[Jacob-list] milkweed, any others?

[fayg at mebtel.net]

Tom,

Mine eat poke berry .... tall leafy, hallucinogenic, purple berries ... funny,
silly creatures have purple draining down their chins. No ill effects observed.

I have a few that seem to enjoy the bull thistle ... for the life of me I cant
figure that one out ...

I am poisioning and digging that out as most of the sheep won't touch the stuff!

Gary


Quoting Tom and Judy Riddolls <grey_wethers_farm at hotmail.com>:

> so a week ago i mentioned my lambs were eating milkweed, and so they were, i
> 
> just spent the last three nights out there cutting it all out, some 10 
> wheelbarrow loads.  i watched one boy lamb go to town eating the stuff! i 
> kept having to chase them away.  somebody mentioned 2g or something, they 
> must have eaten close to 2kgs as many plants (literally hundreds) were 
> reduced to bare stalks.
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of a jacob sheep actually getting poisoned by 
> milkweed?
> 
> does anyone suspect off flavours in the meat now? I don't plan to butcher 
> for another 4-5 months, would the stuff pass out of them by then?
> 
> clearly the stuff is not as lethal as the websites would have you believe 
> (but i sure as hell still cut it all down!)
> 
> So a question what other plants (here in ontario) should i be looking for?  
> someone said periwinkle? is there a website you know of that will list the 
> plants i should get rid of?
> 
> Thanks
> Tom
> 
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