Barb:
I move the barn. Really!! I built the sheep barn out of 2 inch square
tubing. I built fork extensions on an old 20 ton military forklift I have
and I just move the barn, Blade it out with the loader/backhoe, and then set
the barn back down...
Cecil in Okla
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I wish you'd send those sprinkles my way! We've been 45 days with not one
drop of rain and none in the forecast for at least 7 more days! Any small
hope that I had that I could stop buying hay for the sheep has disappeared
as quickly as the few blades of grass that were left on my pastures. This
I should have mentioned that I don't feed sheep in the barn unless I have
to. Also, I don't bed down the sheep in the barn except when it is very
cold. I do bed down the moms and new babies for 3 days in jugs. These I
have to clean out very regulary in order to keep them dry for the next
birthin
Barb,
I am also in Oregon and know what you mean about weather weenie sheep. This
is the first year I have been able to get them to graze in constant rain and
it's only because their access to other food gets cut off late morning. So
it's graze or go hungry- even the lazy ones figure this out pr
Hi Barb,
We use two different approaches here.
In our maturnity ward barn (where the moms & new babies reside) we scrape
and sweep the barn out daily. We try to be diligent on the "housecleaning"
to keep any possibility of spreading disease or parasites among the babies.
The best solution to li
The pleasure I derive from the sheep tends to decline in inverse
proportion to the amount of manure and bedding I have to shovel. Even
with a small flock, the work is occasionally backbreaking. With
continued wet weather and no natural shelter, I have to give the sheep
access to the barn and
