[Blackbelly] bottle babies
I have 2 bottle babies right now and the first one weighed 4.5 lbs and was a bit week. She was rejected by her mom and so I decided to bottle feed her. She too did not take much the first couple days but now she is 6 weeks old. It was really cold when she born so we put a large dog kennel in the house. Our floor is tile and pergo so we let her run the house but put her in the kennel at night or if we were not in the house until she was 3 weeks old and bouncing off the furniture. I have better luck bottle feeding the lambs using human baby bottles and nipples. I've had to make the hole larger in the nipple and I carefully clip a hole that will allow the milk to flow but not drown the lamb. It may take a few times to figure out how large to make the hole. You may have to open her mouth to get th nipple in but after a few tries, she will get it. I've have also used small syringes placed in the side of the mouth to get lambs to eat especially new borns. I am using Sav A Lam milk replacer. Both of my lambs did get a little loose but I just gave them 2 doses of about 3 ml of Pepto Bismol and that worked really well. The little ram lamb was rejected by his mom as well. After 2 days of tightly penning her, we figured out she probably did not have enough milk for 2 lambs. He will be a month old on Thursday and he too is growing like a weed, this little guy gained 8 lbs in 3 weeks. hope this helps along with all the info you have already received, Cathy Mayton LeapN' Lambs ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] Bottle babies
-Original Message- From: Kathy Shannon [mailto:theprinc...@4fast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:46 PM To: 'blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info' Subject: RE: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 6, Issue 40 What led to the bottle babies? Hi Dave, The first of the bottle babies, Goober, was from a young ewe who had twins but only wanted one. The second, Hercules, was born to a ewe who had 3 in the night; we found one had been born dead and one was unable to stand. His hind legs were splayed out to the sides. He couldn't get any milk and by the time we got him fed enough and strong enough to stand on his own his mama wouldn't take him back. The best thing I saw this season was when his 1 year old sister laid down with him to try to let him nurse. She did not have any milk but has a great heart. The third bottle baby we found down and weak, not sure who she came from or why she got left behind but all are doing well now. That one is Annie Oakley. My theory is, when I have a weak one that I can bring back, I give them a really big name to live up to and they usually do. Last seasons bottle baby is now a yard ornament named Peanut. He wasn't weak, just rejected. He and Goober will be good buddies. By the way, the count is up to 26 as of this afternoon. Well, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! Kathy Jack ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] bottle babies
Yes to Barbs love of her bottle baby.!!! I raise around 25 - 30 babies each year. Some are blackbelly crosses and some jacobs but all are loveable. Alot of them go to homes wanting pets etc. The ones we keep are certainly pest according to my husband. He has trouble feeding since they are always under foot thinking they should be feed by hand and then loved. They never want to let him threw the gates with the truck without getting out and following him to the house. As far as loosing lambs unexpectedly we did the same last winter. My husband hung an uncut bale string over a fence. Next morning he found a baby hanging there. Why it climbed up on the fence and got its head in the string is unknown. We normally always cut the strings on the bales and put them back in the truck but for some reason this one wasn't. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE OUT THERE! Nancy Tom ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[blackbelly] bottle babies
I am considering going to the Fruitland MO exotic sale this coming friday. If anyone is interested in bottle babies I have a ram that is now 6 months old that was sired by Wing nut and I have several ewes and rams that are corsicans that were sired by wingnut Jr.(He is a black belly ) Pictures of the sires can be seen on our site. Also if anyone knows of someone wanting bottle baby jacob 4 horns I also have several of them left that are 6 - 8 weeks old. Thanks Nancy - www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
RE: [blackbelly] (blackbelly) Bottle Babies
You know. I have had thin girls this year also. In fact I have one I am keeping out and letting run with Baily (the wether that was last years bottle baby who now thinks he is a dog) to get some wgt on her. I am feeding good grain, keep mineral blocks out, both grass hay and alfalfa and then let them graze out with the horses. Has been an odd year. I only had 1 ewe have problems and she had twin still born rams. So far everyone else is doing good just thin. I would be interested to know how many other bb owners are having odd things with the herds. oj -Original Message- From: Chris Handley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [blackbelly] (blackbelly) Bottle Babies Things run in cycles. and this must certainly be the year for bottle babies. These low input BB girls are really pulling a runner, I too have had more walk-away Moms this year. Never had this problem before. I guess maybe (for us) it may be blamed on an extremely cold winter? (when all else fails, blame the weather). I have 6 bottle babies and have had 5 aborts/stillbirths. A lot of my girls are on the thin side this year. Chris. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info
[blackbelly] (blackbelly) Bottle Babies
Things run in cycles. and this must certainly be the year for bottle babies. These low input BB girls are really pulling a runner, I too have had more walk-away Moms this year. Never had this problem before. I guess maybe (for us) it may be blamed on an extremely cold winter? (when all else fails, blame the weather). I have 6 bottle babies and have had 5 aborts/stillbirths. A lot of my girls are on the thin side this year. Chris. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info
