Wow thanks. That's old and I'm glad. Spoiled R us.
Aloha a hui hou kaua!
(Goodbye until we meet again)
Barbara Heavens
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John,
I mix soaked sugar beet pellets with any of my grain feeds for horses and
sheep. It accomplishes the same thing as the oil. I hate to waste money on
minerals that they blow out of the feed bowl. Dampening with water will
work, too.
Beth in Central OR
Sierra Luna Blackbellies
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Hi Barbara,
I don't know about the average life span of a Blackbelly...but we have a 14
year-old ewe that is about to lamb!! She is in great shape...wears a
blanket and has three special meals a day!! Think she's spoiled???
As for making cheese...I wouldn't think a blackbelly would have eno
What is the average natural lifespan on hair sheep and how can you make cheese
without depriving a lamb of the milk? If you have to bottle feed the lamb you
might as well buy cheese.
Aloha a hui hou kaua!
(Goodbye until we meet again)
Barbara Heavens
Nate's system works well for me, too. At weaning, I put the ram lambs
in the ram pen with the adult rams. Usually they just sniff the
lambs; rarely do they knock them around. When possible, I leave the
ewe lambs with their mother to wean naturally. In the case of a
ewe/ram set of twins, removin
I received this today from Susan Schoenian's email series,
"Shepherd's Notebook." Thought it might be of interest in light of
the recent discussion on calculating nutrients.
>Sheep (and meat goat) producers can evaluate their feed rations
>using an Excel spreadsheet developed by Susan Schoenian
hello everyone!
early reservations already indicate that this is going to be an unusual
trip - I have several large loads originating on the east coast going
westbound to various locations - the need to reserve a large segment of
the trailer for one load means I am going to have to make multiple t
