Re: [blackbelly] Ivermectin

2006-07-26 Thread Terry
Ivermectin is poerfectly safe to use on a HW positive dog-- one just must know how to use it--- catttle dosage on label is low if you live in an area where parasites are developing resistance- like they are in Ohio-- here, the vets are having to double the dose to achieve any results. by all me

Re: [blackbelly] treats for lambs

2006-07-26 Thread Terry
I fund that my boys like water chestnuts Terry W --- Nancy Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if anyone else feeds treats to there sheep or lambs . We have > found that our sheep really enjoy bread but find that if lambs are not > raised eating it with mom they don't usua

Re: [blackbelly] Ivermectin

2006-07-26 Thread Cecil Bearden
Also, hit them again in about 3 weeks to get the eggs too. Cecil in Okla - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: [blackbelly] Ivermectin > > Hello Everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone uses ivermectin injectable to worm thei

Re: [blackbelly] Ivermectin

2006-07-26 Thread Cecil Bearden
I use injectable and oral both. The paste for horses will work if you just figure the amount based on the weight. Ivermectrin is hard to really overdose.. Injectable is supposed to be given under the skin, But I have used a short needle and injected it however I could when I had to worm 100

Re: [blackbelly] Ivermectin

2006-07-26 Thread Onalee Israel, Onalee's Home Grown Seeds
We use the ivermectin injectable on our sheep - my husband just figures the dose based on weight and calculates it down to sheep size from the recommended dose on the bottle for cattle. We don't use it on small lambs because it's too hard to get that small of an amount in them; for them we use dr

Re: [blackbelly] treats for lambs

2006-07-26 Thread Cecil Bearden
This can really be funny when you take those plastic grocery bags out of the car anywhere near the sheep!! Mine can hear a WalMart sack rattle a mile away..! Cecil in OKla - Original Message - From: "Onalee Israel, Onalee's Home Grown Seeds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, Ju

[blackbelly] Ivermectin

2006-07-26 Thread Rexesandroses
Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone uses ivermectin injectable to worm their sheep? Orhas anyone ever used the paste made for horses??? (That would make it s easy!) I have 4 blackbelly ewes with one month old lambs that are getting ready to go to a clean, irrigated pasture,

Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?

2006-07-26 Thread The Wintermutes
Hi Carol, What we have found out is dominant does not necessarily equate aggressive in our rams. When the rams are in the "Ram Pen" a pecking order is established. Almost all of the injuries and major squabbles are the rams at the low end of the hierarchy. We keep a ram pen year round with any

Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?

2006-07-26 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Sharon, to what do you attribute not having a single dominant/aggressive ram in your flock? Do they rotate their pecking order when reunited? You have so much more experience than I do with rams -- I only have three, and because the senior ram has always been the dominant ram, any new rams are

Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?

2006-07-26 Thread The Wintermutes
Rams sharing a fence is can be a problem. If the rams have an established pecking order, there is usually not a problem. But if they have not, the fence can be demolished. We have 3 lots that share fences. We keep the rams that work well together near each other. Those that do not "share"

Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?

2006-07-26 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Rams that share a fence, especially if there are ewes on either side of the fence, will demolish a fence. Having their own gals isn't sufficient. Each ram wants ALL the gals. I create a "neutral zone" of at least 25-50 feet when I am forced to put ewes and rams within visual range of each other.

[blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?

2006-07-26 Thread Elizabeth Willhite
Anyone here try to cross American Blackbelly with Dorper? Am thinking of adding Dorper to my small AB flock. But they are bigger (which is why I am thinking of adding them)-- so, birthing probs are on my mind. Also, my pastures are cross fenced for rotation, etc. If I did decide to separate them an

Re: [blackbelly] treats for lambs

2006-07-26 Thread Onalee Israel, Onalee's Home Grown Seeds
Mine love COOKIES - I usually get cheap oatmeal cookies - they hear that bag rattle and there's no stopping them. It's the easiest way to move them from one pasture to another or get them to go where they don't want, just rattle the bag and here they come running! We also use cookies as a way to

Re: [blackbelly] treats for lambs

2006-07-26 Thread Linda Bishop
Vanilla Wafers! Probably not the most healthy thing for them, but ours sure loved them. Linda Bishop Williford Resources, LLC 6506 S Lewis Ave Ste 102 Tulsa OK 74136 918-712-8828 office 918-712-8868 fax 918-231-7997 cell -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[blackbelly] treats for lambs

2006-07-26 Thread Nancy Richardson
I don't know if anyone else feeds treats to there sheep or lambs . We have found that our sheep really enjoy bread but find that if lambs are not raised eating it with mom they don't usually take to it. But I have several bottle babies that have found that they love round nacho chips. Just the