Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Hummel
llysheep.info] On Behalf Of Mike Hummel Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:17 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 Many thanks to Mark and Michael, I am really learning a lot about BB behavior. Mark just curious, if you have 20

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Hummel
day, January 08, 2014 7:17 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 Many thanks to Mark and Michael, I am really learning a lot about BB behavior. Mark just curious, if you have 20 rams how many ewes are you running? And how many acres of pas

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-09 Thread jhrc
n...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Michael > Smith > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:59 PM > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vo

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Mark Wintermute
lackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Mike Hummel Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:17 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 Many thanks to Mark and Michael, I am really learning a lot about BB behavior. Mar

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Michael Smith
Thanks. I might be ready to cull some rams if I have some particularly good lambs this year. Actually hoping for ewes. Had all boys last time. Don't see a link. Did the link get stripped off? -MIchael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies Sent from my iPad > On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Mastiff Ranches

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Mastiff Ranches
You have some nice looking rams Michael. We may have to talk when I'm ready to bring in some new blood. Here is a link to a couple of my boys going at it. The ChallengerOn Jan 7, 2014, at 4:01 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info wrote: End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 **

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Michael Smith
y are > back home in their bachelor group. > > Good video. > > Mark Wintermute > > > > -Original Message- > From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Michael > Smith &

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Mike Hummel
--- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Michael Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:59 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Dig

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-08 Thread Mark Wintermute
blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Michael Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:59 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 No deaths yet, but this time around I was not too sure if I might

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Michael Smith
Over thing occurred to me, the folks who don't have multiple rams may not know this: This is a very rare occurrence. A battle like this happens maybe once a year, or when I remove a ram for breeding then put him back. Otherwise, they sit around, eat and chew cud, and sniff and connoodle with e

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Michael Smith
No deaths yet, but this time around I was not too sure if I might not see one. Glad I did not. I've only been at this since 2008. As some of the other herders have told me offline, a cheap shot to the ribs might be more likely than actually breaking a neck. And a broken rib can really devasta

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Michael Smith
Well, I tried just one and he was lonely all the time. Calling to me and banging on fences. I thought that was way more cruel than dying at the hand of another ram. Can't keep him with the ewes, I'd have lambs all the time, and they'd all have the same father. So I then had two rams together. Th

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Jann Bach
Where is the video? I seem to have missed it :-( Jann Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote: > > Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It > seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of them. Secondly, they all > have b

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Mike Hummel
Along with Rick's question have they ever killed/injured each other? Or like chickens is it more of a pecking order issue? On 1/7/2014 6:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote: Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1

2014-01-07 Thread Rick Krach
Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together?  It seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of them.  Secondly, they all have beautiful, double-curled horns. I don't see that very often so wonder if you find them to be more valuable? Rick Krach in Auburn, CA