[Blackbelly] WTB or Trade Registered Ram in Ohio or any adjacent state.

2013-03-20 Thread Mike Hummel
Hello Folks, It is time for us to bring in some new blood lines into our flock here at Soggy Top Farm cid:part1.03020606.09020101@soggytopfarm.com. I am interested in purchasing a good registered ram or trading rams if ours would meet your needs. You can contact me at this address or if you

Re: [Blackbelly] WTB or Trade Registered Ram in Ohio or any adjacent state.

2013-03-21 Thread Mike Hummel
Sorry about that folks, We are raising American Blackbellies. (Horned) On 3/20/2013 4:41 PM, Carol Elkins wrote: Hi Mike, Which breed of ram are you looking for? American Blackbelly (horned) or Barbados Blackbelly (polled)? Carol At 12:08 PM 3/20/2013, you wrote: Hello Folks, It is

Re: [Blackbelly] WTB or Trade Registered Ram in Ohio or any adjacent state.

2013-03-22 Thread Mike Hummel
are on my website. www.rustyironacres.com Doug Noyes Sent from my iPod On 2013-03-21, at 5:48 AM, Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com wrote: Sorry about that folks, We are raising American Blackbellies. (Horned) On 3/20/2013 4:41 PM, Carol Elkins wrote: Hi Mike, Which breed of ram are you

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 29

2013-07-02 Thread Mike Hummel
At our place boys don't get names unless bottle fed, girls get names, all are tagged. On 7/1/2013 10:44 PM, Mark Wintermute wrote: I mostly fall into Rick's ideology here. The lambs name starts with the year, then their numerical sequence of their birth, followed by an abbreviated

Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth

2013-10-08 Thread Mike Hummel
What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB. If you want to find out what is worth, contact one of the many game preserves. They will pay you big bucks to let some city slicker shoot him. On 10/7/2013 9:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone

Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth

2013-10-08 Thread Mike Hummel
blotches anywhere. I've thought about calling the Texas hunting ranches to get some Mouflon, but they are pricey. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:04 AM, Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com wrote: What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB

Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth

2013-10-09 Thread Mike Hummel
at the forehoead and follow the length around the outside of the curl for overall length? -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com wrote: I http://www.texashuntlodge.com/black_hawaiian_sheep_hunt_package.asp

Re: [Blackbelly] Loose Mineral Feeder

2013-10-09 Thread Mike Hummel
Thanks to both Carol and Curtis, our mineral bill will be going down. On 10/6/2013 6:32 PM, Carol Elkins wrote: Curtis has sent me photos of his mineral feeder and I've uploaded them to the Blackbelly Listserv's Scrapebook page at http://www.blackbellysheep.info/scrapbook.html Choose the

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-21 Thread Mike Hummel
Our ewes almost always will lamb twice a year if we leave the ram in with them. We feel that keeping high quality minerals readily available along with good pasture make the difference. We live in Ohio. MIke On 10/18/2013 11:52 PM, Ellen Brouillette wrote: From what I read ABBs can

Re: [Blackbelly] Direct On-Farm Marketing of Slaughter Lambs and Goats

2013-11-08 Thread Mike Hummel
Along with Black Belly Sheep we also raise American Guinea Hogs. Out of the blue a fellow wrote me and wanted to buy 1/2 a hog. As we would be butchering in the near future I told him that we could fix him up. He wanted to know price and asked some foolish questions. Well bells started to

Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Mike Hummel
Hello Steve, Our bane here in Ohio is Poison Hemlock. Lost a lamb, 2 years ago and a ewe this year. Had one goat go cross eyed for about 8 months. Doing all we can to eradicate it from our farm. Mike On 11/22/2013 4:08 PM, Steve wrote: Hey Jann, Welcome to the list. Being fairly new to

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Mike Hummel
Along with Rick's question have they ever killed/injured each other? Or like chickens is it more of a pecking order issue? On 1/7/2014 6:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote: Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Mike Hummel
a sheep. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com wrote: Along with Rick's question have they ever killed/injured each other? Or like chickens is it more of a pecking order issue? On 1/7/2014 6:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Hummel
if you are! Mark Wintermute winterm...@earthlink.net -Original Message- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Mike Hummel Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:17 AM To: blackbelly

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Hummel
else doing genetic selection on Blackbelly sheep? Let me know if you are! Mark Wintermute winterm...@earthlink.net -Original Message- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Mike Hummel Sent: Wednesday

[Blackbelly] A Breeding program

2014-01-11 Thread Mike Hummel
Thanks Mark you have given me something to work towards. Mike On 1/10/2014 8:37 PM, Mark Wintermute wrote: Hi Mike, We use separate breeding pens for each grouping of ewes and corresponding ram. My wife has created a massive program (not a PC platform) that seeks out the ewes that are the

Re: [Blackbelly] Looking for .....

2014-04-04 Thread Mike Hummel
Jann, Where are you located. We would be interested in a swap. Mike On 4/4/2014 9:39 AM, Jann Bach wrote: I am looking to buy or trade for an unrelated AB ram or ram lamb. I have stock from Gerry Krause's flock. Jann Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2014, at 11:55 PM, Ron Keener wifi

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding

2014-04-07 Thread Mike Hummel
We had been leaving the ram in with the gals year around, make sure everyone was in good condition. Wanting to build the flock up. Ends up at 100 head we were pushing our pasture too much, we had to rotate too quickly and picked up some worms. We also had some real bad winter weather this

Re: [Blackbelly] Trees or bushes in the pasture

2014-07-02 Thread Mike Hummel
Mine will not eat Paw Paws. On 7/1/2014 3:50 PM, Carol Elkins wrote: My sheep will not eat Virginia creeper. I grow this climbing vine on all my fences as a visual barrier. Carol At 11:15 PM 6/29/2014, you wrote: I have a general question for everyone. Do any of you grow any trees or

Re: [Blackbelly] Barbado Blackbelly growth chart

2014-12-26 Thread Mike Hummel
Just doing my part. On 12/26/2014 2:18 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: You are a marvelous person!! Carol At 12:14 PM 12/26/2014, you wrote: Also I have a meeting the first of next month with one of the owners of the Mt Hope Auction, I'll pass on this email on to him. Mike

Re: [Blackbelly] Dewormer chart for sheep

2015-07-21 Thread Mike Hummel
I am curious, for those that don't deworm how do you control the worm population in your flock? Even with rotating pasture every 2 weeks we have had to deal with tape worms for the 1st time this year. We have wormed with Safe Guard (fenbendazole) and are feeding diatomaceous earth with the