[Jacob-list] Using vinegar / selective selection ...

[fayg at mebtel.net]

This is not totally unexpected. The fertility clinics use pH to selectively kill
off either X or Y sperm, enriching the semen for selecting a specific gender. It
has been researched in women that the pH of the v. can be used to push genders
one way or another. (sociobiology). (The philosophy on this goes like this.
Reproductively and enviromentally, it is harder to sustain males. Thus if you
are not TOP BANNANA, or you live in a weak environment, produce more females and
 the female body does this for her subconciously ...)

Gary


Quoting ARTHUR PARTRIDGE <aztreaz at earthlink.net>:

> --Fred wrote:
> >A spray bottle filled with vinegar may be used as a "weapon" against
> agressive rams and pushy ewes.  Set on the "mist" setting, a shot >or two
> in the face will turn the ram or ewe, cause them to shake their head and
> move away.
> ==========
> Thanks.  I noticed that when I fill the sheep water bucket with the hose,
> the ram doesn't like the spray.  He shakes his head and backs off.  Here is
> something interesting from another list about apple cider vinegar:
> 
> quote from an article in The Banner Sheep Magazine, Vol. 28 No.2,
> March 2005. In an article by Marlene Bell titled "Dorset Falls - The
> Natural Way" about raising Dorsets, she states "Out of desperation one can
> come across some interesting information on natural remedies. After being
> inundated with two years of nothing but ram lambs we decided to take a
> horse-woman's advice and introduce Apple Cider Vinegar into our breeding
> regimen. We were told not only did it increase fertility it was commonly
> used to produce more female offspring. Now, before you say, "That's a bunch
> of hooey" we have tried it with terrific results. The vinegar is added to
> the breeding flock's drinking water each day without fail. Not only did we
> see a marked improvement in the number of ewes born, our multiple births
> went through the roof."
> ********
> Cathy Partridge
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
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