At 10:43 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
>Negative effect on the meat? Since when? Where did you find this
>information?
>
>Corn has been the biggest feed lot food for decades.
>
>Not meant to eat grain? Again, where, why.
>My sheep have gotten out and head to the farmer field that's next to us.
>
Stephanie,
No, I don't have any cattle, just sheep and dogs. :0)
The bulls refers to Staffordshire Bull Terriers or Staffy bulls for short.
Bkbulls=
b=Buchanan k=kennels bulls=Staffy Bulls
We used to raise and show them, now we just have two. They are great "small"
dogs with very sweet disposi
Chris,
I noticed your email address has the word "bulls" in it. Which makes
me wonder, do you run sheep and cattle on the same pasture? Could
there be some parasite resistance conferred by multi-species grazing
going on here as well?
Stephanie
On Aug 4, 2006, at 12:13 PM, William Buchanan wro
One side of our property borders some woods; in the winter, to save on hay
and make the sheep happier, I will trim some of the branches that hang over
our pasture for them every day - THEY LOVE IT and it gets the fence line
clear at the same time! Of course, it makes more work for me to go back an
Cecil, Would you be willing to share the dosages that you use? I currently
use Ivomec injectable (but use orally) at a rate of 1 ml per 100#. I started
using this product because that was what everyone else in this area was
using for goats (although for them, it was 1 ml per 34-50#). Now that I
My sheep just love it when I clear fence row! I throw the brush to the side
and they gorge on the leaves. It makes hauling the brush off much easier
later on!
Mark
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Mine must be pretty healthy right now, they ahve been annihillating every
hackberry sapling around!! After they are in a pasture for about 3 weeks, I
can get under the saplings to cut them down. Then in one evening, they
clean off all the leaves
Cecil in OKla
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I worm mine regularly. I read Barb's original posting, and I had one ewe
with the same symptoms. She did fine, but always had a loose stool. I
finally sold her and solved that problem. I must have another one somewhere
because I find that type stool around, not cosntantly, just occasionally.
Hi Barb,
I like your logic! I also agree it sounds like Chris has a good thing going
on with his flock!
Finding trees that the sheep don't out right kill is probably the challenge.
Around here the favorite tree of choice is the Osage Orange/Hedge. They
won't touch the hedge apples. They usuall
Mark, your observation about browsers is astute, but I would apply a
slightly different logic. Some of the goat websites I've read are so
hysterical about cocci that they demand breeders remove all kids from
their mothers immediately they are born, and rear them artificially.
It's widely accep
After reading this and other replies I must admit I feel sort of lucky.
I live in hot, wet, muggy Alabama where most people with Dorpers and goats
must worm every 3 weeks and even then they are fighting a losing battle
according to my vet.
Compared to you Barb, my methods are pretty reckless(car
Oh Barb! My heart goes out to you! I don't have any answers myself so I will
be watching the replies to your post with interest. I had some isolated
problems myself years ago with goats, a little different symptoms though.
Every time I thought I knew what was going on, I was proven wrong. I didn
mark-- This one sentence is extrememly sound advice, when one looks at it.
If breeding for something that is going to be very polygenetic, like an
immunity to soemthing, one must retain what would normally be culled at a very
young age.A very resistant ram can influence more offspring in a year, t
Oh, MY!
Barb--
many of the older vets will say to let Nature run it's course-- as you so
bluntly stated as what you are going to do in your last paragraph.Ni know a
farmer-- that is ho9w he handles his vermin catching cats--- no vet sees them--
EVER!!!
Just watch the critters close-- so you c
Hi Sue,
Just a quick note.
I have purchased 100% Barbados Blackbelly rams from respected breeders that
have struggled to survive the parasites located in my environment. Of the
American Blackbelly contributors to my flock some were better, equal or
worse. Some of my oldest best surviving ewes
Hi Barb,
I don't have any real good answers for the parasite problem. All I can say
is you are not alone!
I am finding that some sheep are resistant and some are not. It doesn't
really follow any pattern. I have had a few cases where a family line was
obviously not resistant (lost each and e
If I may, I would like to share an opinion concerning AB vs BB. The
breeders who raise BB have a sheep who is of purebred lines, culled for
their health and have been for years not only here in the states, but also
from where they originated. When we talk about AB and BB really we are
talkin
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