--- Barb Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But the very best
> part was that they all came into the barn when
> called for a morsel of
> grain. Seems like nothing, but it means I have a
> measure of control, at
> least over their stomachs!
Barb, you will find this to be a wonderful thing time
and time again as the years go by with your sheep.
They are controlled by their stomachs. Last spring I
had the opportunity to put some of my sheep on my
cousin land, a 3 acre lot behind his house, to keep
him from having to mow it all summer. Well, all of
these sheep were young, and spooked easily. Every time
I'd go and check on them, Cousin Dan would say "I want
to be here, so I can see how you are going to catch
them. When the day came to bring them home I took 3 of
my old Ewes, put them out in the pasture with the
young wild ones, and left them for a day. Came back
the next morning with "the bucket" led the old girls
in the barn, with the young ones coming along after.
What was so neat about this was I didn't get all of
them in the first time, so I loaded up the young ones
that I had took them home, was going to wait until the
next day to get the rest. But my wife said later that
afternoon, "I bet you can go over there right now and
get them" sure enough, went over, brought out "the
bucket" and here they came again. Like I said their
lead by their stomachs.
Thanks for your time:
Bill
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