We're moving the sheep on the homestead!

We started this whole homesteading thing with a dream of having a goat farm. I'm not really sure why we wanted goats other than we wanted to be able to pet them and laugh at their cute little babies when they jumped around. . We did do that a lot but we also spent a lot more time trying to figure out how to keep goats in their fences. But it got really old because goats had way more time to figure out how to get out. Like that's really all they do all day AND night long! . 

So one day we got a few sheep and added them in with our goats. We found the sheep were super chill. All they wanted to do was stick with the flock, if they did that, they were very content. So we got rid of all the goats and bought more sheep. 

Sheep come with their host of problems. Mainly they are born looking for a way to die. But they love staying in fences and are for the most part really easy to handle. 

Today is sheep moving day. 

 We use electric netting fencing that we can move so that they have fresh grass and older pastures can have time to rest. Which they need to do so the parasites die back and the grass can have time to grow more again. Our goal is to only use a section (paddock) every six months. Which is really challenging but with proper management we can make it happen.

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