Comments on: Sheep Weed Abatement http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php Everything Nifty - From Chickens & Gardening to Printers & Technology Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:11:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Markie Robinson http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php/comment-page-1#comment-647 Markie Robinson Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:56 +0000 http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php#comment-647 I have four sheep on a 1 acre pasture and I can't tell you how long it took them to eat the weeds down but because the pasture isn't irrigated I NEVER have a weed higher then 2 inches, if at all. By the way, you didn't mentioned if your sheep were originally 'bummers'. This is just a suggestion but if you decide you wanted more I highly recommend getting bummers. My friend has 130 sheep and not one will get close enough for her to touch. My sheep are like dogs....because they were bottle fed. They are sweet, friendly and only cry (very little) at feeding time. Most interesting is my wether who is the friendliest and lives peacefully with the ewes. I can't think of a better childhood experience for my kids than when they bottle fed these little two day old lambs. P.S. I am so thrilled I found your sight...you have so much useful information that's affordable even in these scary times. Thank You. I have four sheep on a 1 acre pasture and I can’t tell you how long it took them to eat the weeds down but because the pasture isn’t irrigated I NEVER have a weed higher then 2 inches, if at all. By the way, you didn’t mentioned if your sheep were originally ‘bummers’. This is just a suggestion but if you decide you wanted more I highly recommend getting bummers. My friend has 130 sheep and not one will get close enough for her to touch. My sheep are like dogs….because they were bottle fed. They are sweet, friendly and only cry (very little) at feeding time. Most interesting is my wether who is the friendliest and lives peacefully with the ewes. I can’t think of a better childhood experience for my kids than when they bottle fed these little two day old lambs. P.S. I am so thrilled I found your sight…you have so much useful information that’s affordable even in these scary times. Thank You.

]]> By: Rob http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php/comment-page-1#comment-453 Rob Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:46:46 +0000 http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php#comment-453 Alison, I've heard the same. We went with Sheep because we knew goats would escape. Well, we underestimated our fencing and they escaped. I'll update this post with the details soon, but long story short they escaped and when we caught them we decided that since they were loud and weren't eating fast enough we'd be best of letting someone else take them. Alison, I’ve heard the same. We went with Sheep because we knew goats would escape. Well, we underestimated our fencing and they escaped. I’ll update this post with the details soon, but long story short they escaped and when we caught them we decided that since they were loud and weren’t eating fast enough we’d be best of letting someone else take them.

]]> By: Alison http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php/comment-page-1#comment-414 Alison Thu, 08 May 2008 14:22:32 +0000 http://www.nifty-stuff.com/sheep-weed-abatement.php#comment-414 Hi Rob, Sheep like to complain a lot - I am not sure they will quiet down much. I actually passed on some free sheep that my friend was giving away because I had house/farm sat for them knew that they were just too much bleating for me (and I have 5 roosters). Goats are the best weed eaters - they eat everything, but you need a very good fence for a goat. I think the saying is something like "if a fence wont hold water, it won't hold a goat". Alison Hi Rob,

Sheep like to complain a lot – I am not sure they will quiet down much. I actually passed on some free sheep that my friend was giving away because I had house/farm sat for them knew that they were just too much bleating for me (and I have 5 roosters). Goats are the best weed eaters – they eat everything, but you need a very good fence for a goat. I think the saying is something like “if a fence wont hold water, it won’t hold a goat”.

Alison

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