Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:51:21 -0800 From: Natasha <meadowskuv...@gmail.com> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Giving Birth Message-ID: <CALZE0a3vkcByHt8X61c8-KYx8QqtggsH=efokgrf56wbt-1...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> OH MY GOSH!!! ?WHAT A TREAT!!! Yes it was! Thanks so much for sharing :) Do Blackbellies twin? Or are they usually singletons? I couldn't see the video as it didn't load properly for me but I sure enjoyed seeing the show! It turned out my ewes never delivered anything when I was expecting them to. Bummer for me. Hopefully my little ram lamb was able to get to business when I put him with my older ewe lambs. It would be a disappointing year with no little ones around. My other ram was with the ewes from mid May until September - how is it possible there were no babies? They did have young ones at the time, but I had weaned them already. What could prevent them from becoming pregnant? He produced lovely lambs last spring with these ewes. Natasha Natasha, the main reason I've found for ewes not getting pregnant when they're with a ram is because they are still nursing a previous lamb. I also think that Blackbellies sometime get into the habit of only mating at the "prescribed" time of year -- in the wild, animals usually, must have their babies in the spring! Also, Natasha, adding those 4 "videos" to my MobileMe album was an accident; I knew that they could not be loaded or seen. If only I could learn how to decrease the size of those hundred MB videos that I take with my phone so that I could put them on Facebook or email them! I have tried again to remove them: http://gallery.me.com/rickkrach#102097 Rick Krach Auburn, CA 95602 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
