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Aoxa....chickens and sheep.....NO problems.....quite a nice almost symbiotic set up. I have about 60 sheep and about 40 chickens. Lambing is 2 months off, it's cold, so the sheep are fed twice daily with pellets which have a composition very like layers pellets.

The sheep are distracted so their dishes can be filled, then stand well back as it is easy to be crushed in the stampede that follows. About 10 of the chickens join this stampede and feed between the legs of the sheep....I've never know one to be injured. They clear up any pellets which have fallen on the ground and become wet.....the sheep are far too fine-mouthed to eat wet or dirty pellets. This clearing up of misplaced pellets help in the fight against rodents. the chickens also go into the sheep areas of our shed and do a similar job around the feed hoppers.'Biological control' of rodents is completed by two cats and our Border Collie, Jared.

When the lambs come in the Spring they chase the chickens a bit as a game, but never has one been injured as the chickens just fly away and leave their field if the lambs become too persistent.

We have had fly strike in a couple of sheep, and when treating the sheep, the maggots are truly irresistible to the chickens.....OK....that is a bit TOO much information!

But seriously....chickens and sheep....no problems at all. As far as I am aware they do not share any parasites, though some of the drugs used for sheep are also used in chickens.
 
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pgpoultry said:
Aoxa....chickens and sheep.....NO problems.....quite a nice almost symbiotic set up. I have about 60 sheep and about 40 chickens. Lambing is 2 months off, it's cold, so the sheep are fed twice daily with pellets which have a composition very like layers pellets.

The sheep are distracted so their dishes can be filled, then stand well back as it is easy to be crushed in the stampede that follows. About 10 of the chickens join this stampede and feed between the legs of the sheep....I've never know one to be injured. They clear up any pellets which have fallen on the ground and become wet.....the sheep are far too fine-mouthed to eat wet or dirty pellets. This clearing up of misplaced pellets help in the fight against rodents. the chickens also go into the sheep areas of our shed and do a similar job around the feed hoppers.'Biological control' of rodents is completed by two cats and our Border Collie, Jared.

When the lambs come in the Spring they chase the chickens a bit as a game, but never has one been injured as the chickens just fly away and leave their field if the lambs become too persistent.

We have had fly strike in a couple of sheep, and when treating the sheep, the maggots are truly irresistible to the chickens.....OK....that is a bit TOO much information!

But seriously....chickens and sheep....no problems at all. As far as I am aware they do not share any parasites, though some of the drugs used for sheep are also used in chickens.
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pgpoultry, that really makes me feel better. I wanted to house my geese with them, but was afraid they may get hurt.

The sheep are very interested in them, and follow them around. Hopefully they get bored soon. I think as long as they can get away it won't be a problem, but that worry that they are cornered was still at the back of my mind.

We just bought them in November. Specifically for our LGD Clementine who had imprinted on sheep before week 10 when we got her, and we could not get her to imprint on our poultry, so she protects the sheep, and the poultry are just her scenery now.



I thought they'd be less mischievous than goats. Wow are they naughty LOL.
 
to be honest i dont knw... i bought him from a lady and all she told me was he was a naked neck... wish i knew what kind he was tho....i think i only paid 10 dollars for him....a year ago.. i would love to get rid of him..im getting over run by roosters now..lol pretty cool guy tho...and what a weird crow he does..its not normal..like my dom rooster or any others as well..
 
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