http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/ Shedders Sheep Group Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:43:14 GMT outdoorsizbest@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6556 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6556 LOL - I didn't ask............but I'm glad you sent the link - good ideas! Deb Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:09:27 GMT Lorna Wall http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6555 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6555 Ok.... Lorna here in the wilds of Canada...... tee hee.... We managed for years with a falling down 2 string barbwire perimeter fence and two string electric Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:33:01 GMT Blue Egg Farm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6554 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6554 For those who asked, I have taken pictures of my single strand hotwire fence topped with ribbon. http://www.blueeggfarm.com/fence.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:33 GMT americanwayfarm@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6553 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6553 dang! i was getting excited until i discovered you're on the opposite side of the country. Sandy Davis in NH http://americanwayfarm.blogspot.com/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:14 GMT krystalbeers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6552 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6552 Wow, thank you all! You've given us many great ideas. I am very glad to hear we won't need a particularly high fence! LOL ;) Krystal Beers Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:09:48 GMT krkenagy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6551 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6551 Hi, Here in NW Oregon I use a perimeter fence of field fencing with 2 strands of hot wire on top, this is for coyote control as we have lots of them. For Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:01:13 GMT Blue Egg Farm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6550 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6550 Don't laugh too loudly, In the small corral with the lambs barn I have 5ft cattle panels faced with 2 x 4 inch garden wire, Our actual perimeter fence around Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:45:57 GMT John Collin Jeffery http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6549 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6549 I'm a fencing contractor over here as well as a Dorper breeder. When I build sheep fences I use 6-70-30 Hinge Joint or Ring Lock on pickets or posts that are Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:10:02 GMT Chuck and Deb White http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6548 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6548 Hi Krystal We have 48" woven and have never had a Dorper or Katahdin escape. We just got our first goat (part of the deal that came with our latest Grt. Pyr. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:54:22 GMT mpowell1126 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6547 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6547 Hi Krystal, We used 5' woven no climb around the perimeter, also more to keep predators out than sheep in. My Dorpers and crosses would be happy with 40", but Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:29:53 GMT CJ Welle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6546 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6546 I have 52 inch fences on the perimeter. That's to keep dogs out; not sheep in. My Dorper crosses would be quite happy to stay in a pen with ordinary fences. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:29 GMT krystalbeers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6545 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6545 What do you all use for fencing? I've read that a few of the hair breeds can be quite the fence jumpers when frightened! Not sure if I would care for an 8' Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:49 GMT krystalbeers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6544 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6544 Thank you all for the warm welcome! I think I'll like it here. ;) And, no, my WA is not the same as your reference! LOL Although, I've always wanted to Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:07:49 GMT Anita Garza http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6543 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6543 Hi Barb, I missed this post. We never had a soil or forage analysis. On the ranch in south Texas, the native grass was thick and beautiful except in times of Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:10 GMT Karen Kettlety http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6542 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Shedders_Sheep_Group/message/6542 I have a dozen bred yearlings and ewe lambs for sale. Katahdin/ Black Dorper cross. Katahdin ram is one of Karen Kenagy's. I have birth records and 60 day