Hello Diana, I am glad that you found a ram that you are happy with. Personally I would keep any new animals you purchase separated from your herd for at least 30 days. It is always a chance that a new animals might be carrying something you do not want to contaminate your herd. One example is pink eye. I have been attending internal parasite classes and one concern are parasites that are resistant to dewormers. If you bring a new animal to your farm and it is carrying parasites that are resistant to dewormers you do not want these resistant parasites to spread to the rest of your herd.
I think you informed me or the list before that you were planning on your vet doing a fecal test. I would do a fecal test on your new animal and even though Barbado and Barbados Blackbelly sheep are resistant to worms I would see if your new animals has any worms and if so deworm your new animals and retest to see if the wormer killed all the worms. Just a suggestion. James Harper Virginia Regional Director and BBSAI Newsletter Editor Blackbelly Barbados Sheep Association International (804) 732-2626 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [blackbelly] Getting Barbado-Blackbelly ram this weekend Hi all, You've probably read where I've wrote that, thus far, I haven't had any lambs born from our original stock purchased last year. They are now a year old. I've really become attached to the ram (stinker that he is), but he has a horn that has curled in front of his ear with point headed toward his eye. :( I've added a close up picture of him at our website. (hair sheep link) We've discussed that we will probably have to cull him come winter, even if he does breed, I'd hate to pass those horn genetics along to any lambs we may want to keep. <sigh> So, after much discussion we decided to get a Barbado-blackbelly ram lamb locally with a nice set of horns already established. No chance they'll grow into his head/eye. We wanted to try polled, but they are so rare and for our purposes not really needed. Not to mention the cost of transporting one from out of state. I'll add his picture in the upcoming days. I figured by the time we have to kill our older ram this one will be getting the right age to breed. Question- Should I expect any problems with the older ram and this younger one (about 4-5 months old) when we put him in with our flock? Diana http://hometown.aol.com/mcountryhaven/index.html =============================================== 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]/ =============================================== 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]/
