Don't Feed This to Sheep and Goats!

[@Lee-yr4ib]

I almost didn't watch because of the image of avocados and onions because I already knew not to feed those. I'm so glad I did watch because of all the great info I didn't know about. Thanks for the video

[@LinessaFarms]

Awesome 😎 We are glad you got some new information!

[@juliastaub7206]

Thank you so much for your advice! We are new goats owners and we love learning thru KZbin! 👏

[@LinessaFarms]

Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a kind message. We appreciate it.

[@SamblaFarming]

Thanks for all this informations. I started my farms in west Africa.you don't know how much your videos helped me!! Stay blessed Sir

[@shermdog6969]

Great info. Thank you.

[@LinessaFarms]

Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a kind comment! Much appreciated.

[@shamiurrahman7755]

Hi Thank you for sharing all these info Love your videos, can i feed Apple Cider Vinegar to chickens and pigeons? Thanks

[@darthwingduck8226]

Do you have any opinions on Barley/Wheat Fodder? I grow it for my chickens and rabbits. I'm thinking about supplementing their daily hay with it.

[@LinessaFarms]

I would not advise feeding wheat or barley alone to sheep or goats. It is not balanced very well, nutritionally speaking. We avoid wheat all together as it can contain mycotoxins, which can be dangerous to sheep and goats. We do add rolled barley to our feeds.

[@lindatornowski2421]

GARLIC is it really a natural dewormer? I’ve watched and read a ton about it but can’t find anything proof positive. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.

[@LinessaFarms]

No. Very limited and very difficult to measure. While there are chemicals in garlic that can disrupt the worms, the amount that would need to be given is concerning and being able to accurately measure concentrations is almost impossible. You are on the right track. I have a short video talking about natural vs. man made, you might find interesting. Thank you for watching and thank you for taking the time to ask a question. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZzXdZWKoK9gg6csi=e-i4OhyKw6aQ58th

[@AgnesMariaL]

Thank you! I was half expecting this to be a video on what I had requested awhile back on toxic wild flora, but this was definitely helpful! I also looked up awhile back about feeding brassicas, because I've learned that they are actually quite bad for humans (the above-ground parts, anyway), due to high levels of oxalates so I had the thought to maybe toss all my kale etc seeds to grow in a future pasture... Except they're toxic to our animals as well. I can't remember if it was just equines, sheep or both, but I guess I'll be growing those just for my poultry and pigs, now (pigs are basically bulletproof when it comes to their guts, they are so awesome!)

[@LinessaFarms]

Thank you for watching. We started going down the rabbit hole of toxic wild flora but after trying to decide what to cover, we ended up throwing in the towel. With such a wide demographic of viewers, it’s difficult to cover what is appropriate in each area. This doesn’t mean we won’t come back to it later though. Thank you for watching and thank you for your continued support!

[@AgnesMariaL]

@@LinessaFarms okay, thanks! In the meantime, I'll keep working on identifying what we have around our property and checking it all out. I don't think my sheep are stupid - like, one escaped and went missing in the forest only to turn up six days later - but then the two plants that I recently learned that are toxic were died back at the time because it was winter, so 🤷

[@nikkityson8170]

If you have a diverse pasture and moving them every day the sheep and goats won't kill themselves.

[@AgnesMariaL]

@@nikkityson8170 We bought raw woodland. Clearing fence lines is a task-and-a-half, so we set up an area that we want cleared, move whichever group of animals in, and then pick away at selecting/plotting/clearing the next area. Some plants are apparently immediately, and irreversibly, toxic to sheep! I found this one very beautiful and intriguing pink flower our first spring here. I tried using descriptive words to find it on the Internet, because I loved it, but couldn't find it... Last summer, I finally unpacked all my books, after getting a bookcase for our RV (we're basically camping in the middle of the woods). I leafed through my wildflower book, and sure enough, there was the flower! Lambkill, it's called - just one bite is enough 😔 They are few and far between, from what I've found here, but they are literally just twenty feet away from part of a fenced area that I had my sheep in this past winter! Scary!!! And we have a toxic fern, as well, I learned this summer: I was going through each new area with a pair of large scissors and cutting them out as a precaution! They are also supposedly toxic to pigs, but we've had no issues with the pigs at all when it comes to health, so clearly they're perfectly capable of processing such plants without ill effects.

[@marybrubacker3056]

Thank you for all this information ! I have a question, I've heard of people using beer to get sheep or goats rumens working again, have you heard of this? what do you think of it?

[@LinessaFarms]

This is actually a very complex question. While feeding beer to ruminant animals may sound a little weird, beer might be helpful for a sheep or goat with a malfunctioning rumen due to its yeast content. Yeast is a probiotic, which can help restore the balance of microbes in the rumen. A healthy rumen requires a balance of different types of bacteria and other microorganisms to properly break down food and assist in digestion. In some cases, when a ruminant animal's rumen is not functioning properly, it might be due to an imbalance or reduction in these microorganisms. Adding yeast, like that found in beer, can help replenish these beneficial microbes. Additionally, the sugars in beer can provide an easily fermentable food source for these microbes, further aiding in the restoration of rumen function. Using brewer's yeast instead of beer is often a more appropriate and effective choice for addressing rumen issues in sheep or goats. Brewer's yeast is rich in probiotics, specifically Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which can be beneficial for the rumen's microbial balance. It provides many of the same benefits as beer yeast without the risks associated with alcohol. Thanks for the great question!

[@marybrubacker3056]

@LinessaFarms thank you for your informative response! I had a sheep one time that was sick, she seemed to have recovered from the problem but refused to eat and was getting weaker and weaker, I finally gave her about a cup of beer as a last thing to try and that was the turning point. She started eating again and completely recovered, I wondered sometimes if this actually has reason to back it up or if it just happened to work out that way.

[@AgnesMariaL]

I recently had a ewe go off her food, for no apparent reason. I cracked a can of bud, poured it into a bowl, and she drank up like she knew it was what she needed! Of course, the others wanted a taste, too, with one only taking a tiny sip and two others having more of a few slurps. I kept checking on her every hour or so, still just standing at the hay feeder bag and staring at it, but not eating... kept offering beer, but also - as risky as it is when they're not regularly on grain - started giving her the sheep crack (commercial ewe pellets). I did keep the pellets to a bare minimum - I didn't want to risk bloat, even though the baking soda is there for them (now that I know about it, thanks to this channel!) - just enough to keep her in nutrients and some form of energy, plus - again - I was going out every hour, if not more often. Almost two cans of beer later (again, bud, not a heavy stout as what's recommended by most who advocate for beer) of which Anna got probably 1.25 cans of, and a day later she was back eating hay!!! Anecdotal evidence (just for you, Tim 😆😜) for sure: like, was it the hourly beer or the hourly bits of kibbles? Best answer is that it was likely a combination of the two. The great thing with beer, though, is you really can't go wrong with it: worst case, it just simply doesn't work and your pet/animal gets a restful sleep plus extra B vitamins :)

[@jo-annjewett198]

As a soap maker I would never give a goat a cleaner. However lye in soap is changed chemically and becomes saponified with oils and is NO longer lye. The lye isn’t lye anymore. No still don’t give your goat soap.

[@lizplpranch621]

I use diatomaceous earth but buy the food grade for my livestock sheep chickens dogs and around the barn and areas they hang out for parasites fleas ticks any lice. It seems to work out pretty well.

[@mountainview6900]

Is corid a medicine that sheep can get resistant to? That's what I like to give when my sheep get the runs.

[@LinessaFarms]

Yes. Corid is a specific medication for coccidia. We have seen a lot of farms develop Corid resistant coccidia by over/inappropriate use.

[@jamesdack61]

feeding cedar trees leafs is a good dewormer

[@jmc9507]

and sodium bicarbonate is not very high PH ?

[@LinessaFarms]

pH range is 0-14 with 7 being neutral. Anything below 7 is considered acidic and anything above is considered alkaline. Sodium bicarbonate generally comes in somewhere between 8-9 and is considered a mild base. Lye on the other hand (sodium hydroxide) has a pH of 13-14. pH scales are logarithmic, not linear. So for example a pH of 6 is ten times more acidic than 7. Likewise, lye being around 13 and sodium bicarb being around 8 means that lye is 10 to the 5th power more alkaline. Hope this makes sense!

[@jmc9507]

@@LinessaFarms i just know ,that old timers cattle ranchers were and are using soap in water. it works great for worms. Baking soda is ph 9 and soap is 9-11. what we make is 9. ingredients are oil+lye , lye reacting with oil =soap ,it is not straight lye and ph of 9.

[@maryhysong]

anybody here with diarrhea, human or animal, gets plain active yogurt first. 99% of the time it stops in 2-3 days of 1-2 doses a day.

[@LinessaFarms]

Thank you for watching.

[@bellyakinfarm9442]

Why, in the name of Sweet Fanny Adams, would ANYONE use a "cleaner: as a dewormer??

[@LinessaFarms]

I believe Joe Saladin is a huge pusher of an “all natural cleaner” for worming livestock. No idea why.

[@robin9913]

There would be no scientific articles on DE because there is no profit to be made in that.

[@LinessaFarms]

Anything that works is profitable. If it worked, the drug companies would be more than happy to make some kind of concoctions with it and sell it.

[@robin9913]

@@LinessaFarms Anything that sells is profitable - it doesn't have to work. The drug companies are not happy to use this simple treatment because they can't profit from it. Your trust in big pharma is misplaced.

[@timlawson817]

They don't grow on replacer .

[@jamesdack61]

cow milk has copper

[@LinessaFarms]

Cow milk generally has a lower copper content compared to sheep or goat milk. Copper is an essential trace mineral in the diet, and its concentration in milk can be influenced by factors such as the animal's diet, breed, and health. Cow Milk: Typically contains about 0.1 mg of copper per liter. Cow milk is known for its high calcium content but is not particularly rich in copper. Sheep Milk: Tends to have a higher copper content than cow milk, sometimes around 0.2 mg per liter or more. Sheep milk is richer in many minerals and vitamins compared to cow milk. Goat Milk: Similar to sheep milk, goat milk often has a higher copper content than cow milk, with concentrations comparable to those in sheep milk. Goat milk is also noted for its digestibility and high levels of certain minerals and vitamins. It's important to note that these values can vary based on many factors, including the animal's diet, the geographic location, and the specific breed of the cow, sheep, or goat. Overall, while cow milk is widely consumed and praised for its nutritional benefits, in terms of copper content, sheep and goat milk generally offer more.