I'm glad you're getting something out of it. The way we manage the sheep is definitely specific to our situation. The main concept of rotating paddocks will remain but it's likely that you end up doing something totally different than the way we do things here. I think Greg Judy has his sheep contained with one line of poly braid fencing.

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We're keeping our cows in with just one (hot) wire, moving their paddock daily. We know very little about sheep except that Katadhin seem like the ones that make most sense for us and we like the idea of grazing them with the cows. We have more land than the cows can cover, but it's still in a very early stage after years of poor management, so it's a lot of area but not yet a lush pasture that I hope we can someday develop.

Sheep do just fine on less than ideal pasture. About a quarter of my total grazing area is relatively steep, relatively poor pasture, it definitely could support a cow in the worst areas but the sheep manage.

Give it a shot. If you are moving cattle daily, sheep should be a breeze.

Oops...meant to say "could NOT" support a cow.