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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1326218" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I had some sheep for a few years, but sold them all about 7-8 years ago. Coyotes were devastating, tried guard dogs, llama, and donkeys, each came with downsides. Kept them up close on the last and finally in barns. I liked sheep, but they were harder to deal with than cattle in my opinion. Had mostly Suffolk and Suffolk/Dorsett cross ewes, and used Suffolk rams.</p><p>If I were to have another run with sheep, I believe it would be with hair sheep. One of the traits that I liked about the Suffolk sheep is that they didn't have as much wool and their legs, heads and bellies were free of wool. Had some foot rot issues at first, and then some severe parasite/worm problems, once I realized about the worms I wormed them more frequently. </p><p>I feel that I should warn anyone thinking about getting sheep that are not familiar with them, that some rams can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I think on average they are more aggressive than bulls. I had two rams that I had to get rid of sooner than I wanted to. Some rams that I had never gave any problems at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1326218, member: 24816"] I had some sheep for a few years, but sold them all about 7-8 years ago. Coyotes were devastating, tried guard dogs, llama, and donkeys, each came with downsides. Kept them up close on the last and finally in barns. I liked sheep, but they were harder to deal with than cattle in my opinion. Had mostly Suffolk and Suffolk/Dorsett cross ewes, and used Suffolk rams. If I were to have another run with sheep, I believe it would be with hair sheep. One of the traits that I liked about the Suffolk sheep is that they didn't have as much wool and their legs, heads and bellies were free of wool. Had some foot rot issues at first, and then some severe parasite/worm problems, once I realized about the worms I wormed them more frequently. I feel that I should warn anyone thinking about getting sheep that are not familiar with them, that some rams can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I think on average they are more aggressive than bulls. I had two rams that I had to get rid of sooner than I wanted to. Some rams that I had never gave any problems at all. [/QUOTE]
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