Good Morning Barb, great to see your input back on the group. I agree with you 100% about organic, it is the way to go in more ways than one. We have all seen...
Good Morning Sharon, what we do her at Debray Farm is give the ewes their CD/T booster one month prior to lambing. The lambs get their first CD/T shot at two...
What you are doing is very much like what I do. When I gardened I had a dandy compost pile and never needed any other fertilizer. I didn't spray anything...
Thanks Chuck, I will do that and print out that file. Sharon ... From: Chuck and Deb White Date: 1/1/2007 6:44:16 AM To: Shedders_Sheep_Group@yahoogroups.com ...
Hello Collin, I hope Mother Nature is treating you fairly and sending some rain your way. I think there are other terms besides "organic" that are beginning to...
I can always stir the pot, can't I Chuck! LOL! I am addicted to Roundup used around my perimeter, because I have a coyote hotwire 4" off the ground. A fence...
Truer words have never been spoken CJ... "Organic Sugar" - organic diabetes...how interesting. In the words of Mark Twain, "Beware of reading health books -...
Hi, Barb, Just wanted to let you know that we love our flame thrower. It's impressive. I know several organic growers who are thinking about letting their ...
I have nothing against organic gardening. In fact, I gardened this way for many years. If the fertilizers are a source of heavy metals, I think you should...
We have decided to sell our small flock of sheep. We are having too much trouble keeping the parasites down in this part of Texas. We have 23 sheep total. A...
Mark Twain told a story about the man who went to his doctor complaining of poor health. The doctor examined him and told him gravely that he would have ot...
... I don't have to CJ. The fertilizer industry is self-regulated in the US, and its been using industrial waste in fertilizer as a way to avoid having to...
I owe Ash Grove Cement an apology. While they DO put a lot of mercury in the air, their limestone flour is well below the background levels of heavy metals in...
Good Morning Brenda I am sorry to hear you are going to sell out. How many acres of pasture do you run your sheep on? I found something very interesting our...
Charles, Over the years you have mentioned your rams needing more treatment than ewes for parasites. If you have set-stocked the same ram pasture for years,...
Hi, I tried to reply to your email privately, but I don't think it went through. Please email me at journeymanterv@... with more information about your...
Love it!! I do love my wine!! I am the newby, where would I find the actual rules and regulations for organic as pertaining to sheep. I searched on the...
Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm considering getting a a hair ram by next fall for my 20 Texel crosses. As I'm in Ireland and there is little in the way of hair ...
Catherine, I live in a very wet part of Texas. I have not had any luck with Dorpers being parasite resistant. I would suggest that you look at other breeds. ...
Chuck, Right now I have 1 four acre pasture, a 1 acre pasture, and a 1/4 acre area. We have 90 acres total that we can clear and fence, but we don't know if...
Oregon Tilth is a certifying agency. You can download the information from their site: http://www.tilth.org/ It is USDA, not statewide, but methods of...
That's interesting Catherine, Who has made the claim that Dorpers are parasite resistant? I wouldn't do that; however, they, as with most breeds they can be ...
Good Morning Jim You are right it is the only pasture area I use to keep the rams and ram lambs in. Last year I took the last ram lambs to the market around...
Brenda, I have been into Dorpers since 1998 and have been selective breeding for parasite resistance useing both FAMACHA a fecal egg count. At one year of age...
Chuck, Do you know when & where the next FAMACHA training will be? That is something I would like to learn more about. We do random fecal samples, and end up...
I have the same problem with my sheep. I have found it hard to find a market for them. I know there must be one, I just don't know the right people. Tami ...
Mary, While this doesn't track all the FAMACHA training sessions, it does cover some. It is the original group that brought FAMACHA to the USA and one of ...
Chuck, I recently had an article published in The Shepherd on rotational grazing and parasites. The key being to minimize grazing and repeated grazing of ...
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