Re: [blackbelly] Cuts of Lamb/Oneta

2006-10-13 Thread Carol J. Elkins
35-40 lb cut and wrapped At 03:02 PM 10/12/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Ok. Another question. What should I expect wgt wise. He is about >100#'s now. What would I expect back on sheep. oj ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list

[blackbelly] Making Jokes about Bad Presentations was Re: Young ram, again...

2006-10-13 Thread Barb Lee
Here's one... Vet came out to help a friend pull a backwards calf with the hind legs sticking out. His comment was, "Jeez, how fast was the little sucker running when he hit her??" Barb L. ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit

Re: [blackbelly] Young ram, again...

2006-10-13 Thread Johnson, Oneta
I will have to remember that one. What a laugh. I know I have some ewes that have had 3+ lambings and they can still surprise me. They get fat and happy looking but it looks like belly. They will have no bag to see and boom, baby the next am and a bag running like crazy. I figure they know more

Re: [blackbelly] Young ram, again...

2006-10-13 Thread Cecil Bearden
Cold weather lambing is not all that bad. With a small shed, if you can get a few other animals in with the one lambing, they will produce a lot of heat. In my small shed, 10 ewes inside will have water condensing on the roof in about 30 minutes and you can take your coat off when it is below

Re: [blackbelly] Cuts of Lamb/Oneta

2006-10-13 Thread Cecil Bearden
When I was talking with my processor he said that you lose 15# on the head and hide with the small ones. With the one we autopsied the other day. she was about 60 lbs, since she had lost a lot of weight in about 3 days. However, the offal would weigh at least 20lbs. I would think if you got

Re: [blackbelly] Young Ram

2006-10-13 Thread Cecil Bearden
I will sure agree about the terrible market after Easter I just let mine run together all the time and try to get he young rams off before they do any real damage From the autopsy of an older ewe a couple of weeks ago, my little guys were shooting blanks Onalee, if you will hav