How many sheep can you put on an acre of pasture?

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Our dorper sheep are eating down the pasture faster than it can grow. We are in a good grass growing region. It is also a good time of year for growth yet the grass is real short. I have heard recommendations up to 12 sheep per acre. This has proven to be way too many. Our ten sheep are keeping the 4 acres of pasture down to the nubbins. #sheep #sheepfarming #pasture ‪@FlanaganHomestead‬

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@GardeningandMyDailyLife 4 месяца назад

Thanhks ban đã chia sẽ video với mọi người ,chia sẻ rất hữu ích 👍.

@matthayne7570 2 месяца назад

Agree with this fully. We have 5ac total and 2.5ac fenced for the sheep which can only keep up with 6, and at 12 dorper lambs/ sheep we have to open the whole 5ac up to them to keep them fed, and the grass at a reasonable height. These numbers are on a normal rainfall year 600mm. We have sandy soil and with lower rainfall of 300mm, which we get sometimes, even 5ac wouldn’t do.

@FlanaganHomestead 2 месяца назад

@@matthayne7570 thanks for input.

@palmsexoticsuk2194 4 месяца назад

Another great video, thanks Rob! Do you ever let the sheep into the tree fields? Or would they cause too much damage?

@FlanaganHomestead 4 месяца назад

I am afraid to do it. Even when I let them in my yard they keep their head down and eat grass most of the day. Then all of a sudden they are chewing on a blueberry bush. I can’t afford to lose the shape of my Christmas trees.

@palmsexoticsuk2194 4 месяца назад

@@FlanaganHomestead thanks Rob, I figured that would probably be the case. Shame there’s not an animal that would keep the grass and weeds down without damaging the trees!

@dantheman8112 Месяц назад

Have you tried Gregg Judy or Joel salatin's method of grazing?

@FlanaganHomestead Месяц назад

@@dantheman8112 no. I don’t have enough acres for that type of rotation.

@dantheman8112 Месяц назад

@FlanaganHomestead I live with the Amish and they are starting to copy their methods. I saw a cow and calf in a 1/4 acre and they had it divided into 10 paddocks.

@FlanaganHomestead Месяц назад

@@dantheman8112 that’s a great plan but a lot of fencing. I could potentially get 5 small paddocks but then I would have to go get them back in the barn every evening.

@dantheman8112 Месяц назад

@FlanaganHomestead it looked like a tic tac toe board with a single line of electric wire. Sheep and goats would laugh at that haha. It does require more leg work to save some money on hay. I'm getting Nick Ferguson's tree fodder package to feed the goats.