Barb:
Thanks for the encouragement, but I really do not have the heart or lack of
it to butcher one of my lambs. I have the experience, the equipment and
could make a walk in cooler our of an old airconditioner unit, I have done
that for others. I can skin and butcher most any animal, but afte
I don't know if it's true or not, but many sites say the DE you buy for the
pool filters doesn't work the same as the 'nursery' or food grade DE. It
may just be hype from the people that want you to buy the expensive DE, I
don't know.
I have also read somewhere that DE does not hurt Earthworms
I wish I could get some of those good proces for my hay. I had to sell
mine for $30 a bale thru the new local feed store to get it sold.
I waited 28 years for retirement eligibility and spent the past 6 years
trying to build up a healthy flock. I had planned to retire in January and
I would
We had no wheat hay around here. There wasn't any wheat crop. I planted
cane for hay and finally got a rain last Saturday and luckily there was
another one this morning to melt the crust so it would come through. I need
50 round bales to get through the winter...
Cecil in Okla
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As I recall DE is used in swimming pool filters. I bought some 10 years ago
to put around the house to kill the crickets. I think it was about $3 a bag
back then.. Probably still have some sitting around in storage somewhere.
It is an ingredient in flea powder...
Cecil in OKla
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Julian, can you quote your source? How could DE cut up internal worms
and maggots, and not earthworms or dung beetle larvae? I am not
challenging you, I'd just like to read it from the source.
Thanks,
Barb
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From: "Julian Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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At 07:27 PM 6/21/2006, you wrote:
>I think it would probably mean death to earthworms and dung beetles too.
>Maybe fly predators would be a solution worth considering.
>
>Barb
Fly predators are $$$. DE is not harmful to earthworms, and I've found
anecdotal evidence that it is not harmful to du
Cecil,
I think you're hitting on a painful truth that is being recognized far
and wide - that the small farmer, in order to survive, has to go direct
to the consumer. Most farmers don't want to be marketers. But a lot of
consumers out there are getting wise to the consequences of factory
farm
Hay last winter in Central TX was going for $125 /round bales, small squares
were $10 a bale. Alfalfa was cheaper so I went with alfalfa for the winter.
Sheep did beautifully on it!
The local markets took a nose dive last week for sheep and goats. We
normally have strong markets in this area.
I contacted the sale barn today and they checked the videotape of when my
sheep were sold. They run them through in the order they are checked in. I
delivered my sheep at about 9:30 am and they were not sold when I came back
at 5:00 pm. 1800 head of sheep and goats were consigned last Saturda
My relatively limited experience is that there is no such thing as
uniformity of size in the horned blackbelly sheep. I've had yearlings
only come up to 50 pounds, and I just sold/slaughtered two yearlings at
right around the 100 pound mark.
"When to slaughter" I think starts with a program of
Stephanie:
We normally wait until they are about one year of age. Much more meat
and well worth the wait.
Steve
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Good question!
I'm hoping you get good answers sent to the list so I can learn too!
Diane
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