On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:48:14 -0700
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly , lizr...@skybeam.com
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] caseous lymphadenitis
yeah I know, it can be anywhere in the body (as was Marley's
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, William Buchanan wrote:
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:07:05 -0500
From: William Buchanan
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Deworming sheep (was previously Blackbelly Digest,
Vol 9, Issue 48)
On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:17:43 -0700
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly
Subject: [Blackbelly] Dead ewe, coyotes? or something else
(Moderator--I am re-sending this in plain text.)
New to sheep, started i
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:59:58 -0500
From: Cecil R Bearden
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Bottle Jaw
I would use safegaurd (panacur) at the same dosage rate or a lit
Noticed tha one of our sheep has what looks like bottle jaw (~2 inch swelling
on the underside of the back part of the jaw)
Another one of our sheep had this once before when just 8 months old that
spontaneously resolved in a couple days or so but they are all now about 3 1/2
years old and thi
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, imgr8a...@comcast.net wrote:
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 01:19:07 + (UTC)
From: imgr8a...@comcast.net
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Limping ewe
One or two of my sheep show up limping every co
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011, imgr8a...@comcast.net wrote:
baby antics? does that ever stop? My sheep are pretty tame and when I ride
the 4-wheeler around the property, I call the sheep and they come running,
bouncing, hoping and flinging themselves into the air. I love it, it is
very fun to watch a
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Margaret Smith wrote:
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:32:59 -0600
From: Margaret Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] Running out of hay
What do you all feed your ABBs when you run out of hay and do
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Cecil Bearden wrote:
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 18:44:24 -0600
From: Cecil Bearden
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info, doublejfa...@wildblue.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Economics
Do not think of them as a profit
BTW heres the commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMxLSq60O8
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Mary Swindell wrote:
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:16:53 -0600
From: Mary Swindell
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] AB Ram on Te
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Crystal Wolf wrote:
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:22:31 -0600
From: Crystal Wolf
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: Blackbelly digest
Subject: [Blackbelly] sheep and onions
Hello Peter,
It was interesting to read about Blackie eating the grilled onions and ho
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:34:10 -0800
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Grilled onions, sheep gangs
you mean like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
No, not a lamb recipe. Found out by accident that Blackie likes grilled
onions. Had some leftover grilled onions from lunch on Sunday and gave them
to the chickens. Turns out the chickens didn't much care for grilled onions
but the sheep ran up to see what was going on. The other three sheep
We will see if this bounces, last 2 times it did
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Crystal Wolf wrote:
That is really neat Peter that your sheep learned a hand signal. These sheep
are pretty smart. Most of my girls are not as tame as yours most of them are
"touch me not". I do have a couple that will
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Michael Smith wrote:
I also find one of my girls does this 100% of the time with our dog. She just
loves the dog and does not need to be in heat to do the droopy dopey face and
wagging tail thing. Funny thing is, the dog is a girl, as well.
Thats funny! Our girls wont
One of the things I've learned in my short time with our sheep is how
visual sheep are. If we so much as move a stepping stone around, they
immediately notice and have to investigate carefully before getting close.
Our sheep have learned a hand signal for "no more treats" (hand
rotated pal
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Carol Elkins wrote:
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:43:12 -0600
From: Carol Elkins
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ram pix for Fall, 2010
Michael, absolutely stunning rams. I really enjoy your pho
Cool windy and fallish here in northern California after a mostly absent
summer. First leaves falling have our girls in vaccuum cleaner mode again,
running around searching for blown down leaves.
Our 4 ewes are about 1.5 years old now (is this full grown?). Baby the runt
(now "Bee" because "Ba
A couple of small weedy plum trees have been dropping their fruit (~3/4"
yellow plums) on our hillside and our sheep have been greedily devouring them
including the pits!
I started noticing plum pits lying around the sheeps camping area and assumed
that the pits had made the whole digestive tr
Added some pics from a month ago up front.
http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/sheep/12558854_cvPzu#902143601_4zFcq
Our Lily, looking mighty nappy in those pictures as well. Plus, some
good examples of Groucho's nice horn growth in just one month.
_MWS
Well your guys are wooly but clean, no
the time to post
some pics I took last week, which show the same amount of peeling
coats, for Northern California.
http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/sheep/12558854_cvPzu#901314437_2Vu65
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
Wondering
Ours are partial to Cheerios or most any kind of stale cracker or nuts. I
bring them in at night by waving a plastic yogurt container of treats from the
top of our hill. They have can see it for a couple hundred feet at least (if
the weeds are not too high)
Peter & Kathy Wallace
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Weeds seem to be outrunning the sheep (4 sheep/1 acre) at the moment, They
only eat a couple of hours a day and the rest is siesta time. Guess we will
have to wait a whole year to see how the balance of plant production/sheep
consumption works out. I am happy to see that they eat the (very tho
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:14:23 -0700
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] New momma will not hold still to feed lambafter
10hours
Thanks everyone, a
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, GARLAND STAMPER wrote:
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:03:48 -0700
From: GARLAND STAMPER
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Must be spring
Peter and Kathy,
I really enjoy your updates. Glad spring
Our girls are celebrating spring and a long rainy winters end here in northern
California. They have bursts of head butting and jumping straight up in the
air doing 180 turns a the same time!. They are 1 year old now so we are doing
CDT vaccinations and hoof trimming (Just one of our four sheep
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Nancy & Tom Richardson wrote:
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 17:09:01 -0600
From: Nancy & Tom Richardson
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] lambing season
We had over 100 babies born. But We used a Racka Ra
What gorgeous pictures, makes me want to give up the city life!
What breeds are the larger sheep?
Peter Wallace
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:53:19 -0800
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly
Subject: [Blackbelly] Pictures and a video: Young AB ram's progress
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/2009_bottle_lambs/Lucy_and_Ziggy.
Gracies jaw went back to normal in one day and has been fine ever since so
maybe like an over-protective parent who has read to many horror stories I
jumped to conclusions. Thanks to all for suggestions. I am considering getting
a fecal egg count kit to see where we really are parasite wise. W
One of our 4 Lambs (8 month old ewes) has what looks to be bottle jaw, maybe 1
inch swelling of lower jaw. Seems to be feeling and eating OK but have read
that this is an emergency. The people that sold the lambs to us wormed them
right before we got them (end of September) I think with Ivomec
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Carol J. Elkins wrote:
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:08:26 -0700
From: Carol J. Elkins
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] mirror helps catch a runaway blackbelly
There's an interesting article that des
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, GARLAND STAMPER wrote:
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:15:46 -0800
From: GARLAND STAMPER
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly video
Peter...not a letdown!! They are really cute and love those ta
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:15:21 -0700
From: Michael Smith
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] rabbits
Peter, my 3 bottle-fed ewes do the same thing with our Aussie that
they came to know through the f
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Nancy & Tom Richardson wrote:
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:11:35 -0600
From: Nancy & Tom Richardson
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] New Ram picture
For those of you who like to look at photos I have
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009, GARLAND STAMPER wrote:
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:05:35 -0700
From: GARLAND STAMPER
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] New to list
Peter and Kathy,
Welcome! Am. Blackbellies are pretty intere
Wanted to thank Carol Elkins for serving this list and all contributors!. The
archives have been a great resource for learning about blackbelly sheep and
helped with our decision to purchase some American Blackbellys for lawnmower
duty. So far they have been a real joy around here.
Peter Wall
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