Copper and other metals are normally found in the ground and although we try to avoid copper, it is an essential metal required by life. Whether you realize it or not there is probably small amounts of copper in whatever you are currently feeding. I have been giving my sheep kelp as a replacement for the normal sheep minerals for almost a year now and they are very healthy. The kelp has some copper in it but because it a plant material the copper that is in the kelp does not produce toxic levels. Last Fall I started giving my sheep Celtic sea salt that has 81 different minerals in it.
All of ewes have produced large strong lambs and all without the use of the normal sheep mineral. You are more likely to produce toxicity in the animals if they are provided with salt licks or given other commercially produced minerals containing copper. If your sheep were free ranging animals, you can bet the forage they eat will contain small amounts of normal occurring copper. The sheep love the kelp and their hair is nice and shiny. BTW, my sheep are dry lot animals so I have to provide all of their food and other nutrients. Not scientifically based but this is my 2 cents. Cathy LeapN Lambs On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Nancy & Tom Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Does anyone know how long copper stays in the ground and comes up in > the grass? We have a chance to put our sheep out on some grass that had hogs > on it about 7 - 10 years ago. Will the copper still be coming up in it? Just > want an opinion doesn't have to be fact. Nancy > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > -- Cathy Mayton _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
