Hi all, My name is Beth Stamper, from Powell Butte, OR located in the central part of OR, near Bend, Redmond and Prineville. We are new to blackbelly sheep and currently have only one young ram.
Marion wrote: > regarding handling,I found that having a good tame > dorper/katahdin ewe in with them, and will easily > lead where you want her to go goes a long way to > helping handle the BB ewes. It also help them be more > tame if that is what you want. Most of my BBB ewes > started out as wild as march hares, but now they are > much more relaxed about being moved, allowing me > access to their lambs, and being jugged for lambing. I found this pretty interesting because I intend to buy a couple of ewes and turn them out on an acre with the ram but realize once I do this I may not be able to get near them. I was actually thinking some Shetland sheep or a pygmy goat might be useful to help them be a little less skittish. What do you think?? Which would be better?? Thanks for any advice...I'm brand new to sheep but I used to have a pygmy goatie. Beth Stamper Sierra Luna Morgan Horses Powell Butte, OR =============================================== 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]/
