I don’t think so, but they sure are pushing their luck!!! I have very little patience for sheep that are hard on fences and I have a 3 strike rule that applies to everyone – whether they are friendly or not. Since I am the one that does most of the management with the flock, this works the best and makes my life easier. Well now I am in a quandery because 1/2 the ewe flock has been pushing their way under the fence to the green grass. We are all having to experience some self control because I want to save the grass for the winter. This isn’t the first time that I have locked them off green grass, but one of the new ewes that was added this summer has other plans. I haven’t figured out who it is, but I have a very good idea 🙂
but I don’t have definite proof and of course it is my son’s favorite ewe. I know it is one of the new girls because this was not an issue before and they are the same fences. I will be installing electric fence to hopefully solve the problem and if that doesn’t help then I will find the trouble maker and have a tough decision to make.
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The hotwire should work because she’s probably leading with her nose……otherwise, being as she is your son’s favorite, I guess you’ll just have to build her a special pen! 🙂
Yea, I agree with Tammy, It’s easier to fix the fence than to change the way a Jacob thinks. Several years ago we sprayed an area of one pasture for morning glory and put up that heavy orange plastic construction fence and as soon as one went under it they all did. Hot wire!
So, hot wire does work ? We had hot wire a few years ago and our daughter’s Suffolks had no problem going through it.
How could you cull such a sweet looking ewe ? You should see the ram’s fencing we have here.looks like a war zone in some places. I really think Jacob’s need the kind of fencing that can hold elephants, what do you think ?
I love all the pictures of your sheep! I’m so jealous!!
Yes, hot wire will work if you put it in the right area and they hit it with their noses. We finally put hot wire up in our ram pen and it works GREAT!!! They are very respectful of it. I have always joked that I want to build individual ram pens with guard rail – kind of like they do for the bucking bulls at the rodeo grounds.