I purchased a horse item, but the sheep like it. It is a thick cylindrical piece of tubing like pvc, but on the outside is scratchy twine. You could plant a thick post such as a telephone pole and glue and staple the thick scratchy twine on it for the sheep to rub on.
Nancy L. Johnson imgr8a...@comcast.net cell: 301 440 4808 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen" <epbreedl...@dsl-only.net> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:04:43 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep scratching device I'm not sure about the sheep, but my pygmy goats loved to scratch against a chain link panel that I put up to keep them out of our outdoor freezer room. It was pretty effective; I had to go clean gobs of goat hair from the backside. I will try this with the sheep. Eileen -----Original Message----- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info]On Behalf Of blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:01 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 8, Issue 5 Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.i nfo or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info You can reach the person managing the list at blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..." Today's Topics: 1. sheep scratching post (Carol Elkins) 2. Re: sheep scratching post (swkparr...@gmail.com) 3. Re: sheep scratching post (Michael Smith) 4. Re: sheep scratching post (Elizabeth Radi) 5. (no subject) (Lucinda) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:29:55 -0700 From: Carol Elkins <celk...@awrittenword.com> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Message-ID: <20120110012957.9f41648...@diego.dreamhost.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I'd like to give my sheep something to scratch on besides my fence (they are really hard on fences). Come spring when they want to help their shedding along, it would be nice if they had something prickly or scratchy to rub up against. Have any of you made something for your sheep to scratch on? Carol Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:36:07 +0000 From: swkparr...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Message-ID: <1949930397-1326159368-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-59775791-@b 5.c25.bise6.blackberry> Content-Type: text/plain Mine like to rub on a cattle panel held vertically by T-posts. We have one in the middle of a pasture, we hang hay feeders on it. We also use cattle panels to make small catch pens inside the pastures; they rub on those too. Probable any kind of fencing would do. Stephanie ------Original Message------ From: Carol Elkins Sender: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info ReplyTo: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Sent: Jan 9, 2012 8:29 PM I'd like to give my sheep something to scratch on besides my fence (they are really hard on fences). Come spring when they want to help their shedding along, it would be nice if they had something prickly or scratchy to rub up against. Have any of you made something for your sheep to scratch on? Carol Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:34:13 -0800 From: Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Message-ID: <cahikykhkghe+vcdat5qyd8vfrd-glhpjdssv6+8i9kfwb83...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Funny you should ask. I am seriously considering something heavy-duty with large 1" wooden dowels sticking out horizontally, like a huge bed of nails with the "nails" maybe 8" to 12" apart. The wooden dowels would, of course wear down and be chewed on, but it should last several seasons if they are about a foot long. I think the goats and ewes could handle it. The rams, idiots that they are, would probably try to challenge it, and destroy it, or their faces. This design is still in my head. I have an 8 month old (human) to worry about and may not get to it this year. This idea came from watching them work over a large willow trunk base I have lying on it's side in their pasture. They also like to scratch on things like this in the summer. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Carol Elkins <celk...@awrittenword.com> wrote: > I'd like to give my sheep something to scratch on besides my fence (they are > really hard on fences). Come spring when they want to help their shedding > along, it would be nice if they had something prickly or scratchy to rub up > against. Have any of you made something for your sheep to scratch on? > > Carol > > Carol Elkins > Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep > (no shear, no dock, no fuss) > Pueblo, Colorado > http://www.critterhaven.biz > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:10:23 -0800 From: "Elizabeth Radi" <lizr...@skybeam.com> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Message-ID: <20120110061023.4c7e7...@resin09.mta.everyone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Michael, I would think someone would poke out an eye, if I am picturing what you are describing. We have been thinking about getting one of those old street cleaning brushes, and mount it vertically on a round post. Would be nice to mount 2 side by side, so they could scratch both sides at the same time. We have both sheep and goats that like to scratch. But they are heavy, and we don't have heavy equipment to mount them. Also, they seem to be hard to locate. Liz Radi Nubian goats and Katahdin Hair Sheep Nunn, Colorado 970-716-7218 idaralpaca.blogspot.com --- mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] sheep scratching post Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:34:13 -0800 Funny you should ask. I am seriously considering something heavy-duty with large 1" wooden dowels sticking out horizontally, like a huge bed of nails with the "nails" maybe 8" to 12" apart. The wooden dowels would, of course wear down and be chewed on, but it should last several seasons if they are about a foot long. I think the goats and ewes could handle it. The rams, idiots that they are, would probably try to challenge it, and destroy it, or their faces. This design is still in my head. I have an 8 month old (human) to worry about and may not get to it this year. This idea came from watching them work over a large willow trunk base I have lying on it's side in their pasture. They also like to scratch on things like this in the summer. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:37:02 -0800 From: Lucinda <utte...@suddenlink.net> To: "blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Subject: [Blackbelly] (no subject) Message-ID: <a18a1c8d-7118-4249-a2a5-2a1651e11...@suddenlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am a zookeeper in a barnyard with sheep & goats. We offer various types of enrichment daily which include scratcing options 1, such as deck brush heads zip tied to the fence at various heights. 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