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    Fred21 reacted to crashbox's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    Agree on selective grazing, but not ragwort in ensuled products, especiallyif chopped... The ragwort poison effects are cumulative over...
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    Fred21 reacted to Grouse's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    The Defra website advises it’s toxic to pigs due to the Thiaminase toxic component in the rhizomes. There is also advice on veterinary...
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    Fred21 reacted to JSmith's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    I sold some cattle to a man once that reckoned they actively baled a lot of bracken to use as bedding under cattle?? If that’s right...
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    Fred21 reacted to BAF's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    Don't they have to heat treat it to kill the spores
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    Fred21 reacted to JSmith's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    I have no idea but I remember the conversation because I’d never heard of it being done before, I’m sure he said they’d done it for...
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    Fred21 reacted to ritchiekirkland's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    They used to bed cattle on dead bracken . It’s the young green shoots that are poisonous to them . I use pigs to clear patches of...
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    Fred21 reacted to zero's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    I can remember father and grandfather on the moor mowing and baling bracken for bedding. It's not poisonous when dead.
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    Fred21 reacted to crashbox's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    And I doubt they eat it if you've a half sensible bale of something in a rack
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    Fred21 reacted to Fellstoflats's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    Dead bracken and rushes are pretty common as bedding on hill land I'd say
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    Fred21 reacted to Rich_ard's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    That must have been very bad luck. I would think animals would eat what they want and be selective. Ragwort is supposedly very poisonous...
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    Fred21 reacted to ritchiekirkland's post in the thread Clean up with Like Like.
    Goats and pigs be fine 👍
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    Fred21 replied to the thread Clean up.
    Hi, Yes I heard cattle cannot eat green or dead bracken but was asking about goats or pigs Thanks
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    Fred21 posted the thread Clean up in Livestock & Forage.
    Hi all, my neighbour has rough land with overgrown hedges and grass with a lot of dead bracken would this be harmful to goats or pigs...
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    Fred21 posted the thread Milking in General For Sale - £350 and under.
    Hi Folks , Any small milk tanks or keg coolers for milk also looking for small scale pasteuriser and cheese making gear
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    Fred21 posted the thread Goats in Livestock & Forage.
    Hi Folks has anyone Fed chopped, washed fodder beet to goats
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