Another thing I forgot to mention, the breeder who recommended that day-only feeding regimen? Her goat kids (she raised goats, not sheep) also mostly had diarrhea as well.
(if we are getting hits on the forum, it must be lambing season...) _Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbear...@copper.net> wrote: > 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 >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 1, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Elizabeth Radi <lizr...@skybeam.com> 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 <evarojoe...@yahoo.com> >>> 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? >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
