@@obiemakamson4802 the purple Purina tubs are made for sheep and goats. High protein and fat I believe. On poor quality hay they will eat more than they are supposed too, on stockpile they won't hardly touch them. Now that they are back on stockpiled grass I've discontinued using them. Because we're still in a drought here I'm feeding soy hull pellets mixed with liquid molasses just to flush the ewes before and during breeding. I'll discontinue that too once the rams have been out for a month. We're all grassfed here or at least we are when not in D4 drought so our options for supplementation are pretty limited. Thanks for the question.
@@laurasluder9816 Agreed! I bought the poultry net so I had spare for the laying hens when not in use for the sheep. Honestly I don't know that I'd have sheep if I had to use any type of netting for then all the time. If they won't stay in 3 strand electric they find another home somewhere else. I just wanted netting to bale graze to keep them on task and not tempt then to get out into the rest of the bales. Thanks for the comment.
@ I wish I could use 3 strand electric. It is so much cheaper and easier!My situation is tough because my place is on both sides of an extremely busy highway and I can’t risk them getting out. I also do urban grazing projects with the sheep and need to keep dogs out.
@laurasluder9816 I made a decision long ago that if sheep were gonna live here they had to stay behind three strand otherwise it wasn't worth it. In the urban situations though I'd want the netting too. I train them to three and the ones that get out obviously don't want to be here so I'm happy to oblige them on that with a trip in the trailer.
How do your sheep do on the pick tubs? Do you also feed loose feed or just the tubs?
@@obiemakamson4802 the purple Purina tubs are made for sheep and goats. High protein and fat I believe. On poor quality hay they will eat more than they are supposed too, on stockpile they won't hardly touch them. Now that they are back on stockpiled grass I've discontinued using them. Because we're still in a drought here I'm feeding soy hull pellets mixed with liquid molasses just to flush the ewes before and during breeding. I'll discontinue that too once the rams have been out for a month. We're all grassfed here or at least we are when not in D4 drought so our options for supplementation are pretty limited. Thanks for the question.
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Greetings from Indonesia,,, There are lots of goats.
The ElectroNet or VersaNet from Premier work great for my sheep and guard dog and is much easier to move then the poultry net.
@@laurasluder9816 Agreed! I bought the poultry net so I had spare for the laying hens when not in use for the sheep. Honestly I don't know that I'd have sheep if I had to use any type of netting for then all the time. If they won't stay in 3 strand electric they find another home somewhere else. I just wanted netting to bale graze to keep them on task and not tempt then to get out into the rest of the bales. Thanks for the comment.
@ I wish I could use 3 strand electric. It is so much cheaper and easier!My situation is tough because my place is on both sides of an extremely busy highway and I can’t risk them getting out. I also do urban grazing projects with the sheep and need to keep dogs out.
@laurasluder9816 I made a decision long ago that if sheep were gonna live here they had to stay behind three strand otherwise it wasn't worth it. In the urban situations though I'd want the netting too. I train them to three and the ones that get out obviously don't want to be here so I'm happy to oblige them on that with a trip in the trailer.