I put out baking soda for our sheep all the time. They seem to love the taste. Nancy @ mossysprings ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: blackbelly Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15
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Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [blackbelly] today's update on starved sheep > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Copied from > http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=070123_Ne_A1_Anima27014 > > Animals taken from rancher in sheep case > By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer > 1/23/2007 > > > Online: <http://www.tulsaworld.com/deadsheep>Watch a slideshow of > photos taken at the property. Editor's note: The images are graphic. > > VINITA -- Craig County authorities have seized the remaining animals > owned by a Bluejacket rancher accused of allowing hundreds of sheep > to starve to death, Undersheriff B.J. Floyd said Monday. > > Deputies, animal-rights activists and community volunteers worked > over the weekend to move a total of 1,250 Barbados adult sheep and 30 > of their lambs, 300 head of cattle, 12 horses and one dog from the > properties of Bradley Bell, the undersheriff added. > > Investigators estimated that they found about 400 dead sheep last > week on Bell's property. Authorities believed many of them starved to > death. > > The surviving animals appeared to have been hungry, reports say. > > "We're taking everything," Floyd said. "The cows were so weak we had > to load them in trailers by hand." > > All of the animals were taken to a farm west of Vinita, authorities > said. They are being fed and vaccinated throughout this week, reports > show. > > Bell, 46, was arrested last week. Officials said he could be charged > with animal cruelty. He is free on $5,000 bail. > > Another person in the investigation might be arrested this week, Floyd > said. > > "We're real careful in how we're doing it," he said. "We're still > investigating." > > Bell's attorney, Jot Hartley, could not be reached for comment Monday > afternoon. He previously said that Bell insisted that he had fed and > cared for the sheep, which he had bought and moved from southern > Texas in the past year. > > Bell will be vindicated in court, Hartley predicted. He said > autopsies would reveal that the dead sheep had food in them. > > The scene of sheep carcasses stacked atop each other in Bell's barn > has attracted attention from across the country, authorities said. > The Humane Society of the United States even sent a disaster-response > team to Bluejacket to help with the recovery, reports say. > > The story has particularly disturbed ranchers who raise Barbados > sheep, an Illinois-based representative of one breeders group said Monday. > > Mary Swindell, the secretary-treasurer of the Barbados Blackbelly > Sheep Association International, said ranchers from across the > country were getting in touch with her to talk about the Oklahoma > case. Swindell also helps run Bellwether Farm in Cobden, Ill. > > "The immediate reaction from people in the know was disgust and anger > that someone could (allegedly) allow their stock to come to this kind > of end," Swindell said. > > She concurred with Hartley's earlier assessment that some Barbados > sheep undergo serious stress when they are moved. However, Swindell > said the number of deaths in Bell's flock was unusually high. > > She also downplayed the theory that Oklahoma's recent icy weather may > have contributed to the animals' demise. > > In fact, Swindell added, ranchers raise Barbados sheep from southern > Texas to Canada. > > "They don't have very much trouble with the cold," she said. "This > breed is known as one of the heartiest sheep breeds." > > Oklahomans also have responded by donating money toward the animals' > food and medication costs. Floyd estimated that the Craig County > Sheriff's Office has received "all kinds of donations," including > about $1,600 on Monday alone. > > The Oklahoma Alliance for Animals also has solicited donations to > help care for the sheep. Those contributions so far have totaled more > than $4,800 since last week, OAA Executive Director Laurie Searcy Mayes > said. > > "I think it's awesome," Mayes replied. "People are just really > compassionate and hate to think this was even possible." > > Floyd added that authorities are amazed at how well the surviving > sheep are doing. They were grazing on hay and munching on medicated > alfalfa pellets by Monday. > > "All of them are content," the undersheriff noted. "It's unreal the > difference it's made." > > > ---------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:23:28 -0600 > From: "Sue Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [blackbelly] Question > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Hi there to all, > > After not having a computer for the past 3 months, I am finally able to > catch up again with all on the list serve. Luckily, my computer has been > upgraded and I'm glad to have it back, needless to say. > > I have a question and would some feed back about this. We have a cow in > with > our sheep in our north pen. Dusty will be a year old this spring and has > adapted nicely to the sheep. He let the new lambs use him as a climbing > toy > and shares food with them. I was really amazed that they got along so > well. > 2 weeks ago Dusty bloated up on us. A neighbor who riases cattle came over > and tubed him to relieve the excess gas build up in his stomach. He > suggested that we have calcium bicarbonate added to the feed like he does > to > keep this from happening. I'm NOT adding anything to our feed til I know > if > the sheep can tolerate this cause they eat the same feed. My sheep come > 1st!!! We did put some baking soda in the feed to help him but cows seem > to > 'pick up' on things like that added to the feed where the sheep don't > mind. > If anyone has any info on this I would appreciate it. > > I read and saw the pictures from the Tulsa article. HOW TERRIBLE!!!!! Ted > and I have said many times that if we couldn't afford to feed them, we'd > sell them. I could never let an animal starve - and if it was more not > being > prepared for the weather, then it's still shame on him for not finding > them > proper shelter and making hure he was preapered. We built a wall in > between > the two sheds we have by our north pen just so the sheep and cow would > have > more protection this winter from the north wind and it has really helped. > Up > until last year, we never had sheep in the north pen during the winter > time. > We are hoping that in a few years we can build a small lean-to with an > east > entrance to block the north wind even more for them in the winter and to > store hay in. > > I still am so glad that we 'accidentally discovered' these animals. They > amaze me all the time. I will share a story of hardiness that we > experienced > this fall. My 'bottle' ewe Tessa had twins late in October - 2 little > boys. > The one lamb was beautifully marked with a dark reddish brown coat. We > determined after just a few weeks that we were going to hold on to him for > breeding. We had acquired some ewe lambs that had a different sire than > ours > and thought he would be great to breed these ewes. We have a hay feeder > attached in the corner of the shelter that we built to place hay in. At 4 > weeks, Ted went out one morning to do chores. He fed them as he usually > does > but thought he heard a scuffling noise coming from the other side of the > wall. So he went to the shed and turned on the outside light to see what > the > noise was. Here was this lamb stuck between the rods of the feeder - his > back side on one side of the rods and his head on the other- he was in a U > shape. Ted got him out and we have no idea how long he was like that. HE > colapsed in Ted's arms but eventually wanted down. His head was cocked > sideways. He looked up with one side of his head and down with the other. > Ted said he couldn't feel that anything was broken in his neck but he had > a > big bulge on 1 side. We just watched and waited. Little 'Crookie Neck', as > we call him, made it. He still can't straighten out his neck and the bulge > is still there but he runs, eats, plays, etc just like the others. He > isn't > growing at the rate of the others but he's coming along. If he wants to > eat > something like hay that's fallen on the ground, he just gets down on his > knees and eats. Dusty the cow will share his food with Crookie Neck more > than any of the other lambs. Tessa keeps him close to her most of the > time, > almost as if shes knows he's 'special'. Our dreams of him being a breeding > ram are gone but it seems a great statement about the urge to survive and > the resiliency that this breed has. He will probably be around awhile and > then he'll probably be freezer meat, but that's ok. Just thought I would > share that with everyone. Makes me proud to raise this breed. > > Well I will sign off for now. The next cold wave will be coming soon to > the > upper Midwest and I know I'm sure thinking 'spring' already!!! > > Sue Miller > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out all that glitters with the MSN Entertainment Guide to the > Academy > Awards® http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline2 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:17:01 -0800 (PST) > From: Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Question > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Sue, > > sounds like your little guy put his neck out of adjustment-- Misaligned > vertebrae will cause a 'bulge' like that > > If you can find a veterninary Chiropractor, you may be able to get it put > back > into position, and make the fella more comfy. > > meanwhile, I beleive baking sodA is recommended by a lot of sheep people > as a > means to prevent something called Frothy Bloat-- > > Terry W > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:48:16 -0700 > From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [blackbelly] Fears over new tagging rules in Europe > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > European Union rules to force the introduction of > Electronic Identification of sheep in the UK > could cost slaughterhouses ?0.6 million. It is > also estimated that it will cost livestock > markets between ?0.51 million and ?1.22 > million. Now there are fears that these costs > will be passed back down to producers, and Welsh > lamb producers believe it could force them out of business. > > You can read the rest of this story at > http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article&artNum=13720 > > Events in Europe usually migrate to the U.S. > > Carol > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:17:59 -0800 > From: "Paul & Renee Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Question > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > I purchased those small 'two compartment' feeders from Jeffers. I put > sheep > mineral in one part and baking soda in the other...free choice. The sheep > (and goats when I had them) seem to know when they need either one. The > challenge is keeping the Baking Soda dry, when they aren't eating it...and > the air is damp....takes in the moisture like a sponge! I also keep > Probios > on hand and give to my animals if they've had any type of gut challenges. > Keeps their gut working the way it's suppose to. > > Renee Bailey > Harrison, Idaho > > > > > From: Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I beleive baking sodA is recommended by a lot of sheep people as a >>means to prevent something called Frothy Bloat-- >> >>Terry W >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. > http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:44:49 -0700 > From: "First Class Transport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [blackbelly] Friday Sales/New Office Manager-Dispatcher > To: <blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Lisa is doing a great job! 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