Hi Lorna and Collin, Collin, our area, Oregon, which is on the west coast just above California is notoriously selenium deficient. Not so well known is iodine...
... I should have put this in two separate posts, because it has the potential for being misleading. I'm 100% in support of Collin's advice on selenium! And...
For those that run a ram with the ewes all the time, at what age should you seperate ewe lambs out so they won't run a risk of getting pregnant? Thanks, Irene...
Irene, Early, No later than 2 months . A soon as you wean them. Because they will breed as early as 4 months old. I run a ram with my ewes most of the time ....
I had a ewe lamb become pregnant at 4 1/2 months and the ram lambs are fertile at 4 mo so now make sure I wean them before they get to that age and separate...
I try not to have a ram in the same pen as lambing ewes mostly because I feed the lactating ewes more and my rams would be happy to get fat! But if you are...
All sorts of factors affect when the ewe lamb will breed. The importance of each these varies with the system. a) nutrition & body condition b) breed & flock...
Hi Karen, I just turned Legolos (Katahdin ram that I got from Karen) in with the blackbelly ewes. I had let "management" slide this year because (a) we...
So, Barb, just be prepared in 145 days for some nice lambs out of your teenage pancakes. Peg Haese in sunny SW Wisconsin (hoping we got the ram lambs away from...
To slaughter a sheep I just slit the throat, and leave it on the ground to bleed out. I use a sharp knife, and pretty much cut the throat all the way across to...
Thanks Barb & Colin, Worse than watching them die from an over dose is watching them die befoer they can even get up... drop out of mom & never nurse.... or...
Here is a link to a halal slaughter poster: http://www.sheepgoatmarketing.info/news/HumaneSlaughter.pdf The only part I have helped with is the clean up. Peg...
Lorna, I just got to thinking that I actually DO supplement something that might have impacted the sheep selenium and given them a high liver count. We feed...
Oh, I tend to think of them more as teenage tarts! LOL! We'll be keeping a wary eye, but blackbellies are very slow to grow, this little gal could just about...
With our Painted Deserts, we have to take the ram lambs out at 12 weeks of age as there is potential for them to breed (some are quite obviously not going to...
After a friend in KY had Babydoll Sheep, which she had purchased, that exhibited problems only to find out that the sheep were Vitamin E and Selenium...
... and re mineralization... are there any websites/books/publications that address this also? Sara, there is a warning on the Bo-Se label not to give it to ...
*** Oh, I tend to think of them more as teenage tarts! LOL! We'll be keeping a wary eye, but blackbellies are very slow to grow, this little gal could just...
Yes, Barb. As far as I know the gel is perfectly safe... just be careful (you know the usual warnings to not overdose and it does state to give the gel as the...
3 months ram lambs should be weaned and separated for the herd. Also the ewe lambs should be separated if you keep your herd ram with the flock all the time. ...
Someone please help me with the math, this is fairly important. I found an average analysis of kelp meal as having .000043% selenium. I read that to be 43 ppm...
Oregon State University has been doing research on selenium added to fertilizers. I'll be taking a tour there tomarrow on the way to the OSGI annual meeting...
I have just found the most incredible article. http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Brunetti_Protein.pdf I did some checking on past hay analysis according...
Shane, Could you give more detail on the throat slitting. Do you puncture on the side and then cut around under the chin? Or do you just draw the blade...
... on the side and then cut around under the chin? Or do you just draw the blade across the throat? What shape is the knife? How big is it? And how sharp...
Barbara, The knife I use for throats has a 10 or 11" blade. It is very expensive, extremely sharp, and I ONLY use it for the kill. I draw it across with a...
COOL!!! That's the first conversion chart I've seen that converts percent to parts per million. Since there's no continuity in how trace elements are...
I have a few questions: 1) Will offering Kelp free choice provide enough selenium in a selenium deficient area? 2) If Kelp is offered free choice, do sheep...
Judging from the error in calculations I made, I'd have to go back and refigure everything, but my guess is that it will not provide enough selenium. My...
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