Hi folks,
For the first time in all the years I've been raising sheep, I've had
lambs disappearing without a trace. I lost 2 lambs on 08/07/11 and I
lost 2 more lambs Saturday night 08/13/11. I have excellent fence
(5-foot tall, tightly woven, and electrified). There is no evidence
I ran across this record on Amazon featuring a seriously decked-out
blackbelly ewe. Judging from the songs on the album, I doubt the
artists have a great deal of appreciation for the kind of music our
sheep might like. Playing one of these songs would definitely cause
my flock to bolt for the
Mary,
We have lost some newly born lambs to eagles in the past, so fence were no
help. We have had no further problems after we introduced guard dogs (they were
introduced because of coyote though not the eagles).
Regards,
Stephan
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Mary, the smaller lambs COULD be taken by larger raptors. Search your sky--
see if you see any Vultureshovering over possible remains-- the vultures wait
for the actual predator to leave the carcasses. A Coyote would have a hard
time jumping a 5 foot fence with a load in it's mouth-- and they
Mary, I've used a game camera to monitor my sheep and my friend has
used one to try to determine what predator is killing her chickens.
The trick with the camera is to mount it in an area that the predator
is guaranteed to pass. That could be hard to do if your sheep are out
on pasture at
