This hit the rabbit forums last week, we have had so much fun with it-- but
notice, the sheep are following a bucket of grain Heck of a way to catch a
rabbit!!!
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am sitting at a nice warm 15*F-- thank
heavens for electric blankets...
Terry W
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responses as we can get as quickly as
possible. Please post this wherever people with livestock are likely to see it.
http://justice4pnw.weebly.com/polls.html;
Thanks, all, and Happy New Year
Terry W Ohio
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--- BUT--Beet pulp can be
used to up the fiber content of a homemade mix of rations. Of course, whole
oats, and even BOSS, in the shell, excellent working fiber when all is said
and done.
Terry W NE OHIO
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look for easier pickings..
Terry W NE OHIO
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to lay eggs in one location, you then have a
second product to sell-- all the nutrition in those eggs from the water weeds
and algae , lower cholesterol than factory farm eggs, etc...
And I don't mind the honking--why live in the country if you can't appreciate
all the smells and sounds?
Terry
of duckweed!
Terry W Ne Ohio
--- On Wed, 7/27/11, Mary Swindell mswin...@siu.edu wrote:
Another idea for your pond: Have you thought of using
Aquashade? It is available in farm stores, and I think
it keeps the algae bloom down by coloring the water so that
sunlight cannot penetrate
of water, and set them in
front of the barn fans-- a good way to help cool off the air under the sheep
bellies. Be thankful the Black-bellies are not woolly!
Terry W
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around here , used, for
little money- and can handle the dust associated with animal keeping a bit
better than household type fans.
Terry W One frustrated person!!!
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Travel with RonK- maybe
Have you asked on a horse forum?
Terry W
--- On Thu, 5/5/11, o johnson jq...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have to get a horse to Milton, Fl and
I can not take her
myself. I am looking for good transports that I can check
with. does anyone
know of any that I can
Mary--
Willow, and many trees from the poplar family contain natural
anti-inflammatory properties which you could use when Dex is not available.
the cambioum layer is what you want the animal to ingest-- small, fresh twigs
are best, but they can also be dried for winter time use
Terry
excess copper- after 7+ years, much of it
may have leached deeper or bound up. If you have real
concerns, you can have plant samples tested to see if the
plants are picking up what you do not want your sheep to
ingest in large enough quantities to be hazardous.
Terry W
Frosted Acres
On Fri, Apr
for the
different recipes. I know when I feed my Dog one of my
rabbits in a raw condition, he is getting 'clean' food--
that cannot be said of many grocery store foods--
especially if the food has been 'gas wrapped'
Terry W
--- Cecil Bearden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carol wrote about using raw
excellent-- and considering, that when I met karin
Bergener in person, she was real vague herself, not
understanding the real way viruses mutate Her reply to a
question asked at that meeting_ If someone told me my
flock had AI, I would not hesitate to depopulate it
terry W
--- Carol J. Elkins
to pay less per pound, but they can be a reliable
source of income.
terry W
--- Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We all have sheep who, for one reason or another, need to
be
euthanized. In most cases, it is old age or health issues
such as the
recent post about horn growth
, I would get a 'form
letter' with the phrase Knowing my care and concern in
the opening paragraph. As far as a congressman-- well, none
have answered a letter yet...
Terry W
Looking for last minute
You are quite welcome-- I LOVE going on information
hunts...
Terry W
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for those links, Terry, especially the second
one.
Barb
Be a better
using it. What is it-- a
form of polio that goats get when B deficient?
Terry W
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Well, I looked in a lot of places, and asked questions in
a few more
The Cocci that sheep and goats deal with are pretty much
resistant, and the only good, natural way to keep them
under control is to manage pastures and herds in such a
manner that the natural immunity that developes by being
the exoskeleton of fleas. I
haven't had the need to use DE for external reasons, but
knowing how it cuts internal parasites up, I am for it!!!
Terry W
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The rams reported in this morning with five H. Contortus
eggs, 250 eggs
per gram. That is negligible
they were getting enough from the wet grasses-- turns out,
they were drinking from shallow puddles that were not
visible above the taller grasses.I could ask him what he
uses for that-- he also does everything as naturally as
possible. HAs some pretty nice looking animals to show for
it, too.
Terry W
that in mind while peering through the microscope.
Terry W
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's another nice thing about having
the
microscope...you can kind of monitor even cocci loads and
treat before
they start getting clinical.
Would be interesting to know if the gentleman has
, then there is probably some sort of
connection-- Even the Doris Day Animal League and the HSUS
are PETA oriented in their agendas.
Terry W
--- Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently was approached by an organization called
Animal Welfare
Institute and I would like to ask
the jaw behind the incisors.
A local dairyman handles the bullocks this way, as well--
he doesn't poll or steer his youngsters because they do go
to slaughter when they have finished out...
Terry W
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anybody have suggestions for their preferred method
Sounds similar to my introduction-- cept mine got attacked by a tray dog almost
immediately!!!
Terry W
--- Chris Eileen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So my intro to BBs. I got 2 ewe lambs last night. We brought them home
~10:30 unloaded them into a cattle pannel enclosure. One escaped
? Are their tails normal in shape
and appearance?
Terry W
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with one room in the uterus, a twin will be
born prematurely/aborted due to some injury or defect, while the healthier one
is retained. My younger brother was a retained twin--
Terry W
--- Mary Swindell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a chance that a ewe can lamb twice
Triplets-- if they have the same 'conception' date'
Terry W
--- Mary Swindell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peg,
Thanks for writing about your friend's Dorset. I have also heard
from two other people that this unusual separation of birthing times
can happen in sheep, in dogs and in humans
. Nicely tempered.
Any ideas on how to disperse the rest of these guys?
Thanks,
Terry
Northern California
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to my
area--I think I will check taht out for sales contacts...
Terry W
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back-- but if
large tanneries are anything like some processors-- how can one make sure that
they get back, say, their OWN rabbit pelts?
But then, your recommendations have always been good in the past--
Terry W
--- Carol Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is scary to send your valuable hide
by a lot of sheep people as a
means to prevent something called Frothy Bloat--
Terry W
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I looked at that slideshow-- and I ask
Where is the WINTER COAT? Otherwise, the surviving sheep seemed to be in
good weight
I have seen sick, very worm infested woollies-- and they were considered
okay by local officials.
These starving sheep in the slideshow just appeared to be lacking
scores at about the same he did a month ago--interesting dilemma
for me
Terry
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Read an interesting article in the latest Stockman Grassfarmer about
using a Brix refractometer to determine whether your pasture grass has
enough carbohydrates
Anybody besides me get a request for a quote for 200-300 Barbados Blackbelly
Sheep from a person in Malaysia?
Terry W
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the pastures into a good mixed hay field.
Terry W
--- Kyla Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Terry,
Where do you find sawdust for $5.00 a truck load? That sounds like a great
deal. If I can locate some in my area, I would love to give your method a
try. Do you feed your sheep in the stall
Carol,
I'd like everyone to know, that within 48 hours of being put on the map for
the first time, I recieved a call and e-mail from someone looking for sheep. So
there IS a decided benefit to being properly listed--
Terry W.
--- Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Last chance
for
linseed--- and boil it yourself...
Terry
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Due to budget constraints, I'm building a custom hay feeder from lumber.
Can anyone tell me if it might be a chemical issue to the sheep if the
feeder
was treated with water seal on the outside only?
G. Atwood
officials into
office that are supporting this mess. Maybe it will be time for some
underground movement of our animals
Terry W
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can hopefully see if one is recovering--
if one recovers from an extremely bad bout-- his/her resistance to whatever is
bugging it will be a lot higher...
Terry W
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I fund that my boys like water chestnuts
Terry W
--- Nancy Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if anyone else feeds treats to there sheep or lambs . We have
found that our sheep really enjoy bread but find that if lambs are not
raised eating it with mom they don't usually
-- it was saturated with the solution for treatment--
I DO NOT smell the foot rot-- a classmate did a research project on that
organism, and believe me, I learned to recognize the smell-- but I need to
catch things early, if need be
Terry
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milkweed, joe pye weed,
forked aster, queen annes lace, wild strawberries, maple seedlings etc., all
disappearing, while the grasses remain untouched-- gonna have to get some grass
eaters now!!!
Terry
--- william bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi There Terry:
Don't know a whole lot about horn
to help keep inflammation down arounf my Chessies
eyes-- guess what-- two tablespoons a day of a cold
pressed Oil, and I haven't had him scratch a cornea
since...
Terry W
--- Dayna Denmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nancy the dosage is about 1/4 cup per head of
sheep for 3 consecutive days
. If the plants ar not healthy, that production
DROPS
Yo uhave the right idea, we can only help our sheep
enjoy their natural reistance by doing what we can to
make sure they have what they need to implement that
resistance.
Good, solid soapbox
terry W
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
I was thinking using old refrigerator for smaller
livestock-- like rabbits and chickens. this info is
greatly appreciated-- thanks
Terry
--- Barb Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Terry,
Yes, it is a remote temperature controller. You
stick a temperature
sensing bulb inside the fridge
Carol, I just tried the link-- ans I get the response
that the message is no longer available.
Terry W
--- Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Many of you know that Stan Potratz, owner of Premier
Fencing, has been a
long-time supporter of the sheep industry and is an
all-around good
Oh, put your ear to the little guy's tummy and make
sure you are still getting bowel sounds...
And you can use mineral oil in the back end, as
well-- use the lightweight stuff-- it seeps in better.
Terry
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Elaine-
Several of the poultry people have attended some of
the TAHC meetings--
There is nothing with with keeping informed, and
letting the politicians know that you know what they
are up to!!!
Might make them a little uncomfortable..hehehehehe
Terry
it's
tongue-- this is a good sign--that is a reflexive
action to a weak swallow, and the animal is trying to
force the bolus down further.
It is important, when one has weakened animals, to
keep them sternum down-- this help prevent pnuemonia
from developing.
Terry
I hope this helps any of you
like us,
fighting to preserve the gene pool of rare/endangered
breeds that will be most hurt by NAIS.
Terry
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wrote:
The government doesn't make it easy sometimes!
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there in your pastures, it could
explain some sudden deaths. Please, look for it. No
one wants to lose a baby of ANY age to something that
can be eliminated from the pastures.
Terry W
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Why would you want to do that? Mixing genetics of two
relatively rare breeds removes one more chance for the
ewe to [pass on her genetics to others of her 'kind.'
Terry
--- Nancy Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We were just wondering if anyone had ever crossed a
Jacob 4 horn sheep
Helmut,
I would like permission to post what you said below
to a site NoNAIS.org either that, or you could post
yourself. Lot's of great links on it about what is
going on...
Terry
--- hlang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't think that he overdramtized.
Most of today's population
, and votes, my friends. Speaking
of votes, it is recommended that NO ONE votes either
Republican or Democratic-- rather- cast your vote for
one of the minor party candidates-- you will need to
look for a lot of them, as they generally do not make
it to the ballot list!
Terry W
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are okay. Who knows, the
little one may ony day be your most prized ram!
Terry
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Carol,
Does the AC vinegar need to have the mother in
it to be effective?
Terry
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! And if the animals have been
handled so that they are docile (with and without
horns)and socialized to the experience, then that is
all the better for ambassadorship.
Terry W
--- Rick Krach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I learned from him that lambs at our fair had to
meet the minimum
requirement of 80 pounds
per acre than a
full-sized cow, and I am thinking that would be a
great way to sell the smaller hair sheep to the
bigger is better mentality. Sheep are a bit smaller
boned, proportionately, and they reproduce a lot
faster!!!
Terry
--- Susan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Terry, County Fairs
Basic genetics would say yes as the liklihood of
getting all the genetics necessary to produce horns
would be greater.
Terry
--- David Kellough [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If a horned ewe and a horned ram produce a ewe lamb,
is the odds much
greater the ewe lamb will have horns?
just
that is
being grazed, rather than having top herd the animals
from barn to pasture--
Terry
--- The Wintermutes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Terry,
I only bed my sheep down when it is very cold, wet
or when they have
newborns. I personally don't like ammonia build-up
or moisture of any kind
.
So, Elaine-- for most intents and purposes-- you
have found a way to alleviate the improper imprinting
of the lamb. Good job.
Terry W
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