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  1. rockdoveranch

    Ewe and Lamb

    I am feeling a little guilty here, sort of like a mother who is favoring one child over another, as we have several ewes that should lamb soon. Last night when we were putting the ewes and lambs up I saw a blackbelly's right side poke way, WAY out and go totally crazy then settle down and go...
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    Bread, bread and more bread - bad for my lambs?

    I think we bought from a unreliable breeder. If we buy any more we will drive deep into the Texas Hill Country where there are a lot of Dorper breeders, although we have a Black Headed Dorper breeder fairly close by now. We have had Texas Barbado since 2004 and have had very few problems. We...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    I love talking livestock guardian animals even though I do not have any. We solved the only problem we have had in all these years (knock on wood) with a certified letter to the offending dog's owner even though the sheriff told us to shoot their dog. I certainly did not want to kill a dog...
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    It's my turn!

    :lau Too Funny!
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    Bread, bread and more bread - bad for my lambs?

    I laughed with I saw the name of your thread. I don't know what it is about bread, but is seems like most all animals like it. When I throw out food to the chickens that we cannot eat, our sheep will go through it. They love bread too. To me, the sheep seem to have a small vocabulary. I do...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    I find the entire thread of interest. Although I do not have a livestock guardian animal, I know Texas shepherds who do. We all come from different places with life-times of different experiences, so whether it be a dog, llama, donkey or turkey, or even one specific breed of an animal, what...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    I have read and reread lgdnevada and MonsterMalak posts on this thread and on other forums, and frankly, I am not really sure what exactly they are saying. Is it a Boz Guregh or Boz Coban Kopegi? Or is the dog actually a Kangal? So far I have read where Monster has implied that the Boz is a...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    Monster, I was only mirroring your words you posted on other websites, one of which is a hunting website, and commenting on the only breeder I can find. All I am asking is that you answer my questions, and now a few more that I have. I am not saying I do not believe you, I just need more...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    Ya'll are making me want to go out and buy some donkeys, llamas and dogs! I once looked into getting some miniature donkeys to use as LG, but was told they themselves need guardians. :(
  10. rockdoveranch

    Ewe and Lamb

    Once again I thought I posted, and once again there is no post. Rural Dial-Up! Gotta love it! Right? :( Thanks for the giggles Boss and Carolina! :celebrate This is KL on the left when she was just a little lamb chop - And in 2007 when she was a yearling with her mom who had just given...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    I am with Carolinagal. I cannot find any information on BOZ other than what she has found. I would appear the dog has been developed in recent years by BOZ Kennels as a fighting dog. One would think if the breed is 1000s of years old, there would be more information on the WWW and in LGD...
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    Ewe and Lamb

    I think she has about 5 more days. I am trying to find a picture of KL when she was a baby. So far I have found a picture of her when she was about a year old standing with her mother when her mother was giving birth to KLL. :) KL is one of my favorite ewes.
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    Ewe and Lamb

    This is KL: This is KL's lamb looking for the door out:
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    DEAD! 2nd or 3 White Dorper DEAD!

    Interesting information. I wish I had posted about getting that wool off of her before we tried. She was not pregnant. She did not take when we had her and the other Dorper ewe in with the ram. The other ewe lambed 4-15-2011. This ewe never even began to bag out and we are more than 2...
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    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    MonsterMalak, Help me out here. I pulled out my book, Livestock Protection Dogs by Dawydiak and Sims. Does the Boz go by any other name? The book is saying that the Turks refer to "shepherd dogs" as coban kopegi and use the terms Akbash, Akkush, Kangal and Karabash to denote regional breeds...
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    Meet #49, our new St Croix ram lamb!

    When we did not remove the rams from the ewe herd our crop of lambs were always born just before and just after New Years. On occasion we would have a ewe lamb in April. We were told my an A&M veterinary professor that the lambs are born with something called brown fat to help get them through...
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    Meet #49, our new St Croix ram lamb!

    Life was sure a lot easier when we just had the Barbado and kept the rams with the ewes year round. Sign me, The Lazy Rancher, Want To Be
  18. rockdoveranch

    What kind of Guardian does your herd have?

    Thanks to all who have been so kind and understanding to me with your responses to my post.
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