Terry, My silly rams won't take any mineral free choice...no kelp no TM salt, no Fertrell's no nothing. Finally bought them a Sweetlix sheep and goat block and they're working on that a little. Whaveter they get has to go on their morsel of grain. Durn critters. Glad to hear it's working in your operation. I'm going to go back and try Basic-H again, now that I can see what's happening, although with the current program, there doesn't seem to be much need. I The Fertrell's mineral mix has DE in it.
I AM getting a positive on cocci in the lambs though and I haven't seen much here on alternative cocci control. I treated once with Corid that knocked the numbers to near zero, but they're rising again. I don't like the coccidiostats because they've all got some serious downsides. Hmm, I'd better get that jug of Basic-H ordered! Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] More on Diatomaceous Earth > Barb, > You can consider free choice DE when you have the > numbers down where you want them. Offer the DE in a feeder > the way some people offer the minerals. > > I started using DE on my Rabbit herd about a month ago-- > and the change in food consumptoion is wonderful. It has > dropped by 10%, the lighter animals are reganing proper > condition, the juniors are right on the mark for growth and > weight gain. Nails are stronger (a mixed blessing). > > Some people even use DE as a dust if body or hair parasites > are present-- dust/rub it in the way Sevin dust usually is. > Supposedly, DE will even cut the exoskeleton of fleas. I > haven't had the need to use DE for external reasons, but > knowing how it cuts internal parasites up, I am for it!!! > > Terry W > > --- Barb Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The rams reported in this morning with five H. Contortus >> eggs, 250 eggs >> per gram. That is negligible. They are getting 1/2 tsp >> DE per day >> (that's actually a lot of dust on a small grain ration), >> and were moved >> to a paddock that had been rested for 30 days. Could be >> also, that the >> worms are going into hypobiosis (dormancy). We've had a >> couple of nice >> frosts, so hopefully that will help kill some of the >> larvae in the other >> paddock. Will shift them back next week, another 30 day >> rotation (life >> cycle of worms is 21 days). >> >> Totally inconclusive, but parasite management is an >> integrated effort, >> and I am sure happy with today's report. Will keep >> checking in on this. >> >> Regards, >> Barb L. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at >> %http://www.blackbellysheep.info >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > 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
