[blackbelly] dorper

2005-04-30 Thread hlang
Dorper get very easy prolabs/diarrhea when fed with grain in springtime. But it depends on bloodlines. White Dorper with red spots on the back don't have any prolabs problems and handle grain well. Regards Helmut - Original Message - From: "Rick Krach" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [blackbelly] dorper

2005-04-30 Thread Onalee
I have dorper/katahdins mixes and black belly sheep. In the summer I feed 100% whole corn, in the winter 75% corn and 25% sheep pellets. I have never had any problem with feeding corn to the sheep. I think the main problem is giving them something they are not used to in large quantities tha

Re: [blackbelly] dorper

2005-04-30 Thread hlang
If you deworm and they are not too many sheep dense together, no problem. And it depends very much the bloodlines. Helmut - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] dorper I have dorper/katahdins