I'm not sure if you are responding to my post or not. You probably are replying to Barb Lee. But here is some info:
We use a Land-O-Lakes Sheep mineral salt which does not have copper. We also use a Manna Pro Sheep mineral salt occasionally which also does not contain copper. Unless your geographical area is deficient in copper you should probably not supplement copper to sheep. Copper is an accumulative poison to sheep. They will die once the threshold of toxicity is reached. There has been very interesting evidence that different breeds of sheep have different levels of tolerance to copper. I remember reading somewhere where supplementing copper helped some sheep with resistance to parasites. I don't remember the source so be careful. I myself have avoided the use of copper additives. Mark Wintermute -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:18 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [blackbelly] RE AB w/Dorper Corn/Silage/Hay/Pasture Diets I read your comments with great interest - not sure where your farm is but the ground sounds like ours in the CA Sierra foothills. We just acquired a small group of Blackbellies. I have read much and queried much to local Feed Stores and have been told not to supplement sheep w/copper that it will ultimately do them in. Maybe I misunderstood your comments on that. Can you elaborate? Are you feeding mineral salt containing copper? Thanks, The Atwoods _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
