Hi, That was a great video and so full of information. Have you thought about the wagon wheel rotation method? It seems to have a lot less time sorting out the animals and fences. The downside is that you would have to clean the “hub” fairly often. I saw this method being explained on the “Red Tool House” this week. His was done with pigs but I can see it easily applied to sheep. As a non farmer I would be interested to hear your views on the subject.
Best regards
Chris
I actually like that idea and have thought about it a bit. The only trick for me would be watering. The watering points fall on the edges of my pasture so getting water to the center of the pasture to create the wheel would be time consuming at first. I do have one pasture that this might work for and I may give it a shot!
Is there a reason you don’t graze your sheep and cattle together or is it easier managing them in separate paddocks? Why or why not? Thanks for the good video Grace!
It’s about time you left a comment on my blog :). Haha!
I separated the steers from the sheep overwinter because I was giving the steers a protein supplement. When they were together, the sheep would eat it all before the steers could get to it.
My steers get jumpy when small things are running on pasture, so once the lambs came I was concerned they’d get trampled.
It’s a confession for another video, but most of the time the steers aren’t actually in a paddock. I’m trying because they are bent on destroying Ruth’s chicken setup… but they are better at jumping the hotwire than my sheep… so containment has been a struggle :).
Hi, That was a great video and so full of information. Have you thought about the wagon wheel rotation method? It seems to have a lot less time sorting out the animals and fences. The downside is that you would have to clean the “hub” fairly often. I saw this method being explained on the “Red Tool House” this week. His was done with pigs but I can see it easily applied to sheep. As a non farmer I would be interested to hear your views on the subject.
Best regards
Chris
Hi Chris,
I actually like that idea and have thought about it a bit. The only trick for me would be watering. The watering points fall on the edges of my pasture so getting water to the center of the pasture to create the wheel would be time consuming at first. I do have one pasture that this might work for and I may give it a shot!
-the Shepherdess
Is there a reason you don’t graze your sheep and cattle together or is it easier managing them in separate paddocks? Why or why not? Thanks for the good video Grace!
Hey Mr. Fore,
It’s about time you left a comment on my blog :). Haha!
I separated the steers from the sheep overwinter because I was giving the steers a protein supplement. When they were together, the sheep would eat it all before the steers could get to it.
My steers get jumpy when small things are running on pasture, so once the lambs came I was concerned they’d get trampled.
It’s a confession for another video, but most of the time the steers aren’t actually in a paddock. I’m trying because they are bent on destroying Ruth’s chicken setup… but they are better at jumping the hotwire than my sheep… so containment has been a struggle :).
Many thanks for the comment!
Grace