After killing off three of our sheep over the summer, I try to spend some quality time with our five remaining Friesian ewes. I check on them at least twice a day, climbing over the portable electric fencing to show some affection. When we were mowing our terribly overgrown pastures in the heat of July […]
The day finally arrived yesterday when our neighbor pulled onto the property with his truck and trailer to haul his sheep away. They had performed admirably over the past couple of months, helping our small flock mow down acres of overgrown grass and weeds. The question was, how were we to separate his sheep from […]
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We are nearing the end of our efforts to mow our overgrown pastures with our sheep. We asked the neighbor who loaned us 17 of his sheep to help get the expanded flock across the driveway for the last leg. As you can see, pointing the sheep in the right direction takes more than the […]
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