See, all my African sheep are resistant.
And that's enough for me to know.To follow a Government enforced scrapie
program, something very different.
Wait and see.Johnes disease, which is spreading in Mexico in large and
Caribbean breeds not able to cope with, much more important to look at.
I got sort of heckled off the Shedders list for bringing up mineral
imbalances as causes for certain health problems. I got scoffed at
because I might be reading Pat Coleby's books on natural animal care.
Well, I do read Pat Coleby and she was the one who alerted me to the
lack of copper in
Very good information, thank you.
But:
They seem to
do better on forage that the woolies do not fare well
on.
Working with a few thousand hair sheep in different breeds, and on side a
300 wool sheep in different breeds, no way that the average hair sheep even
would come close to the
Don't like to border too much with my writing.
But for years, and Carol remembers that, I tell one thing:
Blackbellies need much more copper, up to three times more than wool sheep.
For example, with a copper level where a BB just drives well, a Texel would
die in a time of three weeks.
Now,
Well, why would you want to raise any sheep that are crowded and under
stress? There really is no reason to raise sheep that way.
Stephanie
On May 27, 2006, at 12:21 PM, hlang wrote:
I read article of
farmers with small and well protected flocks, how parasite resistant
those
sheep are.And
Some of my sheep eat thistles. If they will eat it, it should be OK...
Cecil in Okla
- Original Message -
From: Nancy Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:31 PM
Subject: [blackbelly] thistle
We have a field with allot
Barb-- you need to join the Living off the alnd list
you have it down pat!!!
Soil health IS super important to OUR health--
The is an environmental re=term-- called primary
production which refers to the amount of energy
produced directly from the sunlight interaction with
plants. If the
Nancy, can you mow it to keep it from going to seed? Thistle is an
indicator of several soil conditions, depending on what type of thistle
you have. Generally speaking it indicates a low to very low level of
calcium, high potassium, low humus, and a few other variables. If you
can get your
Last week, when we butchered our first lamb, I stupidly threw out all
that snow white visceral fat with the innards. However when cutting and
packaging, I got a brain and saved what was left. Rendered, it ended up
being 3 pounds of pure tallow - three pounds of grain, grass, hay and a
year's
Why do you think that the Barbados sheep are so fragile, as we see on this
list week by week?
Because the selection is very difficult if raised in small number.
Once the animal is raised in large number, only the best survive.
That's why the African sheep, always in contact with wildlife, are
While what you say about only the best surviving difficult environments
has merit, I believe there are better ways to select for resistant
sheep than overcrowding them. Such as culling the ones that need
deworming or frequent medical assistance. I don't know the genetics of
all the sheep we
Be aware,
using vinegar ismjust like using anyother herbicide--
if the day is not dry, warm, and sunny, you are
wasting the effort--
you kinda have to follow the directions of a the
commercial herbicides-- this from an arborist who
[refers to use natural mathods
Terry
--- Paul Renee
Thanks for the insight, Terry! I agree that building up the soil makes much
better since. We've been bringing in horse manure and doing some other
things to try to create a better soil. It will take some time, but I'm not
giving up. I did wonder when the rains came, if all was for not!
-Renee
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