[Jacob-list] beets ?

[Peaceful Valley Farm]

I've never heard of that.  When I was looking at a bag of beet pulp in a
farm supply store, it mentioned sheep as one of the animals that you could
feed it to.
Matthew
Peaceful Valley Farm
Ringgold, GA
www.peacefulvalleyfarm.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <critterland at bendcable.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] beets ?


> Is it the beet greens or the roots that are said to be toxic, or both?
> There are often chemical compounds in one part of a plant that are not
> present in other parts.  I have not heard about this, but would be
> interested to know more.  My goats love their daily ration of shredded
beet
> pulp with molasses, (commercially produced) but that doesn't mean it is ok
> for sheep and I have never fed it to my sheep.  Will be interested to know
> the outcome of this--please keep us posted.  Where did you read the
> information originally?
> Melody
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <crackerdst at surfglobal.net>
> To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:23 AM
> Subject: [Jacob-list] beets ?
>
>
> > Hi Group ,
> >   Been out of contact for awhile ...finally coming up for air . Recently
> > read that beets and chard were poisonous for sheep ...anyone heard of
> > that one ? I have been planning to root-store tons of root vegetables
> > this year to offset my feed costs next winter and " mangles' were going
> > to be a big part of that . Anybody got any input on that ? Donna in
> > N.VT
> >
> >
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