Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-20 Thread Ellen Brouillette
We are still wondering about this young >ram because as I said before we have not had any lambs this fall.   Arnold  > On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:35 PM, Ellen Brouillette wrote:   I got rid of my old ram last winter. I have a young ram that was a year old this spring. The first I sa

Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley

2013-10-15 Thread Ellen Brouillette
Keeping a sheep as a pet and letting them live out their life is good if that is what they want. We name some of our farm animals but do not make pets out of any of them. We really enjoy them but as we raised our family everyone understood we raised them for food, even rabbits. To consider hunti

[Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-15 Thread Ellen Brouillette
I got rid of my old ram last winter. I have a young ram that was a year old this spring. The first I saw him breed was in August. By the looks of our spring lambs I thought he had breed some last fall. We have no lambs yet this fall. Am looking for feedback in this aria. Thanks, Arnold  

Re: [Blackbelly] Deworming sheep (was previously Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48)

2013-10-10 Thread Ellen Brouillette
info] On Behalf Of Carol Elkins Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:31 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info; Ellen Brouillette Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Deworming sheep (was previously Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48) Hi Ellen, Great question, and you will probably receive several diffe

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48

2013-10-09 Thread Ellen Brouillette
One of the resons I got into ABB sheep is that I understood they  have a natural ability to resist parisites and dasieses,  In the arcives I read  how some are worming there sheep, Can we get by whithout worming and vaccinating? On Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:22 PM, Betsy wrote: Yes please

[Blackbelly] (no subject)

2013-10-02 Thread Ellen Brouillette
any recomdations for a mineral supplement. Do blackbelly sheep need it? What I have been using seems expencive. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info