Frequently Asked Questions

• 1. Can I treat a sick animal and still be Chemical Free?

  We strongly encourage you to be compassionate to your animals, and that you reserve only the healthy animals for breeding and for chemical free human consumption.

  Please treat a sick animal so it does not suffer, but realize that you cannot later use this sick animal for "Chemical Free" breeding stock or sell it to someone as "Chemical Free" food.

  Just keep the sick animals separate and then sell them at the sale barn as non-chemical free.

• 2. I had to treat a ewe with chemicals for mastitis. She has good traits and I don't want to cull her. What should I do?

  Mastitis can result from a bacterial infection in the teat canal due to a genetically weak immune system, or by mechanical or thermal trauma to the udder.

  An animal with a weak immune system should be culled for genetic reasons.

  An animal suffering a physical trama can be treated with chemical medications, but the treated animal can never be Certified Chemical Free or used for human food.

  The offspring of an animal treated with medications can be used for food if chemicals were not used during gestation.

  The offspring of an animal treated with medications can be used as your own private breeding stock but it can not be sold to the public as Certified Chemical Free breeding stock.

  All breeding stock sold to the public as "Certified Chemical Free" must come from both a healthy male and healthy female that have never been sick or treated with medications. This is crucial to the improving the healthy genetics of our livestock.

• 3. I ran out of hay last winter and had to feed my sheep non-organic grain that was probably sprayed with Glyphosates. What do I do about my Chemical Free Certification?

  Honesty is the best solution to a problem. We will have a place with your online Certification Statement and Documents where you can document what happened and everyone can see the problem.

  The animals that have ingested grain sprayed with Glyphosates can never be sold for food as "Certified Chemical Free." But there is nothing wrong with your animal's genetics or their future offspring, as long as their offspring were not fed Glyphosate sprayed grain during gestation.

  You will need to neck tag or ear tag your animals, and keep a list of those animals exposed to chemicals. You can post this list each year with your Certification Documents, as a way to increase your credibility as a Certified Chemical Free Farmer.