I am in process of getting a pasture ready for some baby doll sheep. I was wondering what was the best mix or grass to grow for them. I will only be having 3 at max for first few years. I am new to sheep so please help me not spend tons of money on wrong type of grass.
grass types for baby doll sheep?
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Do you not have grass already in your pasture? I have Babydoll crosses and the pasture they were in before I had them moved to my house was a mix of orchardgrass/tall fescue/with a little bit of timothy.
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My grass is no longer pretty pasture, last owners didn't give a darn. But it's a mix of all sorts of grasses, clovers, dock and other weeds. They love all of it and are doing fabulous on it. I don't think they really need anything special at all.
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Ground is sandy with a clay base. plenty of moisture. no grass is present right now as i clear cut land for pasture. We live in west TN. I am just making sure I have the best grass for them. Trying to get it so even during winter i will not have a big feed bill. I have a tractor and all equipment to do anything. Thank you for the replies i have and any future ones. here is a picture of land with the cleared out spot for pasture.
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Okay...so you are starting your pasture pretty much from scratch...the photo helps and your location. We are in Northeast Mississippi and sounds like our soil types are similar. I'm no expert, but if you go to the website http://msucares.com/ it has a section on this...also a phone number and these people are very friendly and helpful on everything!!! You may have something similar in TN, but if not, I would check out this website and give them a call.
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You will need to get some shade tolerant grasses, and you will need to get grasses that thrive in poor soil conditions, really poor soil conditions... You will also need to do a soil test, and add amendments as you need them.
If you would like more info- email me direct- or PM--- This type of thing is my specialty at work-- but I would have to do a little more research when I get in front of my reference materials... This isn't the typical setting I always make suggestions for...
If it were me- I would not directly plant in fescue-- especially since you are posting in a sheep forum. she don't much care for fescue. I also would not plant much for crab grass-- although it is an extremely high quality WARM season grass-- it's quite lacking through the rest of the year.
If you would like more info- email me direct- or PM--- This type of thing is my specialty at work-- but I would have to do a little more research when I get in front of my reference materials... This isn't the typical setting I always make suggestions for...
If it were me- I would not directly plant in fescue-- especially since you are posting in a sheep forum. she don't much care for fescue. I also would not plant much for crab grass-- although it is an extremely high quality WARM season grass-- it's quite lacking through the rest of the year.
I'm not sure where your getting you're information but Tall Fescue is a perfectly good pasture grass for Sheep. Now I do see the need for Shade tolerant grasses.kfacres said:
http://forages.tennessee.edu/Page10- TN Forage Guide.html
