frustratedearthmother
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@Baymule - does that mean that Paris has 'graduated' into a real working LGD?
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Bruce
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I hope that doesn't come back to bite you in the butt in the future. You and the current neighbor may get along fine and be OK with it but the next person that owns his property may not.
What height is the field fence? 4' or 5' ?? I'm planning future fencing to replace the inadequate stuff that came with the property. At least the parts closer to the barns and house will have to be able to contain not only larger animals but chickens as well. So maybe 4' with hotwire at 5'?
Baymule
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Yup. She has stepped up and guarded her lambs. We took 3 to slaughter, leaving her two. Soon they will join the flock and we will combine her and Trip. We'll see how it goes....
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Mike CHS
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Bruce - the Redbrand fence is 47". The 330' roll is about all my old rear wants to manhandle though. 
The property line fencing is covered with easements.
The property line fencing is covered with easements.
Bruce
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Smart man Mike! I hadn't thought of that.
I don't think my old rear could handle more than a 330' roll either. In fact I have experience with nothing longer than 100' and that was plenty heavy enough as I recall!
I don't think my old rear could handle more than a 330' roll either. In fact I have experience with nothing longer than 100' and that was plenty heavy enough as I recall!
Mini Horses
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I have found that the older I get the HEAVIER that roll of fence becomes. 
Such a shame that we don't have the time & money to do these things when we are younger in body, not just mind.- Thread starter
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Mike CHS
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Mini Horses - I was told that they use heavier metal now than they did when we were all younger.
I was cleaning out the other perimeter fence that borders a railroad track and I will probably hire that one done. It is over a half mile and will all be up on the berm bordering the RR tunnel that goes under our driveway.
I was cleaning out the other perimeter fence that borders a railroad track and I will probably hire that one done. It is over a half mile and will all be up on the berm bordering the RR tunnel that goes under our driveway.
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Mike CHS
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Good news from the state of Tennessee today. We got our farm name registration certificate from the state so it is now our farm is now officially Shepherds Farm.
We tried driving T-posts on the other side of the pen we are working and ran into some major stone ledges. We reserved a trencher that has a jack hammer on it for next weekend. We plan on picking it up Saturday and won't have to turn it in until Monday so we are going to try and drive/dig posts for the remainder of the joint property line. It's a little over 1000' so we shall see how much stamina we have.
We tried driving T-posts on the other side of the pen we are working and ran into some major stone ledges. We reserved a trencher that has a jack hammer on it for next weekend. We plan on picking it up Saturday and won't have to turn it in until Monday so we are going to try and drive/dig posts for the remainder of the joint property line. It's a little over 1000' so we shall see how much stamina we have.
Bruce
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I can officially report that a 330' roll of woven wire sheep and goat fence is HEAVY! Took 3 people to get it up into the car. I managed to get it out by myself, gravity is stronger than 3 men
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Mike CHS
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Just a update and I'll post pics when we actually get them on site.
We are buying 6 bred ewes from the farm where we have been training our herding dogs. Our Aussie went from the point we were just going to let her be a pet to a pretty good herder in the last 4 months. She isn't as pretty at it as our Border Collie but he is still very much the pup.
The Border Collie is the main reason we decided to go ahead and get some sheep this fall instead of waiting till spring to buy lambs. When he works several times a week he does pretty good but when we only do the once a week thing it's almost like a kindergarten kid that has to be retaught every time. We may wind up with a wether or two also depending on how things work out. Most of their sheep are really close to lambing and we don't want to transport them when they are that close. We will spend a day there picking out our flock and at the same time get some OJT on hoof trimming and many other things. If nothing else it will get my rear in gear doing the fencing another paddock. What we just finished is good enough for 6-8 sheep but not 6-8 sheep with another 6-12 lambs.
The to-do list keeps growing and taking a half day to drive to the sheep farm to train puts too many things on hold.
We are buying 6 bred ewes from the farm where we have been training our herding dogs. Our Aussie went from the point we were just going to let her be a pet to a pretty good herder in the last 4 months. She isn't as pretty at it as our Border Collie but he is still very much the pup.
The Border Collie is the main reason we decided to go ahead and get some sheep this fall instead of waiting till spring to buy lambs. When he works several times a week he does pretty good but when we only do the once a week thing it's almost like a kindergarten kid that has to be retaught every time. We may wind up with a wether or two also depending on how things work out. Most of their sheep are really close to lambing and we don't want to transport them when they are that close. We will spend a day there picking out our flock and at the same time get some OJT on hoof trimming and many other things. If nothing else it will get my rear in gear doing the fencing another paddock. What we just finished is good enough for 6-8 sheep but not 6-8 sheep with another 6-12 lambs.
The to-do list keeps growing and taking a half day to drive to the sheep farm to train puts too many things on hold.
