Sorry Carol, forgot to switch to plain text again. Try earthworkshealth.com. They have DE at what seems to be a reasonable price.
Sandy Hession ----- Original Message ----- From: Jaiaen <windgathe...@ancient-ways.org> To: "blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Cc: "blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] worming sheep with DE and Garlic Barrier Hi I used to use DE from the swimming pool store when I had goats and never had any problem. I have been wondering the same thing. Jaiaen Sent from 5415709059 On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Mary Swindell <mswin...@siu.edu> wrote: > Natasha and Cathy, > > Me too, I tried to buy food grade DE and can't seem to find it. Does anyone > know if it is safe to use agricultural grade? > > Mary Swindell > > > At 08:27 AM 9/18/2012, you wrote: >> Thank you for this post, Cathy! Are you using food grade DE or an >> agricultural grade from the feed store? I know that DE is supposed to be >> wonderful but there are no food grade dealers around me. How much do you >> use? What does the apple cider vinegar do? What is the Garlic Barrier? >> >> I would like to incorporate this into my small flock. I have Katahdin sheep >> as well. >> >> Thanks for the info, >> >> Natasha >> British Columbia, Canada >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> > While still living in Nevada six years ago, I purchased my breeding stock >> > of American Blackbelly (ABB) and now I have 5 Katahdin hair sheep. >> > During my first year of raising the ABB sheep I used Cydectin for worming, >> > but then I read about diatemaceous earth (DE) for worming and began using >> > that. I misted their grain with 50/50 water/ACV and then sprinkled the >> > grain with a good dusting of DE which works well for worming the sheep. I >> > had also read about Garlic Barrier in Sheep! Magagzine. >> > >> > Three years ago this May we moved to NE Texas, and I introduced myself to >> > a local veterinarian shortly after moving here. I told him that raised >> > sheep and he said "you'll have to worm your sheep here every 30 days". I >> > told him that I used DE and he said that my sheep would die here if I just >> > used that. (Geez, no wonder the wormers don't work anymore) I located a >> > young couple who raise grass fed sheep about 1 hour west of where we live, >> > and they were mixing DE into kelp and free feeding the sheep this mix. >> > They also did a drench periodically with a liquid Amway soap. So for the >> > first year here in TX, I used the DE/kelp mix and then I looked the info >> > back up regarding the Garlic Barrier and bought a gallon of that in 2010. >> > I continued free feeding the DE/kelp mix and did a periodic drench with >> > Garlic Barrier and water (no more than 3 x per year) and that works really >> > well. If an animal gets thin and the Garlic drench did not seem to work, I would give them a dose of Sa >> feGuard but that is pretty rare. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
