[Blackbelly] Horse-blanket for a ram?
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 having freezing mornings around here. He barely has 1/2 long hair on 90% of his body. A couple weeks ago he had a few small bald spots which grew in. They are predicting light snow in the San Francisco area valley for the first time in decades tonite. Has anyone ever successfully made a horse-blanket kind of poncho thing for a blackbelly before? I'd love to hear how you did it. _MWS ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Horse-blanket for a ram?
Michael, have you considered a heat lamp? If you have power out to the ram shed, it would be my first option. Alternatively, you might see what you could do for him using an old size XXX sweatshirt. You would need to keep it tucked up out of the way of his urine stream. I tried it with my dog and he hated it. Carol At 10:47 AM 2/26/2011, you wrote: Has anyone ever successfully made a horse-blanket kind of poncho thing for a blackbelly before? Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Horse-blanket for a ram?
You can get a polar fleece vest, or some kind of vest, from goodwill, for a few dollars. Mens or childs depending on his size. Put it on backwards, and with the zipper on the animals back, zip it up. If it is too large around the waist area, might try some duct tape. Liz Radi --- mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] Horse-blanket for a ram? Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:47:43 -0800 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 having freezing mornings around here. He barely has 1/2 long hair on 90% of his body. A couple weeks ago he had a few small bald spots which grew in. They are predicting light snow in the San Francisco area valley for the first time in decades tonite. Has anyone ever successfully made a horse-blanket kind of poncho thing for a blackbelly before? I'd love to hear how you did it. _MWS ___ 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
[Blackbelly] Rug For Ram
well ther would no reason why you could not make a simlar to a horse rug called a Newzeland water proof rug for a ram, see on miniature horses to find a pattern or see large dog coat ,and customize to fit the ram, or a ram show keep clean jacket and cut our a waterproof material to stitch over . From Marley Hill Farm, Canada -- MARLEYSHEEPDOGS TRAINING CENTER (est. U.K. 1988) CAT LAXTON MARLEY HILL FARM ONTARIO CANADA marleysheepd...@hurontel.on.ca WWW.MARLEYSHEEPDOGS.COM ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
