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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1809725" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>I have had sheep for a long time and do not understand the comments on how they destroy the pasture. They are more demanding of attention than cattle, but easy to care for if you keep foot rot out of your flock and have a working solution to the predator problem.</p><p>As I cut back my workload, I have cut way back on numbers to about 15 ewes that generally have about 25 lambs each year (Hampshire wool sheep). I depend on cows to graze the large majority of the farm.</p><p></p><p>I rotate them in three or four pastures nearest the house, largely because they keep the pastures looking good, trim and weed free. Also their light weight and avoidance of mud prevents all the packing and rutting of the soil that cattle cause in the winter or wet weather.</p><p>The grass actually improves under the influence of the sheep grazing and often appears much like a manicured lawn.</p><p></p><p>It seems that grass is improved by rotating between cattle and sheep, Overgrazing by either is bad,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1809725, member: 32879"] I have had sheep for a long time and do not understand the comments on how they destroy the pasture. They are more demanding of attention than cattle, but easy to care for if you keep foot rot out of your flock and have a working solution to the predator problem. As I cut back my workload, I have cut way back on numbers to about 15 ewes that generally have about 25 lambs each year (Hampshire wool sheep). I depend on cows to graze the large majority of the farm. I rotate them in three or four pastures nearest the house, largely because they keep the pastures looking good, trim and weed free. Also their light weight and avoidance of mud prevents all the packing and rutting of the soil that cattle cause in the winter or wet weather. The grass actually improves under the influence of the sheep grazing and often appears much like a manicured lawn. It seems that grass is improved by rotating between cattle and sheep, Overgrazing by either is bad, [/QUOTE]
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