Greetings to Cathy from Winnemucca, NV :-) Eeegads, WINNEMUCCA?!? lol,
your really are out in the middle of nowhere, aren't ya? I am a fairly
close (4 hrs) neighbor from rural SW Idaho, also a newbie with a small
flock of AB's Spring of 2006. We have left our Rams intact as well
with no taste or
Hi all, you're always so helpful to us newbie Shepard's...
Started lambing here in Freezing SW Idaho. (We let our ram roam) Had a
big nice healthy bouncing baby boy last week. Woke up this morn to
twins :-) Both up and healthy and females. This
is moms first and she is taking to both of them well.
We just had a 13 month old AB Ram butchered last week. Tasted great
and we got 48 lbs for the freezer (w/bones)-- he wasn't weighed before
hand.
Our *ornery* 4 year old Ram was butchered a few months ago. Chickened
out on having him cut up as usual - was afraid of taste problems due
to age, so
For those following the saga of our ornery A.B. Ram Lucky... He
ain't so *Lucky* anymore. Just got him back from the butcher. He was 5
years old and such a pain as he enjoyed terrorizing everyone, we
didn't want to sell him to be someone else's problem and my husband
wanted his impressive rack. In
Thanks Barb- think I will email him :-)
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Okay, don't laugh at me but... Anyone ever tried feeding lambs
lavendar? I read somewhere that in France lamb are sent to graze in
fields of lavender before they are butchered and they have an aromatic
flavor. I tried to find info on the web but couldn't. Is this
doo-hicky or what? I have lavendar
Rhonda,
Sausage links are a good idea, hadn't thought about that. Years ago we
had deer done like that and we really liked it. Just hate to spend
more $$$ on that darned ram in case he turns out bad. I've been
canning tomatos like crazy in prepreation for lamb stew this winter
;-)
Elizabeth
The $65-75 fee includes the kill cost plus the cutting wrapping.
Really don't want to do our own slaughtering-- I don't have issues
bringing them home in packages but have a hard time with the killing
and the mess. We don't even do our own chickens/turkeys. My husband
would probably seriously
Stephanie-- ahh, hormone changes, didn't dawn on me but makes
perfect sense. No baby as of Friday evening but we are watching
closely.
Elizabeth
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Julian,
I am in SW Idaho near the Oregon Border.
What is the common consensus here on finishing the Blackbellies off?
Anything special as far as feed? Timing? (as in 30 or 90 days a head
of time) We have one ram that will be a year in January so we were
thinking Novemberish he'll go to the
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
Our meanie, Lucky is about 5 years old... too late for the freezer?
I've heard up to 2 years for these guys but one year is best. I have
his January son- but planned on having him in the freezer come Winter.
My ewe that just lambed is his mother and I also have his twin sister
I planned on using
Please send us some of that rain ;-) We average something like 11
inches per year and it gets mighty hot right now. Wish the sheep would
take a better liking to my cheat grass.
Elizabeth
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Hi to all-- we acquired a small flock of American blackbellys about 6
weeks ago. My name is Elizabeth and we live in SW Idaho next to the
Oregon border. Anyhow, All was dandy-- and they were getting pretty
friendly 'til the ram decided it was great fun to torment me. The
steel handled shovel I
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