Originally Posted by
glew22
Touche, esp. concerning the moon theory. I still think there's some merit in what he's saying. Let's face it, when it comes to reasearch, the only way to do it is captivity; otherwise, there's no way to isolate variables. In his defense, he did seek out several other opinions when writing the article.
I disagree I spend time at Chesapeake Farms in Kent Co. MD. and their is alot of great research done there on their free ranging herd. As far as Charlie he has written so many articles on things that turned out be false just on order to be able to continue to make a living that I rank him right up there with Jackie Bushman.
Originally Posted by
glew22
I still think this was productive all in all. I should have not restricted the conversation to breeding stress. I think more would have been accomplished if stress in general was the main premise of the conversation.
Very productive and I have enjoyed this thread very much. Stress regardless of the cause is a factor when it comes to the health of the herd. Pike