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I have 45acres of grazing land. Can anyone tell me how many sheep per acre I can keep

  • 23-09-2017 6:08pm
    #1
    Gazquez
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    Sheep


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  • #2
    charolais0153
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    200 sheep altogethrr


  • #3
    White Clover
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    Depends on quality of the land and the quality of the pasture. But, mostly dependent on your management abilities.


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    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    White Clover wrote: »
    Depends on quality of the land and the quality of the pasture. But, mostly dependent on your management abilities.
    And the fencing of that land as well, sheep are fekkers for finding weak spots in fencing.


  • #5
    Gazquez
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    200 sheeps plus lambs?


  • #6
    charolais0153
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    Gazquez wrote: »
    200 sheeps plus lambs?

    Yes


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  • #7
    Gazquez
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    I have everything very good condition Land, fencing...


  • #8
    Gazquez
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    Sorry, you say 200 sheeps without lambs?
    Thank you


  • #9
    charolais0153
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    Gazquez wrote: »
    Sorry, you say 200 sheeps without lambs?
    Thank you

    Yes as in. 200 ewes and lambs


  • #10
    tomwaterford
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Yes as in. 200 ewes and lambs

    Do This include replacements aswell as growing own silage/hay


  • #11
    charolais0153
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Do This include replacements aswell as growing own silage/hay

    Includes hay and silave. Buy in replacements. Cost of vaccination is low when u consider that you can have adult sheep in hoggetts place. When your working with this small number. Its handiest to keep them all the one with less groups


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  • #12
    early_riser
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    190 ewes here on 48 acres weaned 1.68 this year, lambing split between jan and mid march. Good dry land set out in a paddocks, grows good early grass so able to have the early lambs and have good bank of grass for march lambers. Make my own silage and keep 20 of the best ewe lambs every year which are lambed in their first year, if not wouldnt pay me to keep them. Lots of extra grass this year even got to buy 50 store lambs to finish so might even increase ewe numbers slightly in the future but will stick with what i have for now.


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