Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS
From what I read ABBs can possibly lamb out every 7 mouths. We had 3 ewes lamb out in Sept. when we bought them and lamb out again in April. So we know it is possible, How consistently have your ABBs done this? Our ewes are in good shape and all lambed out this spring, We are still wondering about this young ram because as I said before we have not had any lambs this fall. Arnold On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:35 PM, Ellen Brouillette ellenlyn...@yahoo.com wrote: I got rid of my old ram last winter. I have a young ram that was a year old this spring. The first I saw him breed was in August. By the looks of our spring lambs I thought he had breed some last fall. We have no lambs yet this fall. Am looking for feedback in this aria. Thanks, Arnold ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS
I got rid of my old ram last winter. I have a young ram that was a year old this spring. The first I saw him breed was in August. By the looks of our spring lambs I thought he had breed some last fall. We have no lambs yet this fall. Am looking for feedback in this aria. Thanks, Arnold ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley
Keeping a sheep as a pet and letting them live out their life is good if that is what they want. We name some of our farm animals but do not make pets out of any of them. We really enjoy them but as we raised our family everyone understood we raised them for food, even rabbits. To consider hunting farm raised animals as execution seems not right. It seems they do it as humanly as possible. Arnold On Thursday, October 10, 2013 2:52 AM, Erik Christy echri...@peak.org wrote: I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? On 10/8/2013 3:01 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info wrote: Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info You can reach the person managing the list at blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 2. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) 3. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 4. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:19:06 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: cahikykg61wyomcjvwmohkfrujhxcf6vzxzqtwnqthvo3dj4...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:04:35 -0400 From: Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: 525410f3.8040...@soggytopfarm.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB. If you want to find out what is worth, contact one of the many game preserves. They will pay you big bucks to let some city slicker shoot him. On 10/7/2013 9:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 07:54:36 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly]
Re: [Blackbelly] Deworming sheep (was previously Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48)
Thanks Carol William. That is what I was hoping to here, My name is Arnold. Ellen is my wife, We got our ABBs a year ago and are really enjoying them. Is there a way to find other ABBs in our aria? We have 63 acres near Plains Montana. Arnold On Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:07 AM, William Buchanan bkbu...@bellsouth.net wrote: I concur with Carol. I live in the humid southeast and I only wormed once, many years ago. In fact, all the sheep that were wormed have either been sold or died of old age, so none of the sheep on my place now have ever been wormed. My vet and my State Vet both encouraged me to do this. From that point on, I never wormed again. I did lose a few in the early years but none in several years. Survival of the fittest. Chris Buchanan -Original Message- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Carol Elkins Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:31 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info; Ellen Brouillette Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Deworming sheep (was previously Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48) Hi Ellen, Great question, and you will probably receive several different viewpoints. In almost 16 years of raising Barbados Blackbelly, I have never dewormed or vaccinated my sheep. Although I haven't had any sheep losses from worm overload, I was prepared to lose some in order to cull any that were not genetically worm resistant. I am of the school that believes that keeping sheep alive chemically just enables them to breed more lambs that are genetically not resistant to worms. That doesn't help the overall breed. I live in a climate that has cold winters which helps keep the worm load down, but several BB breeders live in humid, warmer areas and have not found it necessary to deworm. Also, by rotating my sheep through smaller paddocks during summer grazing, I help break the worm cycle. I allow them to graze a paddock for one week and I don't put them back in that paddock for a month. If you do decide to deworm, I urge you to only deworm the sheep that show signs of being debilitated by worms. Deworming sheep that don't require it just increases the worm tolerance to dewormers and minimizes the effectiveness of dewormers when you really need them. BTW, when you respond to an email, don't forget to change the subject line. Replace the Digest subject line by copying and pasting the subject line of the email you are replying to. If you are starting a new subject, create a new subject line. That helps the messages archive correctly and enables people to search for them. Carol At 07:57 PM 10/8/2013, you wrote: One of the resons I got into ABB sheep is that I understood they have a natural ability to resist parisites and dasieses, In the arcives I read how some are worming there sheep, Can we get by whithout worming and vaccinating? Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz/ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48
One of the resons I got into ABB sheep is that I understood they have a natural ability to resist parisites and dasieses, In the arcives I read how some are worming there sheep, Can we get by whithout worming and vaccinating? On Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:22 PM, Betsy bwildcatl...@aol.com wrote: Yes please, I would like to see a picture of your mineral feeder as well. Betsy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Donna Marie dm...@wlake.com wrote: Could you post a picture of your mineral feeder? Thanx, Donna-Marie ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
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any recomdations for a mineral supplement. Do blackbelly sheep need it? What I have been using seems expencive. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
