Rick, I bottle raised 2 ewe lambs last year. I just used the milk replacer, I maybe used approx 1 bag. The most important thing is to feed as often as possible. More is better. But not the amount. If you give them too much at once, that is when you can have a problem with scours. I kept a bit of hay for them. I did buy a bag of lamb creep feed. They didn't like it and I ended up chucking it out. They both preferred the whole mixed grain and whole corn that I use for the rest of the critters. The didn't eat a lot, just a little nibble. When they were about 2 months, I introduced them back to their herd. I still gave them a bottle at the regular feed times. (2 X a day -for about a month) And they were usually eager to grab a mouthful (or More) from the feedbucket, whenever I showed up. They are not overly "friendly or pet" . But they will still approach looking for that feed bucket. They grew as well as the others, and I never had any problems. ***I would like to add that, I started bottle feeding immediately after they were born. Usually, if the BB sheep are left and get weak, they don't adapt readily to interference. My timing must have been right on, cause they were hungry, but not too weak to suck. This situation occured because I had two ewes birth at the same time. One had twins, and the other had triplets. They could have physically raised these lambs, but for some reason , neither girl was willing to accept them. (they were very roughly rejectin them) . So one ewe raised twins and the other raised a single and I raised 2. Chris.H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Krach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:15 PM Subject: [blackbelly] RE: bottle-feeding
> Thank you, Diana. I appreciated your finding the sites for me to study > concerning bottle-feeding, and enjoyed reading them. > Have you personally ever bottle fed a lamb? > I'd appreciate hearing from you or any one else who's actually had the > experience. Playing it by ear often makes me wonder if I doing things > right. > The baby seems to be happy and healthy after 9 days, but is no longer > drinking as much as at first, and she had been peeing almost continually > until this afternoon. I will start her on some lamb starter, dry food and > some water tomorrow along with the bottle. > > Rick Krach > Auburn CA 95602 > (530) 889-1488 > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:01:18 EST > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [blackbelly] Re: bottle-feeding > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >http://www.sheepandgoat.com/lambkidcare.html > > > >http://oregonstate.edu/dept/animal-sciences/artirear.htm > >"Use a milk replacer designed for lambs ...>Another: > >http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/sheep/g433.htm > > > > > >Diana > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 08/22/2002 =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
