From storm@rconnect.com Thu Oct 30 10:10:21 1997 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:47:10 +0000 From: storm@rconnect.com To: sanet-mg Subject: Sheep & Goldenrod "where the goldenrod is, would require added fencing and is a long ways to get water to them." I've been grazing sheep and goats on patches of highway right-of-way, brushy areas, and in the yard. I have found two rather simple and inexpensive ways to graze these areas. 1) One hog panel bent into a square, fastened at the corner with a hole cut out makes a great little sheep shelter when tarped. A bucket can be hung on the inside to hold water another for grain if you desire. A five gallon bucket lasts anywhere from 3 days to a week (depends on how hot it is etc.) and the kids use the lawn tractor to carry the water out to them. The tarp is great for catching rain which means no carrying water. I use a chain with two swivel hooks and just attach it to the bottom of the front of the little "house". If they are at all tether broke they will only pull it enough to get to new forage. This unit is also great for sitting geese, turkeys, etc. Instant hog shelter too. They are light and mobile. I have used them in the back of the pickup to haul calves, etc. (with a gate over the hole of course, which can just be made out of a piece of old hog panel and wired on and shut. 2) I use a cable grazing system as well. Old metal cable (whatever I can find free), cable hooks and welded rebar stakes in the form of a J. Duct tape the ends so they don't get hung up on them. These are permanent, can be mowed and snowmobiled over. The animal is chained and slides along the cable. I use the little house described above as shelter. Works well and it is cheap! Bev Sandlin SE MN SFA coordinator To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with "unsubscribe sanet-mg". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest".