I will be making a fast trip to Denver, and might get a chance to visit with my little bottle baby sidekick. Anyone on the list near for a quick cup of coffee or a bite to eat??
Cecil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] amount of colostrum needed > > Cecil, your $0.02 worth is always worth a small gold mine. > > I wouldn't be surprised if once again what is written in the sheep books > just doesn't quite fit with what blackbelly sheep need. Even though > Lawson's formula would automatically scale to the smaller blackbelly > weight, our sheep rarely do anything "by the book." I'm paying attention > to > Cecil's overeating theory. I've done okay with my bottle babies using > Lawson's formula, but those first few days of life are always touch-and-go > and I rarely can get the "prescribed" amount of fluids into a newborn. > Perhaps that has been to the lamb's advantage... > > So what "formula" would you recommend for how much to feed a newborn, both > for colustrum and milk replacer? > > Carol > > At 12:24 AM 5/13/2006 -0500, you wrote: >>I have discussed this with my vet who is on site nearly every day and he >>agrees that we have just overfed blackbellies in the past and we have >>altered our feeding amounts for newborns. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
