Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Steve
Hey Jann, Welcome to the list. Being fairly new to it as well, it's nice not being the ranking newbie. I have Barbados Blackbellies in Eastern Oregon. I wanted to add to or rephrase your question to the group a little for my own curiosities. I have seen my sheep eradicate Sage brush and

Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Mike Hummel
Hello Steve, Our bane here in Ohio is Poison Hemlock. Lost a lamb, 2 years ago and a ewe this year. Had one goat go cross eyed for about 8 months. Doing all we can to eradicate it from our farm. Mike On 11/22/2013 4:08 PM, Steve wrote: Hey Jann, Welcome to the list. Being fairly new to

Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Jann Bach
Yes, they are horrible stickery things. There were a couple in the corral when I first unloaded the sheep and they immediately ate them even though they had plenty to eat in the trailer. I watched and then offered them a few more which they greedily devoured. I finally stopped giving them to

Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Michael Smith
My sheep and Pygmy goats eat thistle once it's dried-- down to the nub. Also rose branches from the garden. -MIchael, Perino Ranch blackbellies Sent from my iPad On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Jann Bach mtnrdgr...@aol.com wrote: Yes, they are horrible stickery things. There were a couple in

Re: [Blackbelly] Tumbleweeds

2013-11-22 Thread Jann Bach
These are definitely dried out and have come loose. They blow all over the place and make impossibly high piles everywhere. I have some piles of them against or between fences that are 8 feet high, 12 feet wide and 30 feet long. My sheep will never go hungry :-) Jann Sent from my iPhone On