We live about 8 miles south of Redding, California. Scotts Bar is about a 3
hour drive and my husband does not want to drive 3 hours to get a few sheep.
I have noticed in a few pastures around our area a few other small herds of
American BB and will put up some notices on boards at the feedstore
We used to mix our own feed in a tub. We tried the beet pulp to add bulk
etc. The sheep loved it. It was in a large bag it talks allot to make 50
lbs. It looks like little shreds of dried carrot. They loved it and some
folks say they would soak some of it and give it in a pan when traveling
very fa
I read somewhere that 2 weeks was enough. It isn't!!
3 weeks work for me.
Rhonda
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> I tried going natural this year to see what the ewes wo
Thank you for the little bite of summer
It is always a treat to read your postings!!
You slowed my day down and made me remember what it is like to grow your own
food. We too try to live off the land. Our grass fed beef tastes so good,
and the veggies we grow.
Rhonda
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Chickens are scavengers. They, by instinct, pick from the ground. We
have elevated feed troughs for the sheep and I have never seen the
chickens up in the troughs. I guess there is enough "spill-over" to
hit the ground that they are content. And, they never come around when
the sheep are at the
