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Yup, some are better than others. A good fence helps to keep them where they are needed. A good fence is often hard to find!!! lol
Foraging And Feed Effeciency Comparing Breeds
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maranfarmer563
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Mine never stay in fence,almost impossible they climb,jump,and crawl under
Fencing should never be an issue. If exposed to the right fencing at a young age no animal should ever touch a fence or gate. This prevents lots of headaches and fence maintenance. Introductions to poultry electronetting for all livestock prior to 60 days old is a requirement here. That way all animals (cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, lgd's) will always respect it and they can be rotationally grazed and moved daily without fear of anyone ever touching a fence.
Very easy to accomplish if you start em young... That's the key. ;-)
maranfarmer563
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We have lots of land so I don't mind them out, it's my wife that has fits
Lol
If you can confine them and rotate them daily on your own terms then your forage quality will improve dramatically.
I had my goats on an island so there really wasn't any need for fencing...they weren't going anywhere anyway.
We would fence the horses in though and our percheron mare....oh...that she-devil! I adored her but we tried all types of fencing with the horses but she would drive the others into it so she could get out. She was wretched towards them. We sold her and the constant fence maintenance left with her. We're still in touch with the woman who bought her and she's spoiled rotten and a total peach for her. Everybody wins!
We would fence the horses in though and our percheron mare....oh...that she-devil! I adored her but we tried all types of fencing with the horses but she would drive the others into it so she could get out. She was wretched towards them. We sold her and the constant fence maintenance left with her. We're still in touch with the woman who bought her and she's spoiled rotten and a total peach for her. Everybody wins!
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Quote: THe value of rotations grazing is undervalued. We raised sheep on a small parcel by moving the fencing every 2-3 days. Just a matter of keeping the "gate" where it made sense for the sheep and leading thru it every morning. Here on this property electric netting is difficult to move with too much bramble and shrubs.SOmeday!!
I keep my sheep fences with 5 foot woven wire-- the same that I use for the horses. SHeep cant get under or over that!! lol
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WIn-win !! Glad you found a good home for her.
Repairing fences is never ending with horses. lol
Free ranging sheep and goats on an island is an old time practise. No fencing needed. lol However . . .the benefits of roationsal grazing helps in increasing the forage yeild and decreasing the paracite issues in a natural way.
Sorry for all the misspells everyone, been a long week at work, and its not over yet. lol
We had/still have about 130 acres on the island and we would rotate the horses. The sheep seemed to rotate themselves other than during lambing season when we kept them in a paddock with their own nursery/lambing stables. We had only 4 goats over the years (2 singles and 1 pair) and they just did whatever they pleased...which was mostly following us around.
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Many years ago I learned that the internal parasites of sheep/goats were different than horses so rotating these two knocked down parasite problems. I do wonder how chickens fit into this . . . .I"m betting they work into the rotation too.
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