Posted by Fawteen on April 28, 2013 at 03:04:18 from (72.65.100.88):
In Reply to: Re: How about sheep? posted by Fawteen on April 28, 2013 at 02:50:51:
Dang, getting old sucks...
Also forgot to mention that it takes at most 20 minutes a day to care for a small flock. Make sure they have water and make sure they have hay in the winter. At my population density worms are not an issue but I worm the adults once a year when I have them penned up to sort out the lambs and take them to market. I check their hooves at the same time and trim if necessary.
All they need for shelter is a wind break. Trying to keep them indoors in the winter is actually bad for them, leads to pneumonia. Not unusual for me to wander down on a winter morning and have a pile of snow sprout legs and turn into a sheep. They'll wander into a three-sided shelter to get out of the hot sun or a driving rain, but that's about it.
I feed mine a bit of grain twice a day. NOT necessary for their health, but acts as a training aid as they LOVE grain and will follow you anywhere to get it. Including into a catch pen...
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