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  • From: Aliza Vanderlip <songbird97520@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] electric fencing and sheep
  • Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:40:52 -0700 (PDT)

LOL - shetlands:o)  Gotta love'em!  I had a tiny tiny shetland ewe that could clear our heads if she wanted to and she could run up the barn wall in a pinch:o)  I dont have shetlands any more - got cormo instead and they are much easier to keep fenced.  No deer here though.  For some reason they hang out on the other side of the creek and dont visit us but every few years.

Blessings,

Aliza
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--- On Fri, 5/7/10, Norma Sutton <sweetspringfarm@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Norma Sutton <sweetspringfarm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] electric fencing and sheep
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 6:57 AM

I tried that.  I think Shetlands are just hardheaded.  The other problem we have had with the electric netting are deer.  They run through it in a heartbeat.  Once it's down . . . and we are over run with deer anymore.  Mom had the largest doe I've ever seen eating in her garden this winter.  It was also knocking her birdfeeders down and raiding them.  I have to keep my LGD's in with the sheep due to the neighbors so the deer KNOW where they are.
Norma

On 5/7/10, Aliza Vanderlip <songbird97520@yahoo.com> wrote:
You have to fence train them right after shearing.  Then it works great.  If you dont they just run right through it.  Works great for goats and cows - though with cows you can usually just use a couple wires and they will stay in. 

Blessings,

Aliza
www.eftashland.com


 
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