mystang89
True BYH Addict
So is thinking of the best way to bed the sheep..... which never occurred to me until after I bought them off course. After doing a little thinking I figured I'd try the deep litter method which I use for the chickens. It works wonderfully for them.
I did a bit of research and found that for sheep you are left with a huge mess in underneath all the dry stuff which apparently is a pain in the back to clean up.
Reading some more and I find out that...... well, that's just the way of it. Big mess, big smell, big clean up if done weekly, bigger mess, bigger smell, bigger clean up if done seasonally.
So some thoughts and questions. If i do the deep litter method and "flip" the straw everyday while adding straw to it if it gets too wet and Stinky will that keep it from matting if I do a thorough clean out seasonally?
If not what about weekly? Same concept but cleaning out weekly? Or would that be more trouble and wasted hay/straw than anything?
What are your thoughts and expiriences. What works well for you all? I should say I only have 3 sheep at the moment and probably will not end up with more than 6 in the end, not including Lambings. They will be mainly pasture except for coming into the barn at night. Not sure what will happen during winter.
I did a bit of research and found that for sheep you are left with a huge mess in underneath all the dry stuff which apparently is a pain in the back to clean up.
Reading some more and I find out that...... well, that's just the way of it. Big mess, big smell, big clean up if done weekly, bigger mess, bigger smell, bigger clean up if done seasonally.
So some thoughts and questions. If i do the deep litter method and "flip" the straw everyday while adding straw to it if it gets too wet and Stinky will that keep it from matting if I do a thorough clean out seasonally?
If not what about weekly? Same concept but cleaning out weekly? Or would that be more trouble and wasted hay/straw than anything?
What are your thoughts and expiriences. What works well for you all? I should say I only have 3 sheep at the moment and probably will not end up with more than 6 in the end, not including Lambings. They will be mainly pasture except for coming into the barn at night. Not sure what will happen during winter.