CrealCritter
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There are 11 sheep in there(4 ewes, 7 lambs), all Katahdin or Kat/Dorp cross, I couldn't even begin to tell you how large that area is as it's a temp paddock...I just make them up on the fly. I'm doing MIG(managed intensive grazing) with the use of a high tensile perimeter fence and polybraid single strand on push in stakes to move them through the paddocks every 1-4 days(depending how big I want to make each temp paddock). No shelter but trees and brush. The dogs stay with the sheep all the time. Our fence charger pulses, Cyclops brand.
MIG style farming is like mob grazing wherein you bunch the livestock onto smaller paddocks so they poop and pee a lot in a concentrated area, then you move them frequently. You can see vids on YT about MIG, lots of farmers and ranchers doing it now...my fave to watch is Greg Judy. The concept for it all is explained well in talks/vids from Allan Savory and can be found on YT also.
It makes for healthier, better yielding soils and healthier, better yielding livestock and it's also very economical compared to other systems.
Just so you know "MIG (Metal Inert Gas)" is a type of welding to me. But I think I get it... You just move them every so often onto fresh pasture. Kind of like a huge chicken tractor concept. It sounds like a lot of work but if you have poor soil it's like free fertilizer plus fresh food for the animals.
i couldn't help but notice how nice and tight your electric wire strands are. That's why I asked how big the space was. It's hard if not impossible to get wire that tight by using only push in stakes and without some solid corners like a wood or metal t-posts.
i had pulsing electric fence charger around my 50 x 100 garden with T-posts corners. It was constant repair due to deer. But after I put a constant charger on the wires, my problems with deer went away. But of course my wife's baby bear had to pee on it. Poor guy jumped 4' into air yelping. I guess your dogs learned the same lesson... Don't Pee On The Electric Fence.
nice looking arrangement i'm digging on that water/feed cart also.
Thanks for the reply.
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