Thinking of getting sheep

[Beekissed]

I wouldn't put 6 sheep on less than an acre or you will find yourself out of grass by midsummer unless you have great rainfall and awesome pasture.

I tried 4 sheep on 1 acre and we had a drought year....even with rotation I had no grass by August, and I had great grass to start out.

Katahdins are hair sheep that have great skins for tanning and are a mid-sized meat sheep. Their wool is just right for sheepskins if you butcher when their wool is deep and lush....anywhere from November to March should be a good time. After that they start to blow their coats and shed their wool. They have better wool quality than St. Croix or Dorper sheep....creamy and soft.

 

[theawesomefowl]

We have 4 acres of lawn and mostly weedy brush, multiflora rose and bushes. I'm getting a goat and two sheep, to start with, and if I can convince our neighborhood horse owners to let me rent part of their pasture, I'd like to work my way up to 8 or 9 sheep and the goat.