[blackbelly] From Londa.. About my Ewe

2005-09-21 Thread Londa beaber
Guys, Thank you so much for all the help! She is gaining a bit of strength. Still touch and go. I am using alot of your ideas at this point. Will let ya know how all is with her. I put up a 1/2 bale of hay yesterday covered with a blanket and put her up on it so her feet touched the ground she

Re: [blackbelly] PROBLEM WITH BLACKBELLY EWE.. PLEASE HELP

2005-09-21 Thread RBMuller
Londa, I read the articles about using vinegar on down livestock. Since you have taken the shotgun route for helping the ewe this can't hurt. The article said to dilute cider vinegar by 1/2 with water and drench 2 x a day with 20cc of mixture. Something about the rumen and the acidity. A lot of t

Re: [blackbelly] PROBLEM WITH BLACKBELLY EWE.. PLEASE HELP

2005-09-21 Thread Onalee
Have you given her any calcium? She could have milk fever. Our vet said to give tums - we ground up tums and put in water and gave as a drench - 4-5 tums at a time a few times a day. There is also injections for this, but have to have vet to hit vien with it. I would also give karo syrup or o

[blackbelly] RE: Lousy Waco Prices

2005-09-21 Thread steve solcich
We have always placed more emphasis to ‘eating hair sheep’ than to other market uses. So we attributed the poor hair sheep prices and its demand here to the following. A very true fact--they do not eat lamb here nor have ever tasted it! Last five years this common statement here is as frequent