Jerry, To what do you attribute your sheeps' low fecal egg counts? Are the sheep grazed with other species? Do you rotate their pastures? Are there just a few animals on a lot of pasture? I'd love to know how you manage this, as most people in the SE tend to have more problems with parasites in their sheep. I know that we have had a few more problems with parasites here in SC than we did further north in MD.
Stephanie Parrish Westminster, SC On Dec 15, 2007, at 8:34 PM, blueberryfarm wrote: > I have enjoyed reading all these posts on nutrition, but they make me > feel very inadequate. Am I not treating my blackbellies well? I > simply > put them out to pasture, fertilize once in the summer and again in the > late fall when I put out my winter rye. They get granulated mineral ad > lib and nothing else. I monitor their droppings for eggs and their > load > is light so I do not worm them and they lamb every 7 or 8 months, but I > have not yet had any twins. I have trained them to a feed bucket and > a > vocal call, but they get a taste of the feed bucket only maybe once a > month. They are a joy to have and to watch but require very little > maintenance in my part of the country, if one is satisfied with single > births. > > Jerry > Picayune, Mississippi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barb Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Selenium > > >> Thanks Shel! >> >> This sounds like a keen interest for you too! >> >> Our sulphur levels in the feed are averaging around 0.11 mg. I am >> going >> to be adding a horse product called "Gen-A-Horse" to the sheeps' feed >> which is biotin, another sulphur bearing compound, and zinc >> methionine. >> I may have the sulphur dilemma nailed! >> >> Reading more, I guess that sulphur isn't a common supplement because a >> lot of drinking water contains sulphates and some byproduct type feeds >> are also high in sulphur, so apparently excess is more of a problem >> than >> deficiency. >> >> Barb >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Asylum Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> >> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 4:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Selenium >> >> >>> Barb- if I remember correctly, to supplement sulfur you should >>> ideally >>> add methionine. And the requirements were that 0.4mg was an >>> acceptable level. >>> >>> Shel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> _______________ >>> Looking for last minute shopping deals? >>> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >>> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php? >>> category=shopping >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
