: Elizabeth Willhite [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?
Rhonda-- Why not grain? *Brown* pasture land? Are they eating the
cheat grass? Awhile back I mentioned mine weren't but someone (cecil
] crossing AB with Dorper?
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
At 10:43 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
Negative effect on the meat? Since when? Where did you find this
information?
Corn has been the biggest feed lot food for decades.
Not meant to eat grain? Again, where, why.
My sheep have gotten out and head to the farmer field that's next to us.
They
At 09:06 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
Rhonda-- Why not grain?
I can't answer for Rhonda, but I don't feed grain because:
1) Sheep aren't meant to eat grain.
2) Too expensive
3) It has a negative effect on the quality of the meat, both flavor and health
factors
Check out www.eatwild.com for
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Hale
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:20 PM
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] crossing AB with Dorper?
At 09:06 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
Rhonda-- Why not grain?
I can't answer for Rhonda, but I don't feed grain
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
Rams that share a fence, especially if there are ewes on either side of the
fence, will demolish a fence. Having their own gals isn't sufficient. Each
ram wants ALL the gals. I create a neutral zone of at least 25-50 feet
when I am forced to put ewes and rams within visual range of each other.
Sharon, to what do you attribute not having a single dominant/aggressive
ram in your flock? Do they rotate their pecking order when reunited? You
have so much more experience than I do with rams -- I only have three, and
because the senior ram has always been the dominant ram, any new rams are
