How would you feel about what was happening over and over toyour body? pregnancy is hard on a body-- doesnt matter if you are a hen or an elephant-- I am all for giving the uterus a break!!! give Mom a change to totakkly dry up, re-adjust her hormnones, etc...if your purpose is to get as many lambs out of one ewe as possible, then are you really humane in your ethics?Fertility is a sign of health-- but health must be maintained...
Terry W --- Sue Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barb, > Thanks for the heads up on this. I guess for the > most part we have a > thriving herd. We haven't had a whole lot of those > kinds of problems that > you listed. We do have mineral block for sheep > available at all times along > with salt and now and then some baking soda. I know > that the feed company we > use puts some salt and minerals in the feed also. > Guess I will leave them > alone. > > I do have a question though. When we 1st got these > sheep, we were told that > the ewes would lamb 5 times in a 3 year period and > then seem to 'take a > break' in lambing( we figured when the 6th lambing > should occur). These > girls haven't taken any breaks at all. Should we as > herders give them that > break and remove the ram from them? Of is this just > an 'old wives tale' so > to speak? I would like to hear what you and others > think about this. Sue > Miller > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
