Butting Heads
We had a busy day today. We tensioned the last stretch of perimeter fencing in the morning. We were able to to let the sheep, llamas, and horse out to graze! Hooray! The animals enjoyed their new found freedom. They were kicking up their heels and romping about. But, since they are not accustom to the lush Spring grass, they had to go back in their corral long before they wanted too. (If we let them eat as much as they wanted they would likely suffer from bloat.) Tomorrow they will get to be out a bit longer.
We finally introduced our two rams today. Naturally they wanted to but heads together to prove who was the stronger more dominant ram. We did not want them severely injuring each other. So, we put them in a very small pen. They still butted heads. But since they could not back up very far, they were not able to pick up any speed before colliding. Still we kept a close eye on them.
We plan to be trimming hooves and treating the sheep for worms very soon. We are going to try something different this year. We made a "sheep chair". It looks a lot like a cot frame. But in place of canvas, we put a very saggy nylon netting. You back the sheep up to the chair. Her rump falls in, you tip her back so that she is sitting up and she can't get out of the chair. Then supposedly you can easily trim hooves and give wormer without a struggle. You can see a sheep chair here: http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=86&cat_id=0&
We finally introduced our two rams today. Naturally they wanted to but heads together to prove who was the stronger more dominant ram. We did not want them severely injuring each other. So, we put them in a very small pen. They still butted heads. But since they could not back up very far, they were not able to pick up any speed before colliding. Still we kept a close eye on them.
We plan to be trimming hooves and treating the sheep for worms very soon. We are going to try something different this year. We made a "sheep chair". It looks a lot like a cot frame. But in place of canvas, we put a very saggy nylon netting. You back the sheep up to the chair. Her rump falls in, you tip her back so that she is sitting up and she can't get out of the chair. Then supposedly you can easily trim hooves and give wormer without a struggle. You can see a sheep chair here: http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=86&cat_id=0&
