[AT] Just another day at the office? (OT)

[robinson at svs.net]

	Fencing the whole place with electric fence probably saved us more sheep than anything 
else we did. Living next to town and housing developments wa had A LOT of dogs wandering 
around. We also had coyotes from the railroad undergrowth and several wooded areas in the 
neighborhood. We trained them by hanging strips of cheap (well as cheap as we could buy) 
over the bottom hot wire in areas that we knew they used to cross the place a lot. In 
almost no time the dogs just found other areas to prowl. Canines hate electric shock more 
than any other animal I have ever seen get zapped.

	On pregnant ewes... I always fed them hay at least 1/4 mile from the barn where they 
slept at night. I really believe in keeping them walking. Like Ricky I also kept 
molassess/mineral block for them in addition to salt blocks. I kept those at scattered 
locations also to encourage walking. I did feed them a very small amount of grain near 
the barn each day. I was trying to get them to walk, not me.   :-)   In the later stages 
of pregnancy I also fed bagged dried molasses with the grain.

-- 
"farmer", Esquire
At Hewick Midwest
      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...

Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana.


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net