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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1809427" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Sheep will eat some of the broad leaf things cows will leave, although they are not the foragers that goats are. Sheep normally will be easier on the fencing than goats... they do not "have to climb to get that nearly unreachable delectable morsel up in the top of whatever bush it is" like a goat will. If a horned breed, the young ones can get their heads stuck in woven wire field fence, but the polled ones can usually get back out. They will stay in electrified netting, and will stay in a 3 strand electrified fence IF... they touch it with their noses... the wooled breeds do not stay contained in electric as easily since the wool does not conduct the electric to give them a shock... unless trained to it... Visual is the key with them.... haired breeds are USUALLY more athletic and many are less people dependent and often are flightier... but have a better sense of trying to live. </p><p>Lamb is down a bit here, in the 2.50-3.50 lb for lambs 40-80 lbs on average... bottle lambs can bring $20 -100 in the spring... "oh they are sooooo cute"....</p><p>I like sheep and do not like goats mostly due to the climbing on everything BS and always wanting to be out somewhere they don't belong...</p><p>Predators are probably the biggest thing... dogs can run them and they can drop from exhaustion... heart attack... fright... our donkeys and the llamas have done a bang up job of keeping the coyotes out... can't do LGD 's due to types of fences and neighbors that just don't understand their job is to STAY with the sheep... NOSY DO-GOODER PITA IDIOTS....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1809427, member: 25884"] Sheep will eat some of the broad leaf things cows will leave, although they are not the foragers that goats are. Sheep normally will be easier on the fencing than goats... they do not "have to climb to get that nearly unreachable delectable morsel up in the top of whatever bush it is" like a goat will. If a horned breed, the young ones can get their heads stuck in woven wire field fence, but the polled ones can usually get back out. They will stay in electrified netting, and will stay in a 3 strand electrified fence IF... they touch it with their noses... the wooled breeds do not stay contained in electric as easily since the wool does not conduct the electric to give them a shock... unless trained to it... Visual is the key with them.... haired breeds are USUALLY more athletic and many are less people dependent and often are flightier... but have a better sense of trying to live. Lamb is down a bit here, in the 2.50-3.50 lb for lambs 40-80 lbs on average... bottle lambs can bring $20 -100 in the spring... "oh they are sooooo cute".... I like sheep and do not like goats mostly due to the climbing on everything BS and always wanting to be out somewhere they don't belong... Predators are probably the biggest thing... dogs can run them and they can drop from exhaustion... heart attack... fright... our donkeys and the llamas have done a bang up job of keeping the coyotes out... can't do LGD 's due to types of fences and neighbors that just don't understand their job is to STAY with the sheep... NOSY DO-GOODER PITA IDIOTS.... [/QUOTE]
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