Southern by choice
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So sorry about your girl. 
love the pony pics.
love the pony pics.
Four Winds Ranch: " Life on the Farm "
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Four Winds Ranch
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I can't belive the weather we are having! It has been 54 F out for the last 3 days!!! We have hardly any snow left, and there is water running everywhere! 
Boy, once it cools back off there is sure going to be a lot of ice!! Lol, and cold people and animals!
Well, I am having a birthday party in a few days for my oldest daughter! She is having a bunch of friends from 4-H and school. That will definatly liven the place up!! I promised her a skating rink to take her friends skating on, and I haven't got it done because of this warm weather!! :/ I know this sounds backwards, but I am now hoping for colder weather so the skating rinks will freeze!!!!
I went and looked at some sheep today. And bought 10 middle aged ewes!!!!
They will be coming on Sunday, and I will post some pics of my new girls!!!! I can't wait! They are Tunis/Suffolk crosses, bred to a Suffolk ram, and will lamb in May!!! 
Lol, it is funny how some of us get sooo excited about our animals!!! Just wait till my lambs start coming!!! Everyone on here will get bored of all my lamb pics, and hearing about them! I am expecting/hoping for 60ish!!!!! Lol, I can't wait!!!!!!
It has been 54 F out for the last 3 days!!! We have hardly any snow left, and there is water running everywhere! Boy, once it cools back off there is sure going to be a lot of ice!! Lol, and cold people and animals!Well, I am having a birthday party in a few days for my oldest daughter! She is having a bunch of friends from 4-H and school. That will definatly liven the place up!! I promised her a skating rink to take her friends skating on, and I haven't got it done because of this warm weather!! :/ I know this sounds backwards, but I am now hoping for colder weather so the skating rinks will freeze!!!!
I went and looked at some sheep today. And bought 10 middle aged ewes!!!!
They will be coming on Sunday, and I will post some pics of my new girls!!!! I can't wait! They are Tunis/Suffolk crosses, bred to a Suffolk ram, and will lamb in May!!! Lol, it is funny how some of us get sooo excited about our animals!!! Just wait till my lambs start coming!!! Everyone on here will get bored of all my lamb pics, and hearing about them! I am expecting/hoping for 60ish!!!!! Lol, I can't wait!!!!!!
bonbean01
Herd Master
Congrats on buying more ewes
And you must know it is not possible to bore anyone on here with lambie pics
And you must know it is not possible to bore anyone on here with lambie pics
well-said Bon! I was just going to say I HIGHLY doubt we're the types to get bored of lamb pictures! Now...MAYBE if you had like 40 photos of ONE lamb, I might nod off a bit....but 60 photos of 60 lambies....HEAVEN!
Oh..and good luck with the birthday party and things freezing back up for you! Now THAT is a cool way to celebrate a "winter" birthday!
Oh..and good luck with the birthday party and things freezing back up for you! Now THAT is a cool way to celebrate a "winter" birthday!
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Four Winds Ranch
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The daughters B-day party went good! The skating rink worked for a bit! It was bumpy but the girls didn't seem to mind!!! Lol, my hubby thought they looked like they were having sooo much fun, he had to go out too! I am not quite sure what happend, but I heard a loud "DAD" and a bunch of groans and mumbling! I looked off the deck and somehow the ice rink was cracked right across the middle!
Lol, I think my hubby felt bad so he took them all on sled rides behind the snowmachine!
Last year, I bought a nice big Cheviot ram, kept him in solitude for 40 days, wormed him, looked him over good, and everything seemed fine! So I gave him some ewes and everything worked out good, untill we sheared in March!!! One word "KEDS'!!!! 
These things are sooo gross and ugly, oh and did I mention big!!!! I have them on my mind because shearing is coming up again soon and I still haven't been able to get rid of them!!!! 
Last year, when we were done shearing, I came in the house to warm up by the wood heater stove. I took my hair out of the elastic band and heared "plop, plop, smach,plop", I quickly looked down, and 4 keds had fallen out of my hair on to the stove!!!! There was no more warming up for me!! In to the shower I went, only to find yet another in my tucked in shirt!! Uuuggg!!!!! 
The problem with these nasty bugs, is, ivermectin, and other wormers won't work on them because they are a biting bug, not a blood sucking bug!! None of the vets will give my anykind of pour on (which I am sure is what I need), they say there is none for sheep, and that I have to use the topical louse powder! Now try putting that on 40+ head of sheep and massaging it in through the wool on their entire body! And it didn't even work!!! 
Her are the new girls I just got home on the weekend!!! The fella I bought them from gave me 11 for the price of 10, so i gave the 11th to my daughter for her Birthday!!!
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Lol, now I have to name them all!!
Lol, I think my hubby felt bad so he took them all on sled rides behind the snowmachine!
Last year, I bought a nice big Cheviot ram, kept him in solitude for 40 days, wormed him, looked him over good, and everything seemed fine! So I gave him some ewes and everything worked out good, untill we sheared in March!!!
One word "KEDS'!!!! These things are sooo gross and ugly, oh and did I mention big!!!! I have them on my mind because shearing is coming up again soon and I still haven't been able to get rid of them!!!! Last year, when we were done shearing, I came in the house to warm up by the wood heater stove. I took my hair out of the elastic band and heared "plop, plop, smach,plop", I quickly looked down, and 4 keds had fallen out of my hair on to the stove!!!!
There was no more warming up for me!! In to the shower I went, only to find yet another in my tucked in shirt!! Uuuggg!!!!! The problem with these nasty bugs, is, ivermectin, and other wormers won't work on them because they are a biting bug, not a blood sucking bug!! None of the vets will give my anykind of pour on (which I am sure is what I need), they say there is none for sheep, and that I have to use the topical louse powder! Now try putting that on 40+ head of sheep and massaging it in through the wool on their entire body!
And it didn't even work!!! Her are the new girls I just got home on the weekend!!!
The fella I bought them from gave me 11 for the price of 10, so i gave the 11th to my daughter for her Birthday!!!
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Lol, now I have to name them all!!
AWww.ww...so glad the party went so well! You definitely got good use out of the rink!
Bridgemoof had the same problem earlier...I remember her saying something about a topical for treating keds. Check her journal or send her a PM. Power would be a pain if you ask me! I would say treating them after shearing would be more effective too.
Those sheep are beauts!
Bridgemoof had the same problem earlier...I remember her saying something about a topical for treating keds. Check her journal or send her a PM. Power would be a pain if you ask me! I would say treating them after shearing would be more effective too.
Those sheep are beauts!
purplequeenvt
Herd Master
This is what we use on our sheep to get rid of lice. It says that it works on keds too. Permethrin 1.0% Synergized
bonbean01
Herd Master
Glad the party went so great! And love all your new sheepies!!!! Congratulations!
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Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
Thanks purplequeenvt!! That does help, cause I have been looking at the different cattle pour-ons availible, and around here anyway, there is no info on if they are safe for sheep!! I have a question though! Have you used Permethrin on your ewes when they were pregnant? And for dosage, my cattle pour-on(permethrin) says 3ml. or every100lbs, does that sound close to how you measured the dosage for your sheep?
purplequeenvt
Herd Master
On the bottle that I have, the dose is the same for cattle and sheep - 1/2 fl oz. per 100 lbs. I think that it is safe for pregnant ewes, but I don't know for sure. I just sent an email to the vets at Pipestone, I'll let you know what they say when I hear back from them.
