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Moving Sheep

6/27/2012

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To ensure a sheep's good health, they need to only be on the same pasture for no more than  three weeks. This allows for parasites from becoming an issue, which is a sheep's worst enemy. So, today we moved them to another part of the pasture which meant moving the division fence. We use temporary fence for now, so it entaled the use of several hands to get it from one field to the other. By this fall, we hope to have permanent fence to partition the different areas, but for now we move it every three weeks. We've got it down to a science, so it's not too hard to do. It just takes time...and plenty of help. The sheep immediately appreciate the new clover they get to devour on their new home, so the move to them is welcomed.

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The sheep on the exhausted pasture field
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Spending the morning on new grass
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James smith
10/10/2012 08:19:22 am

I love this website sooo much! My family and I all read it! Hope to see updates soon.

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