[Jacob-list] Apple Pressings as Feed

[Mary McCracken]

I'm doctoring and watching my sheep who broke into the barn and ate about
250# of mixed grain with molasses.  NOT GOOD.  Lost one after 2 days and
some are still in distress after over three days.  Hope they manage to get
through this.  DUMB ME.  Will need to refigure the grain storage.  Plastic
garbage cans don't do it.  THey were reduced to plastic strips attached by
the bottoms.

mary
-----Original Message-----
From: Penelope <pcj at efn.org>
To: Jacob List <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Date: Sunday, August 13, 2000 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Apple Pressings as Feed


>At 07:03 8/11/00 -0400, Pavel wrote:
>
>>I was going to feed the pressings to the sheep but worried that all that
>>active yeast might upset their stomachs. Does anyone have any input on
>>that?
>
>My spouse, who's a home brewer & vinter, and a chemist can't think of any
>reason that the yeast would bother the sheep, so long as it's not a huge
>ammount of apples for a small number of sheep.  He suggested feeding in
>small quantities, to avoid bloat etc.
>
>We made cidar with fresh apples last year, but ended up composting the
>remains after trying to save them to make apple butter and not getting it
>done in a timely manner.  We'll try again this year.  :-)  What sort of
>wine do you make with apples?  (Yes, I know apple wine is the obvious
>answer, but I was hoping for something more explicite than that.)
>--  --
>Penelope Jacob, Doula (& John Nanci, Alchemist) pcj at efn.org
>Quality horned milk goats & registered Jacob Sheep:  Stonering herd &
flock.
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