> If they didn't have horns, I would also try the small space
> introduction, but I'm concerned that a horn will get busted. There aren't
> any
> girls here for a few more weeks (until they come home from summer pasture),
> so hopefully the shields will only have to be used for a short ti
I wish I had the space to use so that they don't have to share a fenceline,
or a pasture. If they didn't have horns, I would also try the small space
introduction, but I'm concerned that a horn will get busted. There aren't any
girls here for a few more weeks (until they come home from sum
Hi Karen,
I can't speak to the ram shield, because I've never used one nor
needed to use one. The rule at my farm is to never allow rams and
ewes to share a fence. I always put a "neutral area" between them
(never adjoining paddocks, always an empty paddock in between).
I can have one or more
After spending $$THOUSANDS$$ to divide up and make some paddocks, we did
not want to take the chance on having fencing torn up so when we rearranged
the sheep into their new homes we put sheilds on the mature rams. We
thought it was gonna work--every one seemed to be content and happy with
