, Perino Ranch
Just got such a nice pose out of our three boys I thought I would
share. They live together and only get to spend time with the girls
when I breed them. They spend half their time sizing each other up and
mounting each other, but they really like each other's company.
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:54 -0700
From: Dave Andrus andruscompan...@netecin.net
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] shepherds Staff
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From: Julian Hale jbh...@comcast.net
Yes, Pro-biotics would be a good idea, also try kaolin-pectin to stop
up her system a bit, and make sure she gets electrolytes. It seems
like she's too young to have worms, but I always worry about coccidia
in lambs/kids. Sulfadimethoxine(just about every
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:47:49 -0700
From: Julian Hale jbh...@comcast.net
snip
Sorry for the late reply, I lost this message in all the hustle and bustle
lately.
This is the problem with Corid, it inhibits thiamin uptake in the rumen, and
leads to a B1 deficiency. I've
plus, how would it eat, defecate, urinate? or heal with a
straight leg, since a lamb with a splint can run like a bullet, so it
would have to be carried at all times, if the leg was not splinted
and the shepherd carried it pretty much always...
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Sun,
The first of three yearling bottle-ewes who had lambs just this morning.
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/spring_2010/Pebbles.html
I was lucky enough to stick my head in before work, and see them, so I
took a bit of extra time and clipped their cords, disinfected the
cords and basically checked them
we witnessed a ram's birth last night and it was about 10:30.
He is still a bit wet and unclean this morning at 8am--but mostly dry.
She's still
bonding , but will NOT hold still for him to eat and it's 10 hours
since birth. She keeps side-stepping like she's being invaded, but
will talk to him
to start bottle feeding, and need a source of
colostrum, but leave baby with mom and she may start nursing.
Liz Radi
idar alpacas and nubians
100% ARI and homegrown
Nunn Colorado
970-897-2580
www.alpacanation.com/idaralpacas.asp
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mwsmotorspo
OK thanks for the response, Liz. She just started holding still for
him and he's definitely feeding, eve with me standing 4 feet away.
pictures, soon.
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com wrote:
placenta was passed
Thanks everyone, all appears to be well now. This is my first time
being able to witness the entire birthing process so I was a bit of a
nervous wreck this morning. Sorry for the alarm.
here's the nice pictures from this morning:
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/spring_2010/Ruby.html
here's the
Yesterday morning, I checked Angie and she was showing a sign she
might be close to having contractions, her vulva was pink, instead of
her usual grey. But I was not sure, since it was a step earlier than
with Ruby, whom I was sure was going to lamb, because her mucous came
out.
Well, I came
thanks to everyone who responded. Pebbles the ewe, is bright, happy,
hungry and lets me know when. and since I had no foul smell or
obvious pus, (and she's having good stool) I concur, this appears to
be normal after-birth. Thanks again
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
blatant cuteness for those who are a sucker for it.
I know I am.
Quicktime format this time.
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/spring_2010/Cute_lamb_movies.html
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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Jules, has your vet not recommended splinting, by now?
I would be interested in hearing from the more experienced shepherds,
here. I would think this falls somewhat under the category of an
injury. Their bones are still developing and growing so fast, it seems
like a splint might help head things
yup, fed my mother ewes a small flake of alfalfa at night, between the
three of them... all winter, until they lambed, and now am feeding
them alfalfa pellets at night. During the day, they get field grass.
_MWS
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Nancy Tom Richardson
cjarr...@centurytel.net wrote:
It's drying up here in Northern California. Starting to get 80-90*
days and the grass is almost all brown. There are a few green blades
and a few green weeds, but mostly brown, dried plant matter.
Which makes me wonder why one of my older ewes, who has no access to
alfalfa pellets, is having
Peter, in San Martin, near San Jose, we too have late-shedding sheep.
A few have just started, and look exactly like you say, and others are
completely shed, now. I start my mornings by coming out and releasing
the younger/smaller animals from their pens and usually pay a little
attention to them,
Added some pics from a month ago up front.
http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/sheep/12558854_cvPzu#902143601_4zFcq
Our Lily, looking mighty nappy in those pictures as well. Plus, some
good examples of Groucho's nice horn growth in just one month.
_MWS
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Peter C.
Hi Krystal. I too can attest to being a newbie and working my way
towards having more tame animals I can barn easily and that are not
dangerous to me.
I have a too-spolied bottle-fed intact ram that is very friendly, but
also dangerous. No matter how many times I toss him on his back, he
will
The 4-month-old intact ram lambs get moved into the big-boy's pen,
while their wethered siblings remain with the ewes.
This process is kinda heart-breaking for a couple of days, since the
ewes can bellow for a few days until they are hoarse.
The movies are QuickTime Movies.
If you can get the ewe to hang in a VERY small pen with the babies, I
bet, within a few hours, she will start feeding them.
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/spring_2010/Angie.html
But watch to see if she's being violent, and kicking them.
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010
Tom, also those teets are small, and you may want to try this, for
milking, if you have a larger syringe around.
http://www.tvsp.org/sheep_milker.html
don't forget to bump upwards on the bag a few times to get it to let
down, before you try this.
_MWS
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Carol
Great to hear, Tom.
Can you confirm with a lightweight scale? were those babies really in
the 1 lb weight range? Any pictures you can post?
I've only had two rounds of lambs myself and would be curious to see
this. My lightest lamb ever was maybe 4.5 lbs.
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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[mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info]on Behalf Of
Michael Smith
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:59 AM
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2
Great to hear, Tom.
Can you confirm
Tom, my wife and I were following closely as well. Sorry to hear that.
We had a similar situation with a pair of twins last year, where one
was born 8 lbs and the other 4 lbs. The 4 lb one did not make it,
after a bit more than a month of triage. This list was great and
supplied invaluable
This year we bred three ewes and had 5 ram lambs and no ewe lambs.
Our old salt neighbor lady, who used to raise sheep, commented that
maybe a drought is coming and the animals can sense it, so they had
boys (not planning on a lot of reproduction, is the reason)
I know certain species can adjust
I had one a few weeks ago. Running clear and green mucous. Pretty
thick stuff. She had it for a good two weeks. In her case, I thought
it might be because I had just started feeding her peanuts in the
shell, and she might have gotten some mold, or been allergic to them.
In any case, I stopped
how did you Knock her out?
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote:
Last night my vet friend I knocked out my ewe with the coated face and
found the problem. We suspected anything from a tumor to nasal bots. What
we
I give them Alfalfa pellets and occasionally, for a treat, oat whole grain.
I get them both at Tractor Supply in California.
_MWS
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Tom Quinn cars1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Before I get to the question ewe 2 just had a nice healthy little ewe lamb.
That helps counter
Carol. I watched this movie using streaming on my iPad. Fantastic!
Thanks for the suggestion. Had to show some of the good parts to my
wife.
Beautiful scenery. The movie's pace forces you to slow down and do
things on their time. Very effective. My favorite scenes were the one
where the herder is
Have not seen many posts. Thought I would share some pix of The Boys a
few weeks ago.
http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/RamsSept2010/13988192_MQs45#1028603433_Jp6cf
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
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Thanks, Carol. I love looking at other people's animals as well, so
please let us know if there's any updated pictures.
_MWS
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Carol Elkins celk...@critterhaven.biz wrote:
Michael, absolutely stunning rams. I really enjoy your photos. Thanks for
posting.
Carol
Peter, thanks! I could dress them in tuxedo collars and a bow-tie, if
you like ;-)
_MWS
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Carol Elkins wrote:
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:43:12 -0600
From: Carol Elkins celk...@critterhaven.biz
you know, the one thing my rams don't get, which some other local rams
do, is a huge mane on their shoulders and sides of the neck, like this
guy, who is in Hollister (a bit south, a bit less sun and more ocean
breeze).
not sure if it's the weather, or breeding or age, or what? None of
them are 3
Bill and Ginger, really sorry to hear about Dolly. I was following along, but
frustrated, since I am new to sheep and have had no adult sicknesses or
mortalities, yet, to draw experience from.
Michael Smith
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 20, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Bill Ginger Haynes
browncity_barba
soon enough.
Sometimes more than others.
I also find one of my girls does this 100% of the time with our dog. She just
loves the dog and does not need to be in heat to do the droopy dopey face and
wagging tail thing. Funny thing is, the dog is a girl, as well.
Michael Smith
Sent from my iPad
/Sheila/with_lambs.html#grid
all the 2009 lambs used to really flock around her, now it's only Ruby
and Ziggy who do.
_MWS
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Michael Smith wrote:
I also find one of my girls does this 100% of the time
same for me, I work at Apple Inc. in California. I work in the design
and engineering center for iPods and iPads and iPhones and such. The
young city-slickers (of which I was one only 5 years ago) are
fascinated by sheep and goat stories and send me links about fainting
goats, dancing Barbado
I raised a completely intact bottle-ram called Marley. He was
abandoned by his mom, brought to a vet, the assistant took him home
and saved him and I got him when he was 3 months old.
I have heard many stories on this forum about tipping them backwards
and other strategies that teach them a
In northern california, we had a couple of freak weeks where we hit
around 79*F in the daytime, and still got frost in the morning. Now
it's raining and there's also a cold front with frosty mornings.
Marley my oldest sire has prematurely shed almost all his winter coat
already and we are still
She looks like I do when I am subduing my bottle-ram Marley. Grabs
his horns just right ;-)
_MWS
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
BTW heres the commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMxLSq60O8
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Mary Swindell wrote:
Date:
I knew I'd seen another version of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojgi16des-U
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
BTW heres the commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMxLSq60O8
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011,
I'm no expert, but I've raised two rounds of bottle babies.
when I want to bottle-feed, I isolate the lamb from the
normally-feeding lambs. The rejected lamb will get signals from the
other lambs that food is there, as long as you try hard enough. They
also will think the sheep are their friend
Also, Robert. I am a 2-year noob as well, but had to tube-feed a
little sick one my first time around.
I would not consider trying it unless you have an expert (in our case,
our vet) show you, so you can hold the animal, feel the tube going
down and watch the other person do the job. Then
same thing in California. You should see the mutts we have here.
_MWS
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Crystal Wolf crystalw...@windstream.net wrote:
Carol,
Thank you for the information regarding the blackfaced ABB ram. Since
moving to NE Texas it has been a bit frustrating to see and hear
My sister brought her DSLR camera over and took some nice photos of my
5 intact rams. 2 of them are yearlings from my 5 rams born last May.
Only two made it this far intact. The other 3 were wethered.
No captions on any of the pics yet. There's two pages, but you should
be able to just click on
...
Today's Topics:
1. California Rams May 2011 (Michael
Smith)
My sister brought her DSLR camera over and took some nice
photos of my
5 intact rams. 2 of them are yearlings from my 5 rams born
last May.
Only two made it this far intact. The other 3 were
wethered.
No captions on any
Long horns might be beautiful, but in the last 3.5 years, I've had no
horn-related incedents up till now. From chatting with you all, I
knew the day would come
I hear the usual metallic fence-banging and am perturbed that I need
to go into the pasture, up to the barn, and chase them away from
we only have 4 acres, probably only 3 are fenced and of that maybe 1
to 1-1/2 grow decent pasture-grass/hay. I do encourage it's natural
growth (rather than plowing it under or mowing it down) and have
graduated from a dilapidated Troy-built push sickle with powered
wheels (the 4' tall grass
and then weld into the pulley you are trying to adapt.
Just a thought
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=1-1495catname=powerTrans
Cecil in OKla
- Original Message - From: Michael Smith
mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com
To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Monday, June
h, chain drive. now there's a thought
http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?catname=powerTransbyKeyword=yessearch=WELD40
Thanks again, Cecil. Looks like a fun website to me.
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com
I would suggest a gable fan to suck the high, hot air out and get cool
ground air in.
_MWS
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Carol Elkins celk...@critterhaven.biz wrote:
Summer heat is here and this year I'd like to either stir or cool the air a
bit in the sheep shed (30' x 16' pole shed) to
yeah, even May for us in California can be an issue for lambing. Poor little
buggers sit out in the sun and can't self- regulate and don't know any better
and get too hot.
In California it's feast or famine on the weather. A month earlier and you
might still have sub-freezing mornings, and
great suggestion, but I just though, what about ice blocks in the
water as well? she mentioned it would get too hot to drink.
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Terry huntnda...@yahoo.com wrote:
Mary-- do you have freezer space? If so, freeze gallon or larger
. That
will be the head ewe. Once she is subdued, the rest act like sheep and enter
the corral.
These experiences are very funny.in retrospect.
Jerry
Windmill Farms LLC
Picayune, Mississippi
-Original Message- From: Michael Smith
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:37 PM
first off: hair sheep. so only a few breeds could be in the mix.
Definitely Barbado or American Blackbelly- mix with something else. My AB girls
mostly have horn scurs, I would think a true barbado would not.
On the west coast, the most popular hair-sheep mixes with ABs are Painted
Desert,
registered
Painted Desert sheep.
Nancy L. Johnson
imgr8a...@comcast.net
cell: 301 440 4808
- Original Message -
From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 8:20:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] BB
Funny you should ask. I am seriously considering something heavy-duty
with large 1 wooden dowels sticking out horizontally, like a huge bed
of nails with the nails maybe 8 to 12 apart. The wooden dowels
would, of course wear down and be chewed on, but it should last
several seasons if they are
One thing I learned the hard way is: don't try to get away with
stuffing a lamb's belly with as much milk as they can drink and think
you can then do less feedings per day. I learned this from a goat
breeder. Her bottle babies always had scours.
Feeding them like that, and they will end up with
Could use some advice on what to look for here.
older (not sure how old, but she's my oldest) AB ewe shows up limping
yesterday. I had planned on trimming hooves anyway so I penned her and
trimmed while taking a look. No foul smells, no oozing, no
discoloration I could see. No swelling of joints
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