Rape THE PLANT

My pony when i was a kid was allergic to Rape when it was out in flower. Brought on symptoms very much like hay fever if i remember rightly. One year several farms around us planted big crops of it....it was a nightmare. I cant remember if it was the rape flowers that caused scabby bits on his nose or not....although i think that was caused by buttercup burn as i think he had it every year rather than just the one that we had rape around us.
I would be inclined not to let them eat it.
 
I know it's not poisonous to sheep!
Years and years ago, I was on my way back from a hack when I passed a sheep field with all the sheep at the very far end of the field, but one sheep stuck at the front, caught by it's wool on brambles.
Being the animal lover and good citizen that I am, thought I would try and rescue it so it could be reunited with it's herd. I went to the gate of the field, but it was a real rickety affair, tied up with baler twine etc. and difficult to open, especially with horse wondering why I had got off when we were supposed to be going home!
So, I thought, with all the sheep at the other end of the field, it wouldn't hurt to leave it open just enough to get back through again.....
I went over to poor trapped sheep, but was impossible to free her - she was terrified of me, so was trying to run away with the effect of running and sort of flying when she was pulled back by the brambles, which then got even more tangled in her fleece.
So I turned round to go back home thinking I could let farmer know on my way.
OMG, the last of the sheep in the field were filing out of gap in the gateway into adjoining unfenced field of flowering rape!!!!
There was no way I was going to be able to herd them back again!
So back on horsey I got and knocked on farmers door -
"excuse me, but I noticed a sheep in your field is trapped in the brambles. Oh and I just wondered if the rest of the herd were meant to be in the rape field?"
Drove past the following day and all sheep back in field, but not a yellow flower in sight in the field next door.... Oops! So much for being a good samaritan!
 
CeeBee said:
I know it's not poisonous to sheep!
Years and years ago, I was on my way back from a hack when I passed a sheep field with all the sheep at the very far end of the field, but one sheep stuck at the front, caught by it's wool on brambles.
Being the animal lover and good citizen that I am, thought I would try and rescue it so it could be reunited with it's herd. I went to the gate of the field, but it was a real rickety affair, tied up with baler twine etc. and difficult to open, especially with horse wondering why I had got off when we were supposed to be going home!
So, I thought, with all the sheep at the other end of the field, it wouldn't hurt to leave it open just enough to get back through again.....
I went over to poor trapped sheep, but was impossible to free her - she was terrified of me, so was trying to run away with the effect of running and sort of flying when she was pulled back by the brambles, which then got even more tangled in her fleece.
So I turned round to go back home thinking I could let farmer know on my way.
OMG, the last of the sheep in the field were filing out of gap in the gateway into adjoining unfenced field of flowering rape!!!!
There was no way I was going to be able to herd them back again!
So back on horsey I got and knocked on farmers door -
"excuse me, but I noticed a sheep in your field is trapped in the brambles. Oh and I just wondered if the rest of the herd were meant to be in the rape field?"
Drove past the following day and all sheep back in field, but not a yellow flower in sight in the field next door.... Oops! So much for being a good samaritan!
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:eek: whoops :D :D :D :D
 
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