Say fellow shepherds, I need your views on the least labor intensive way to keep sheep. I have two wether babydoll southdowns. They are in clean, three-sided shelter facing south. The floor is two stall mats laid over crushed stone dust. I had just been using hay to bed the enclosure, but this creates a terrible, festering, organic carpet in a short period of time! Talk about labor intenstive moving that stuff out! Out of desperation, I used bagged shavings with a board across the front to keep the shavings in the shelter. They like this, although I suspect that combing out the fleece in the spring will be a nightmare.
Also, I changed from just winging in the the hay, and now place it in a large round pan. Besides a manger of some configuration, what else works for everyone else?
Eliza
Also, I changed from just winging in the the hay, and now place it in a large round pan. Besides a manger of some configuration, what else works for everyone else?
Eliza