the shepherd`s voice - Painted Desert Sheep Society

March 2015
Issue 1
T HE S HEPHERD ’ S VOICE
The official newsletter for the Painted Desert Sheep Society and the Trophy Hair Sheep of America Registry
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Pavlock Farms Ammo (#TD-1)
By Debbie Saxton
Leon (Pavlock) entered the sheep business in late
summer of 2006. All he had at his farm were four
young painted desert rams. His initial plan was to
purchase young rams, grow them out, and
hopefully sell them at a profit.
Pavlock Farms Ammo (#TD-1)
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Big Horn Auction at Hamilton
3
Anita’s “Must Have’s” for Lambing Season
4
Creep
5
Winter’s Hero
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8
Ascott Farm
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Members List
REMINDER!!!
Membership Dues were due the first of
January for 2015. Please remember to
send them into the registrar, Anita Garza.
That thinking changed a bit when he visited a
sheep farm of an acquaintance near El Campo,
Texas, and saw the Texas dalls that man was
raising. We’ll call this man "Mr. Campo." Mr.
Campo had been raising dalls for quite a few years
and his stock was extremely impressive. Mr.
Campo told Leon he would be willing to sell him
some young ewes, so Leon purchased 10 ewes on
his next trip to Mr. Campo’s farm. Nine of the
ewes were four to eight months of age. Mr.
Campo then threw in one older ewe saying, “she
would help keep the young ewes calmer and
show them the ropes.”
After arriving back at his farm, but before Leon
turned the ewes out to pasture, he worked them
in the chute to worm them and discovered that
the older ewe seemed a “wee” bit on the wild
side. Well…, so much for her being a calming
influence on the younger ewes. She also seemed
to be quite old – maybe as much as seven or eight
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Ammo Tribute (continued from page 1)
– so she was promptly named “Granny.” Leon then turned
out the ewes and let them enjoy their new pasture, and time
passed.
Little did anyone know, but Granny was pregnant.
Ammo as a lamb
On December 20, 2006, Leon returned from a late lunch at the local café to discover that Granny was
cleaning a single lamb in the paddock with the other girls looking on. It was a ram lamb.
For the next few years, Leon bred the Texas dall ewes to painted desert rams to infuse the color of the
painted deserts with the horn genetics in the dall ewes. On several occasions, when the less desirable
young rams were sold, Leon considered selling Granny’s little white ram. But as fate would have it, for no
definitive reason (the young ram’s potential was not yet evident), Leon would always decide to let him
stay. As several of the rams on the farm had hunting- themed names (Shotgun, Colt 45, etc.), the white
ram was eventually given the name “Ammo.”
Above: Ammo at 2.5 years
Middle: Ammo at 3 years
Far Right: Ammo at 5 years
Leon’s idea to “keep him a little while longer” proved to be a good decision. At a little less than two years of
age, Ammo’s horns just bloomed. At two years of age, Ammo was given his first lady friends, and he
continued to have girlfriends up until he was eight years old.
Ammo was not a huge ram. Although bit short of stature, his other traits overruled his height, which
included beautiful mane, short tail, large bases, wide spread, exceptional horn length, and non-aggressive
manner. He had no drawbacks other than not being able to be worked in the chute: his horns just wouldn’t
fit.
Ammo passed away earlier this year. If he had made it to his birthday in December, he would have reached 9
years of age.
Ammo will be missed, but his genes live on in stock as far west as Oregon and as far east as Florida. Leon’s
farm has many Painted Desert ewes and rams with Ammo genetics, and a full Texas dall son named Armor
and a full Texas dall grandson named Bulletproof, to continue the Ammo line.
Not too shabby for a bonus baby from a ewe that nobody knew was pregnant until Ammo hit the ground.
Ammo at 5 years
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Big Horn Auction at Hamilton
By Monica Spaulding and Photos by Leon Pavlock
Hamilton’s big horn auction was a seller’s market this past February.
The sheep and goats sold offered a nice variety of size, breed and
price
.
Here are the numbers including measurements and sale price:
37 ¼ & 38 Sold $1,275.00
36 ½ & 37 ½ Sold $1,050.00
41 ½ & 42 ½ Sold $3,000.00 (Black Hawaiian)
43 & 42 ½ Sold $2,800.00 (Black Hawaiian)
44 ½ & 44 ¾ Sold $3,400.0 (Black Hawaiian)
41 ¼& 44 ½ Sold $2,500.00
37 & 36 Sold $1,270.00
38 & 38 ¼ Sold $1,125.00
There were several other impressive turnouts that were not
measured.
Painted Desert Sheep Society Registry Milestone
NUMBER
3000
Lazy Bottoms Sir Charles
Bred by Lily Jonas
Owned by the Beck family
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Anita’s “Must Haves” for Lambing Season
By: Tracie Anderson
Check list:
Make sure lambing jugs (small pens for ewe and lamb)
are ready and heating lamps work, if needed. The
lambing jugs help the bonding between ewe and lambs
and reduces risk of rejections or lost lambs.
Ewes are vaccinated a month before lambing so antibody
titers are high.
Lazy Bottoms Ranch Sweet Pea and Pepper the dog
Ewes are wormed after lambing to prevent worm bloom (higher parasite count due to stress).
Items I always have on hand are:
Colostrum should be ready and preferably lamb milk replacer as well. (Bovine colostrum is okay. I mix it up and
divide into freezer bags so I always have plenty.)
Clean soapy water, can also be used as lubricant
Lubricant
Exam glove and clean string to pull lamb in difficult birth
Surgical scissors and a hemostat to trim umbilical stump so it is not
dragging and being contaminated.
Bulb syringe to help clear airway on lamb
Iodine for navel stumps for antiseptic and to help it dry faster.
Bottles and nipples for bottle babies
Syringe and tube if a weak lamb needs to be tube fed
Survive or Nutri-Drench is a good boost for the lamb and ewe. I prefer
Survive since it has more vitamin E
Twins out of Bentley’s Tank
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Anita’s “Must haves”
(Continued from Page 7)
For Ewe:
Propylene Glycol or Karo syrup if ewe is down with twin lamb
disease (weakened by multiple lambs)
Calcium paste (bovine) or injectable for ewes down with ketosis
Oxytocin to help ewes clean afterbirth and to assist milk let down
(Above and right):
Cascbel’s Dixie and
her triplet ewes
Antibiotics and B12 after difficult birth
Uterine bolus – If you have to assist difficult birth, it is a good idea to leave a uterine
bolus (antibiotics)
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Creep
Green Gate Farm
(GGF) Flock
by: Dr. G.F. Kennedy
Posted on January 5, 2015 by Ask-a-Vet Sheep
Lets visit about creep feeding. Unless lambs are on pasture, creep feeding is essential. Lambs learn to eat with
the ewes and want the security of their mom around, so location of creep is important. Ideally it should be in
the center of their area and well lighted. Back in a dark corner doesn’t work.
Rations can be a mini sized pellet or texturized ration of corn and soy bean meal. 18 to 20% protein is ideal.
Big Gain that has dealers in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa have an 18% product, a mini pellet
combined with cracked corn that I found superior to any other choice available. It is very palatable and in my
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Creep
Ram lamb
out of
Alvizo
Ranch
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Tequila
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operation I am eliminating the 16% grower ration and offering this product
alongside the 13% whole corn pellet ration with free choice alfalfa hay until they
convert to the 13% ration.
Some shepherds will mix cracked corn and soybean meal 50/50 to get lambs
started. Deccox needs to be added to aid in the control of coccidiosis. Two and
one half pounds of 6.6% Deccox per ton is indicated. The Deccox can only work if you
get consumption. Deccox works early in the coccidiosis life cycle and without
consumption doesn’t work at all. That explains why some of the best lambs on heavy
milking ewes are the first to show signs of the disease in an outbreak.
Clean, fresh water is always to be provided along with the best quality hay available.
Offer grain ration in small amounts to start with and keep it clean and fresh. A dirty
stale creep feed isn’t palatable and lambs will refuse to eat it. Discard old feed or feed
it to the ewes.
GGF Making a Peso
Doctor Kennedy is practicing food animal veterinarian and specializes in sheep and goats. Doctor Kennedy practices at Pipestone
Veterinary Clinic located in Pipestone Minnesota. Dr. Kennedy has received the Camp Tender award from ASI, is a member of the
Minnesota Agricultural Hall of Fame and the Pipestone Lamb and Wool Programs Hall of Fame as well.
By Monica Spaulding
Left: Wolfey
Below: GGF A Winning
Dollar
AKA: Winter
It is a rare thing in North Texas to get snow, especially an
accumulation of snow. On February 27, 2015, I was quickly doing
ranch chores before one of those rare snow storms hit us when
tragedy stuck my flock.
The morning started with me rushing to get the chores done. I
grained the flock, fed our horses, and fed our 2 Livestock Guardian
Dogs. As I was cleaning stalls and prepping water troughs, I heard our 2.5 year old Livestock Dog, Wolfey,
whimpering. Thinking it was a rather strange noise coming from him, I stopped what I was doing and glanced
out into the sheep pen, when I saw GGF A Winning Dollar, AKA “Winter” a 5 week old lamb curled up in a ball
while Wolfey sat next to her whimpering. I dropped the extension cord I was holding and ran to the pen. All
I could think of while I ran was “she’s dead, oh no she’s dead” and every step closer I felt my eyes tearing up
preparing for the worst. I fumbled with the gate latch as Wolfey kept crying over Winter. After what felt like
an eternity, I finally make it to Wolfey and the lamb to find the lamb alive but choking on what looked like
grain particles. Winter was frothing at the mouth so badly that she couldn’t breathe. I quickly scooped up
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Winter’s Hero (continued from page 6)
Winter and held her up by her back legs, patting her sides,
massaging her throat, and wiping the froth from her nose and
mouth. Nothing I was doing was helping dislodge the blockage
so I grabbed Winter, jumped on our 4 wheeler, and booked it to the house to grab something to
suck out her nose and mouth with since I knew I didn’t have anything in the tack room to dislodge
the blockage. Finding a rubber bulb syringe, I sat in my muddy rain boots and fully garbed in
winter layers on the floor of my bathroom sucking out her nose and mouth until she was able to
breathe again. After a few more sessions of sucking out her nose and mouth, Winter is now
contently nibbling hay with her dam in the stall for observation of any aspirated pneumonia
symptoms and Wolfey has been treated with ½ a box of dog treats. The wild scare is over and I
am sitting in front of my computer researching on choking lambs. It seems that I will be adding a
few things to my first aid kit, including a small plastic stomach tube along with the rubber bulb
syringe, because being proactive is better than reactive.
Left: Zip guarding Alvizo Ranch
"4 Horn” by Marica Alvizo
Right: Poncho, guarding JE Farm
Bottom: Hope (pup) and Wolfey
guarding Green Gate Farm
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ASCOTT FARM
By Jan Rogers
Member: Adam S. Cotts
Owner of Ascott Farm
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ascottfarms/Home
Ascott Apollo
What type of sheep do you raise? Painted Desert Sheep
What got you into raising your particular sheep breed? A friend named Carrol
Walker of Sycamore Spring Farm. She has since retired from raising sheep but
remains a close friend. I wanted to raise some animals with my daughter. I
wanted her to experience some of the fun I had as a kid in the country. Plus
free lawn care was appreciated.
How long have you been in the sheep business? 7 yrs
Pavlock Farms Nuclear Jr
Where did you get your starter herd? Sycamore Springs Farm / Cheyenne Farm
What bloodlines do you have? Sycamore Springs, Cheyenne, Bentley, Alvizo, Strain, Judy Jenkin (JJ / Star
23), Pavlock, and trace of Moondust.
How many sheep do you have? 10 Breeder ewes, and 2 breeder rams (15 currently)
What other animals do you have? I raise about 15 chickens, one rabbit, two Anatolian Shepherds, & a
dappled miniature dachshund.
What is your favorite memory of your flock? Raising our first bottle baby named Valentine.
She was born on Valentines Days and my daughter fell in love with her.
What is the most valuable insight you can share regarding raising sheep? Don’t over complicate things.
Use common sense and be aware of your sheep’s behavior.
What do you feel is the most important piece of advice
you
give a new member? Diversify your flock,
From
left can
to right:
Bentley’s Ladybug,
resist the urge to buy a starter flock from just one source.
Future
buyers will feel you have a limited
Trinity’s Red Tinkerbell,
bloodline they can work with. Thus may not return forAscotts
repeat
Kionapurchases.
Sunrise,
ASC Lone Stryker
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The newsletter is made for members so
please send us photos, how-to’s, funnies,
anything and everything sheep and farm
related. We even want stories about
other animals on the farm.
Front Ram: JJ's Desert Arrow J Heartbreaker
Rear Ram: Pavlock Farm Arrow J's Why One
Both rams are owned by Jan Rogers of Arrow J Ranch
JJ's Desert Jazzy Fortune
Owned by Sharon Blackwood of Blackwood’s
Cascabel’s Missy Kitty, Lambs by Cascabel’s
High Chaparrel
Owned by Anita Garza of El Cascabel
Flock owned by Jan Rogers of Arrow J Ranch
Blackwood's Tri Ticking Me Off
Owned by Sharon Blackwood of Blackwood’s
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Compilation by Nancy Peaslee
Q: What do you call a sheep covered in
chocolate?
A: A Candy Baa.
Orange Blossom Lamb & Rib Chops
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
YIELD: 4 servings
Q: What do you get if you cross an angry
sheep and a moody cow?
A: An animal that's in a baaaaaaaad
moooooood.
Q: What do you call a sheep with a machine
gun?
A: A b-aa-aa-aa-d situation.
Ingredients
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8 lamb rib chops (6 to 7 ounces each and 1-thick) *
2 tablespoons butter
1 can (6 ounces) orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 medium onion, sliced
1 to 2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Directions
In a large skillet, brown lamb chops in butter over
medium heat. Add remaining ingredients; mix well.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes
or until the meat is tender, turning once. To serve,
spoon sauce over the lamb.
Art by Amanda Zima
Do you have a wonderful joke to share
or a fabulous recipe that others would
like? Please consider sending them in!
We all like a laugh and all eat food so
bring it on!
*Substitute four pork chops instead
Editor Nancy Peaslee
Nutritional facts and original recipe can be
found at www.tasteofhome.com
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REGISTRAR:
Anita Garza
11819 Puska
Needville, TX 77461
Phone:
(979) 793- 4207
Anita Hollon-Garza
El Cascabel
Email: [email protected]
Debbie Saxton
DK Painted Desert Sheep
Email: [email protected]
Monica Spaulding
Green Gate Farm
Email: [email protected]
Jan Rogers
Arrow J Ranch
Email: [email protected]
Nancy Peaslee
Peaslee Quarter Horses, LLC
Email: [email protected]
Kathy Bentley
Bentley Farms
Email: [email protected]
Tracie Anderson
Elk Ridge Farms
Email:
[email protected]
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Marica Alvizo
Alvizo Ranch
Email: [email protected]
Lily Jonas
Lazy Bottoms Ranch
Email:
[email protected]
We’re on the Web!
Visit us at:
http://www.painteddesertsheepsociety.com/
http://www.trophyhairsheepofamerica.com/
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Kathy Bentley
Bentley’s
172 P.R. 4217
Decatur, Texas 76234
940-210-3325
[email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/bentleyfarm/farmpage.html
Anita Garza *
Cascabel’s
11819 Puska
Needville, Texas 77461
979-793-4207
[email protected]
www.elcascabel.com
Mark D. Chaney *
Circle C Ranch
401 W. Cannel Street
Carbon, Texas 76435
254-631-2233
[email protected]
http://www.circlecranch.biz/
Judy Jenkins *
Star 23 Farm
JJ’s Desert
12240 CR 225
Oakwood, Texas 75855
Cell: 903-512-0588
Home: 903-536-4558
[email protected]
http://www.star23farm.net/
Giancarlo & Barbara Cuciz - inactive
Big Horn Valley Ranch
16462 Von Sosten Road
Tracy, California 95304
209-221-0646
[email protected]
Nadia Elmenani - inactive
Rabbit Patch Farm
7410 Fruitville Road
Sarasota, Florida 34240
941-376-1020
[email protected]
www.rabbitpatchfarm.webs.com
Leon Pavlock *
Pavlock Farms
P.O. Box 437
Guy, Texas 77444
281-787-7129
[email protected]
www.paintedsatpavlockfarms.com
Deborah Saxton
DK’s Painted Desert Sheep
9706 Puritan Way
Rosharon, Texs 77583
281-431-9126
[email protected]
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TJ & Marica Alvizo
Alvizo Ranch
16594 County Road 605
Farmersville Texas 75442
972-834-8131
[email protected]
http://sites.google.com/site/alvizoranch/
Tracie Anderson *
Elk Ridge Farm
Box 147
Corning, SK
SOG OTO
Canada
306-421-1074
[email protected]
Dwight & Marci Arldt *
DMFR
3315 FM 1105
Georgetown, Texas 78626
512-639-9965
[email protected]
www.dmpainteddesertsheep.com
Linda Austin
LLA-JA-ACRES
18402 Oshawa Drive
Hudson, Florida 34667-6343
727-868-1693
[email protected]
Dean & Whitney Baker
Sage Glen
2955 Beall Packing Road
Bonifay, Florida 32425
850-547-1416
[email protected]
Paul & Judith Canik *
PJC Beaver Creek
N 16733 Venz Road
Butternut, Wisconsin 54514
715-769-3938
[email protected]
www.beavercreekfullcurlranch.com
Beatrice Clare
Clare’s Lost Acres
5944 Tenderfoot Trail
Fort Worth, Texas 76135
817-371-2664
[email protected]
Adam S. Crotts
Ascott
3401 CR 902
Joshua, Texas 76058
817-219-7155
[email protected]
http://sites.google.com/site/ascottfarms/Home
Blair Ford *
Chase 5 Farms
P.O. Box 501
Maypearl, Texas 76064
817-946-5319
[email protected]
www.Chasefarmspainteddesertsheep.com
Joe Hinojosa
JH Farm
P.O. Box 115
Weston, Texas 75097
972-832-4858
Tina Lewis Hyde
Cold Creek Ranch
210 Brewer Road
Crossville, TN 38572
931-788-0386 (home)
931-261-1498 (cell)
[email protected]
www.cold-creek-ranch.com
Lilian Jonas & Ray Brown *
Lazy Bottoms Ranch
P.O. Box 2153
Cave Junction, Oregon 97523
541-592-6256
[email protected]
https://sites.google.com/site/lazybottomsranch/laz
y-bottoms-ranch-homje
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Chelsea Karlin & Darrell Lawrence *
Still Willow Acres
9822 County Road 470
Blue Ridge, Texas 75424
214-500-3210
[email protected]
www.stillwillowpainteddesertsheep.weebly.com
George & Susan Morgan *
Gemini Farms
19245 Michael Avenue
Hastings, Minnesota 55033
651-380-2236
[email protected]
www.painteddesertsheepmn.com
Richard Kehrer & Katherina Garrett
We Care Family Farm
P.O. Box 213
Millville, California 96062
530-547-7298
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Care-Family-Farm
Kim Neely
DK Farm
283 County Road 1697
Alvord, Texas 76225
940-390-6302
[email protected]
Sidney Jayne Kouns
Kouns
3914 Peak Road
Granbury, Texas 76048
817-798-7860
[email protected]
Timothy, Becky & Annabelle Langley *
Annie’s Acres
14164 CR 343
Tyler, Texas 75708
903-590-7403
[email protected]
Nikki M. Mathis
Mathis Farm
28 Aurora Lane
Vilonia, Arkansas 72173
501-796-8708
[email protected]
www.mathisfarm.weebly.com
Tricia & Scott Montgomery
Montgomery Oaks
6933 Hwy 22
Spruce Pine, Alabama 35585
256-332-3330
[email protected]
www.montgomeryoaks.com
Michael Brent Neighbors *
Tejas Ranch
482 CR 1858
Yantis, Texas 75497
Home 903-383-3030
Cell 903-850-3136
[email protected]
https://sites.google.com/site/tejasranchpainteddeserts
heep/
Jason & Amanda O’Brien
Curl Creek Farm
32 Blue Springs Road
Lumby, BC
VOE 2G1
CANADA
250-878-1728
[email protected]
www.curlcreekfarm.com
Al & Nancy Peaslee
DRR Shepherd’s (Dunn Ramblin Ranch)
N1011 Bloomer Mill Road
LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601
608-788-8538
[email protected]
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Rene Pena
JE Farm
P.O. Box 115
Weston, Texas 75097
469-919-6348
[email protected]
http://penarene69.wix.com/jrelliefarm
Monica Spaulding
Green Gate Farms (GGF)
1429 CR 278
Melissa, Texas 75454
214-218-9621
[email protected]
http://mmmahone.wix.com/greengatefarmpds
Jeff & Jan Rogers
Arrow J Ranch
17595 Old Evans Road
Selma, Texas 78154
210-834-8472
[email protected]
http://arrowjranchpainteddesertsheep.weebly.com/
Larry L. Strain *
Strain’s
352 County Road 117
Llano, TX. 78643
512-786-8204
[email protected]
http://sites.google.com/site/strainsfarm/
* Also THSOA Member
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