Re: [blackbelly] Age to slaughter

2006-06-22 Thread Crawford, Dr. Stephen
Stephanie: We normally wait until they are about one year of age. Much more meat and well worth the wait. Steve *** Dr. Stephen Crawford Director of Bands Percussion Studies University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 900 College St. Belton, TX 76513 PH:

Re: [blackbelly] sale prices in OKla

2006-06-22 Thread Cecil Bearden
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

Re: [blackbelly] DE

2006-06-22 Thread Barb Lee
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 - Original Message - From: Julian Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [blackbelly] sale prices in OKla

2006-06-22 Thread Cecil Bearden
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 - Original

Re: [blackbelly] DE

2006-06-22 Thread Onalee Israel, Onalee's Home Grown Seeds
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