The sheep need more zinc, may copper is as well too low. Regards Helmut ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: [blackbelly] Sore feet/hooves?
> > > 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]/ =============================================== 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]/
