Lizzy733
Loving the herd life
Hello everyone,
We'll be moving into a lifestyle block with an established flock of sheep - roughly ten ewes, most 2 toothers and many with lambs.
Lockdown's kept me from putting eyes on them myself and I have a laundry list of questions for the current owner regarding their medical and breeding records. There's a ram and a wether as well. Until I get those records, they appear to be a mix of Arapawas and Romneys.
We're in New Zealand, so seasons are flipped if your in the northern hemisphere and we'll be into summer when we take over the block early December.
Would you guys have any advice on introducing ourselves to the flock and gaining their trust? Any treats suitable for this that won't throw out their diet? I'm not sure how sensitive the rumen really is as I've not kept ruminants before.
Would plonking myself down with a mini bale of Timothy hay for a few hours be a bad idea?
One month away is both too soon and too far.
Starting to get excited,
Lizzy
We'll be moving into a lifestyle block with an established flock of sheep - roughly ten ewes, most 2 toothers and many with lambs.
Lockdown's kept me from putting eyes on them myself and I have a laundry list of questions for the current owner regarding their medical and breeding records. There's a ram and a wether as well. Until I get those records, they appear to be a mix of Arapawas and Romneys.
We're in New Zealand, so seasons are flipped if your in the northern hemisphere and we'll be into summer when we take over the block early December.
Would you guys have any advice on introducing ourselves to the flock and gaining their trust? Any treats suitable for this that won't throw out their diet? I'm not sure how sensitive the rumen really is as I've not kept ruminants before.
Would plonking myself down with a mini bale of Timothy hay for a few hours be a bad idea?
One month away is both too soon and too far.
Starting to get excited,
Lizzy