This can really be funny when you take those plastic grocery bags out of the car anywhere near the sheep!! Mine can hear a WalMart sack rattle a mile away..!
Cecil in OKla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Onalee Israel, Onalee's Home Grown Seeds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] treats for lambs > > Mine love COOKIES - I usually get cheap oatmeal cookies - they hear that > bag > rattle and there's no stopping them. It's the easiest way to move them > from > one pasture to another or get them to go where they don't want, just > rattle > the bag and here they come running! We also use cookies as a way to calm > them and get them to trust us, we'll start by tossing a cookie to them, > but > eventually, they must come and take them out of our hands. Now all our > sheep will come right up to us if they think there's a cookie to be had! > > Onalee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy > Richardson > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [blackbelly] treats for lambs > > I don't know if anyone else feeds treats to there sheep or lambs . We have > found that our sheep really enjoy bread but find that if lambs are not > raised eating it with mom they don't usually take to it. But I have > several > bottle babies that have found that they love round nacho chips. Just the > plain ones. They will hear the bag rattle and come running. One even likes > a > > slice of banana! just a thought for some who like to give a little extra. > Nancy > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
