[Jacob-list] Re: dead sheep

[Kate Barrett]

Sharon: Black Walnut is a toxic species for most animals....perhaps he ate
quite a bit of the newly fallen limb???
KAte Barrett
Ruby Peak Jacobs
-----Original Message-----
From: SharHill at aol.com <SharHill at aol.com>
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:29 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: dead sheep


>Thanks to all who replied to my post about the death of my sheep.  I am
still
>trying to figure out what killed him.  I walked the field today and didn't
>notice many any weeds growing yet, but I did see that a big limb from a
dead
>black walnut tree had fallen among some other dead limbs that were already
>there.  I noticed that on the part of the tree that is still standing,
there
>are little ferns growing. There were no ferns on the part that had fallen.
I
>recalled seeing Theo over there nibbling at the fallen tree a few days
before
>he died.  Could ferns growing on black walnut be toxic?
>
>Also, some of the ground cover plant, vinca (with little purple flowers)
has
>crept into the field.  I kept a close watch on it last year and the sheep
>nibbled on it some and they never had any problems.  Does anyone know if
that
>plant is toxic?  I asked our extension agent and he didn't know.
>
>Thanks again to all who answered my post.
>
>Sharon
>
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