----- Original Message ----- From: "CHERYL MC LAUGHLIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have talked to some of the oldtimers with goats and cattle. About a week before the scheduled births, the ranchers put the stock in a lot where they can control the food intake. The soon to be new mamas are fed only in the late afternoon. For some reason this forces the ruminants stomachs to be very busy during the night. Because of the busy rumen the animals seem to give birth right at dawn or during the day. I did this last year with my goats. All kids were born during the day. No getting up at night!! One of the problems with this of course is the lack of clean bedding areas. For one convenience you must give up something. To remedy this, just as soon as the young one was dry, I moved the baby and mama out of the pen to clean pasture. Should work with sheep but since I have not had a problem lambing, there is no reason to get up at night anyway! It doesn't matter when the lambs get here just as long as they GET HERE SAFELY! Rhonda in TEXAS
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:59 AM Subject: [blackbelly] Re: Birth timing > > OOOPS - forgot to send as plain text - sorry. > > I feed 5 am and 5 or 6 pm and have never had a lamb > > born during the night, summer or winter, in the > > three years I've had these sheep. They've been kind >> > > =============================================== > This message is from the 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 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]/
