Filed under: Hornfels Ridge, Sheep, Sustainability | Tags: coloured sheep, drenching, fencing, lice, natural farming, sheep with lice, sheep yards, sulpher for lice, sulphur
I know that there are hundreds of farmers out there that “do it properly” but my journey in hobby farming sheep is chugging along with so much to learn still ahead of me. My current concern is lice. The horses that are agisted here got lice recently and apparently it is quite unusual. The vet was quite surprised and suggested that the sheep may also have them. I have gone straight to Pat Coleby because I think she seems to have it right. Sulphur. Sulphur deficiency can also biting critters to take up residence on your stock. I was using Pat Coleby’s Basic Stock Lick but lack of suitable vessels made it a labourious task having to move them from paddock t paddock and move them out of the rain and dew so I let it slide. The Basic Stock Lick has sulphur. So, back to it. . And, since I first got it, Pete has had a basic lesson in welding so maybe, just maybe, I could put a feed container on the list… I found this site as I was trawling through the IT ocean and it clearly indicates how to use it but my next problem is the lack of suitable yards for drenching. I called a place and asked for prices on yard fencing but it seems they must have been unable to email it through as it hasn’t arrived – one more incentive to keep on working!
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