Thanks so much for this, I greatly appreciate it. I like the compost tea idea - I often make an herbal composty one, so adding the bunnies would make sense...
For a small garden (or an garden for that matter), I would recommend "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew. Its practically required reading and an...
I have been a member of this group for about three months. I do not believe that I have ever posted to this group before. I have just been enjoying the stories...
Tuesday was total hell... I woke up to see our white ewe lying prone next to the shed & knew immediately it was going to be a bad day. I ran outide to find her...
Wassail! On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:51:15 -0400 (EDT), M. Lily Branga ... That is sad, Lily. I've never had experience with sheep, but Dad said that when they got...
She most likely had bloat from a sudden change in diet (new grass, food scraps, etc). The gas built up to a point where it distended her stomach so badly that...
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:51:15 -0400 (EDT) "M. Lily Branga" ... Lily sorry to here about your loss, Been there. Good think that lamb is taking to the bottle!!....
I am now officially the mother of an Eagle Scout! Woo hoo! Joe had his Eagle Board of Review last night - it had been rescheduled a
couple of times because of...
... **Wow, that is a deed worth bragging about. I was a life scout I believe, could get motivated enough for Eagle,,,I loved all the camping and woodcraft in...
... I agree, it could simply be rueing (what breed is she?). Although Ivomec might not be a bad idea this time of year as a general anti-worm and external...
Kerry: Congrats on the Eagle! it's a VERY worthy achievement! Be proud of Joe, I'm incredible impressed. BTW- what was his final project? Lily: Don't worry...
Thanks, Ron! It is definitely a deed worth bragging over! I can see where
scouts prepared you for the military - if only on a small basis! LOL! Personally,...
Sam - wow! That is quite an achievement for one family! You have every
reason to be proud! Kerry Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well...
Thanks, Tchipakkan! Joe's project was the restoration of nine ponds used
for education and refuge. They had been neglected for over two years, and
had...
Thanks, Eric. Joe told me today that they told him at his board last night
that only 2% of Boy Scouts actually make it to Eagle Scout. I was quite
stunned by...
Wassail! On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:41:23 -0500 (Central Standard Time), Kerry ... I knew the percentage that make it to Eagle Scout couldn't be too high. When I...
... She's an Icelandic. I spoke with Tchippikan about it on the phone, and she says her Icelandics are also shedding, so it could be that. We gave both ewes a...
This seems to have gotten lost in electronic limbo so I'm trying, yet again. I received my horns that I ordered from Sam. Ordered 2, got 3, one a georgous...
... Yea, Icelandics shed (rue). Get her sheared soon or you'll have a cotted mess instead of a fleece. It happened to me once, it was like shearing through...
... We've already sheared both sheep, but since it was our first time, and with hand shears, it was more like a big mess of chopped fur than a fleece. Their...
Freowyn- I've never done rams horns- aren't sheep and goats horns are kind of scaly on the outside? Mine are- well, the horns on my sheep and goats. With cows,...