They were cheap and will run loose here as our last sheep did. Have customers for the m all this fall.That last pix is beautiful!
What in tarnation ya gonna do with the sheep?? Make socks for winter?
Will they free range?
Now ya got me wondering....They were cheap and will run loose here as our last sheep did. Have customers for the m all this fall.
All livestock will do the same thing if not managed properly.Sheep are called "range maggots" around here for a reason.they will distroy an area if left too long. Will eat every bit of green and keep going
Goats have replaced sheep around here for the most part. Some around me have claimed they can make more money per acre with goats than cattle.
Carcass form. Added valueHow do you sell the sheep Dave?
Ken
What we do to teach our goat's to come in at night, is when we get them, we keep them locked up for the first week, and every evening we give them a little grain , so they get used to eating grain in their shed in the evening, then when you turn them loose they will come up every evening hoping for the grain and they get shut in, that way your not having to chase them down.Old-timers said they raised sheep for the money and cattle for respectability in the community. Wouldn't mind running some boer goats in the summer to take out weeds, but we have a lot of coyotes and I wouldn't want to have to gather them up every night.
That would work. But summer is when we finally can leave for a few days here and there and cows can go a few days without checking on them, so not really in the cards without lining up someone to do it.What we do to teach our goat's to come in at night, is when we get them, we keep them locked up for the first week, and every evening we give them a little grain , so they get used to eating grain in their shed in the evening, then when you turn them loose they will come up every evening hoping for the grain and they get shut in, that way your not having to chase them down.
Gotcha.That would work. But summer is when we finally can leave for a few days here and there and cows can go a few days without checking on them, so not really in the cards without lining up someone to do it.
Yes. I never got faster than 4 per hour. Slower now. A Kiwi who helped speed me up years back could do a clean job on a lamb in under 4 minutes.Do you dress them yourself?
Ken