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Kari Wempe

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I can answer most questions about raising, breeding, feeding, showing,typical illnesses, pregnancy, birthing, bottle feeding,showing and sheering sheep. I have raised sheep for show and production for 20 years. The breeds of sheep I am most familier with are Crossbred, Suffolk, Hampshire- basically black face sheep. I deal with the classification of meat sheep over bred for wool sheep.

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2011-12-21 Sheep illness:

Kassie,  Sometimes the vets can charge a bit, but in the end, if it saves the critter, its OK.  I agree that the swollen joints may not have anything to do with the fly strike, but I am not 100%. The joints

2011-12-04 1 week old lamb deibblw while urinating:

William,   From your description, the lamb seems to feel good; if she arches her back and strains to urinates, she may have a blockage called urinary calculi.  She would kick at her stomach and  and have

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