Re: [Blackbelly] Help

[Cecil Bearden]

I agree, if you are feeding the recommended amount on the replacer bag, 
it is about twice as much as Blackbellies need.   If using milk 
replacer, only use Land o Lakes or Merrick.   Dumore has beef fat to 
make the fat test and it is not digestible.   The lamb will grow until 
about 9 months then die from a small heart.  I would use whole milk from 
the grocery store or a local dairy if you cannot get Merrick or Land o 
Lakes.  Livestock concepts has Merrick.


Cecil in OKla

On 3/1/2016 9:13 AM, Michael Smith wrote:

Lee Ann. One question. How often are you feeding them? And are you feeding them 
at night as well? I'm not very experienced raising lambs but I've had a few 
rounds of bottle babies, and they always had diarrhea because I was told by a 
local breeder that I could just stuff them full of formula a few times a day 
and not feed them at night. So I did. Soon as I started feeding them  less per 
meal and more meals...and during the night... the diarrhea went away.

-MIchael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies

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On Mar 1, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Elizabeth Radi  wrote:

what are you using for formula?
If the scours are a greenish tinge, have them checked for coccidiosis.
I don't buy the powdered formula.  If you alter the formula ratio to water, you 
change the osmolality of the milk and could lead to scours.  I fed mine whole 
milk from the grocery store. They did great on that.  No mixing worries either. 
 Just my experience from the University of life.

Liz Radi
Nubian goats
Nunn, Colorado


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From: Lee Ann 
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] Help
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:29:05 -0800

My two bummers have the scours, I have tried electrolytes and probiotics, and 
also watered down the formula? They are 13 days old?

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Re: [Blackbelly] Help

[Michael Smith]

Lee Ann. One question. How often are you feeding them? And are you feeding them 
at night as well? I'm not very experienced raising lambs but I've had a few 
rounds of bottle babies, and they always had diarrhea because I was told by a 
local breeder that I could just stuff them full of formula a few times a day 
and not feed them at night. So I did. Soon as I started feeding them  less per 
meal and more meals...and during the night... the diarrhea went away.

-MIchael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies

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> On Mar 1, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Elizabeth Radi  wrote:
> 
> what are you using for formula?  
> If the scours are a greenish tinge, have them checked for coccidiosis.
> I don't buy the powdered formula.  If you alter the formula ratio to water, 
> you change the osmolality of the milk and could lead to scours.  I fed mine 
> whole milk from the grocery store. They did great on that.  No mixing worries 
> either.  Just my experience from the University of life. 
> 
> Liz Radi
> Nubian goats 
> Nunn, Colorado
> 
> 
> --- evarojoe...@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> From: Lee Ann 
> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
> Subject: [Blackbelly] Help
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:29:05 -0800
> 
> My two bummers have the scours, I have tried electrolytes and probiotics, and 
> also watered down the formula? They are 13 days old?
> 
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Re: [Blackbelly] Help

[Elizabeth Radi]

what are you using for formula?  
If the scours are a greenish tinge, have them checked for coccidiosis.
I don't buy the powdered formula.  If you alter the formula ratio to water, you 
change the osmolality of the milk and could lead to scours.  I fed mine whole 
milk from the grocery store. They did great on that.  No mixing worries either. 
 Just my experience from the University of life. 

Liz Radi
Nubian goats 
Nunn, Colorado


--- evarojoe...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Lee Ann 
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] Help
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:29:05 -0800

My two bummers have the scours, I have tried electrolytes and probiotics, and 
also watered down the formula? They are 13 days old?

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