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rev.hodl 2y ago

Katahdin Hair Sheep completed the first grazing loop!

It's been just over a month since the sheep started grazing. The pasture has recovered well, almost a little taller and more mature than ideal. Several paddocks were only grazed for one day or skipped entirely so hopefully this time around they won't be back here for more than 60 days. The longer the pasture can rest the lower the potential parasite load will be upon returning to graze again. There is a balance between returning too soon and letting the pasture go to seed and becoming less palatable for the sheep. Dancing with nature indeed.

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Dou10s 2y ago

Reduce parasite load by following with chickens?

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rev.hodl 2y ago

We tried that. We found that we didn't have enough chickens and couldn't find a way to keep the process efficient enough to be worth doing.

We use our chickens to manage the fly larvae in our hosrse manure in the summer (while turning and composting it for us) and we have them prep gardens at other times of the year.

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Sheep marching on to the next paddock.

https://i.imgur.com/GQD0cN3.mp4

Grass is so tall it's hard to find the lambs out there. Seems that everyone is swimming in hay this year around here. Ironically, we scaled back the number of ewes we have due to slight over grazing last year. Now, it seems we could use a few more sheep to eat up all this grass.

pemaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #sheep #rotationalgrazing #silvopasture #regenag #regenerativeagriculture #pasturemanagement #lamb #localfood #meat #carnivore

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