I went to look at possibly buying a dorper/katahdin cross ram to use on some of my ewes for freezer lambs. One thing I noticed was several of his ewes(out of 100) were limping. I asked him about it and he said it was due to all the rain. His land is fairly low-lying and we have had an unusually large amount rain this year. He said they get sore hooves when they don't have a chance to dry out. Makes sense to me but I thought I had better ask the list.
Anyone have any experience with this? Is there a contagious disease I need to be worried about? My land is "high-ground" hilly with bluffs and I never have any problems with standing water and such, so if it isn't contagious, it will probably clear up on my place. My sheep are very healthy, no health problems at all. Obviously I don't want to introduce anything bad for my sheep. Do I need to take him by the vet on my way home and get him some shots or something? My BBs have spoiled me I guess and have no experience with this. Thanks, Chris =============================================== 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]/
