Well, keep your old-timer advise here, please. It seems many of us are much more for the old-school ways than this new-age stuff. I want to have as few problems as possible and I believe the animals, as well as the humans, should have as little medication as possible and let nature do it's work. They have survived thousands of years without much human intervention, so why should all the new-age stuff make that much of a difference. It's like the gardening. A recent article on Dr. Mercola was pointing out a lot of information we already know on this thread about how much damage the synthetic fertilizers are doing to the topsoil. Reminds me of a big, long interview with a farmer who cycled his chickens across huge acres of land, which helped the fields grow really, really well and then in turn sent the cows out to pasture. Aside from moving the chicken tractors and gathering the adults for slaughter, there was practically no other interaction. That's the type of perfect cycle I strive for.
