Barb: what is this unconventional mineral supplement. Here in Oklahoma, the results Carol osted seem about right for birthweights. I feed mine on green forage and try to put out grain for extra protein.
Cecil in OKla Barb Lee wrote: > As a side note, I am beginning to discover that birth weights and gains > are powerfully impacted by the mineral intake of the animals. We'll be > doing a weigh-in of all the sheep this month, so I can report more then, > but in the meantime, I would say that on a diet which includes a fairly > unconventional mineral supplementation program, this crop of lambs has > been the healthiest, best gaining, most robust bunch so far, and we've > gone to almost zero parasite infestation. > > Regards, > Barb Lee > Blacklocust Farm > Registered American Blackbelly Sheep > http://www.blacklocustfarm.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:53 AM > Subject: [blackbelly] Average daily gain in blackbelly sheep > > > >> Those of you wanting current information about blackbelly average >> daily >> gain (ADG) and other production parameters may be interested in a new >> paper >> entitled "The production parameters of the Barbados Blackbelly and >> crossbred sheep in a controlled semi-intensive system" and published >> at >> http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd18/4/solo18055.htm . The article >> does not >> define what a "crossbred" sheep is, but I'm assuming it is a similarly >> sized hair sheep. >> >> Sheep in this study were located in Guyana, South America. It would be >> interesting to see how closely the data correlate to Barbados >> Blackbelly >> and American Blackbelly sheep here in the U.S. If you collect this >> data, >> please let me know. >> >> The study uses metric measurement. For your convenience, >> >> 1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) = 2.2 pound (lb) >> >> From the article's data, I've computed the following average daily >> gain >> (ADG) for male/female lambs: >> >> average birth weight = 2.6175 kg = 5.75 lb >> Wean weight at 90 days = 11.615 kg = 25.553 lb ADG = 0.28 lb/day >> Weight at 180 days = 19.175 kg = 42.185 lb ADG = 0.47 lb/day >> Weight at 270 days = 27.135 kg = 59.697 lb ADG = 0.66 lb/day >> >> Carol >> >> >> >> >> Carol Elkins >> Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep >> (no shear, no dock, no fuss) >> Pueblo, Colorado >> http://www.critterhaven.biz >> T-shirts, mugs, caps, and more at the >> Barbados Blackbelly Online Store >> http://www.cafepress.com/blackbellysheep >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > llysheep.info > > _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
