Barb:
I certainly appreciate both your postings.
I have not experienced broken legs, thank God!! My sheep amaze me at the
stength they have in those tiny legs... Perhaps it is because I handle my
flock as gently as possible. I have been amazed at a pregnant ewe that a
week
later had
Oh, I just get wierd about things sometimes Cecil! :o) If I could
really walk my talk, I'd have the authority to say such things, but
I'm just a beginner with high ideals. It does matter to me though,
tremendously, for a lot of reasons. The sheep are an integral part of
it, but not the
I am not able to justify pumping animals with chemicals, I use garlic as an
alternative. I do not have problems with flies, fleas, mosquitoes, and no
heartworm, no any kind of worm. There are many websites that have done
extensive studies about alternative wormers, treatment for worms, flies,
Question to Susan Smith, Sandoah Acres;
I'm interested in your garlic remedy, how do you administer it.
Our sheep, (Amer. BB) won't touch strong smelling onion, etc.
JR.
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Question to Susan Smith, Sandoah Acres;
I'm interested in your garlic remedy, how do you administer it.
Our
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www.theholistichorse.co
www.mofga.org/mofgd04d.html
www.theherbsplace.com/heartprevent.html
www.mosquitobarrier.com
These websites might help answer your questions.
Susan Smith
Sandoah Achers
I bought into
that myth about blackbellies being resistant to worms ( OK I know I
started
something here)
Cecil, I think you started something good, because an intellectual
discussion is never wasted. Here's my .02.
There's documentation enough that the pure, genetically polled
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There's documentation enough that the pure, genetically polled Barbados
Blackbelly brought parasite resistance with it.
Although, even in Barbados they seem to be routinely worming the current
generation
I read a comment in one report that the most frequent causes if
mortality in Barbados lambs ***in the feedlot*** are coccidiosis and
parasites.
I imagine in Barbados as in America, if they are going to the feedlot
model to raise lambs, they are subjecting them not only to a highly
unnatural
