LCP
Well-known member
I've had a lot of wild ideas lately, this being the most recent. We run about 425 cows and raise our own replacements. We've got a lot of buckbrush (snowberry). I am looking for excuses to sell the haying equipment and buy whatever hay I need (a whole different topic for another time). If I'm not putting up hay all summer, I figured I could do a better job of managing my grass and make up some of the cost of buying hay. With all the buck brush, I'm thinking a flock of sheep might futher add value to the time I'd have by not making hay. The problem is I am rather clueless about sheep. Does anyone run them together, or leader/follower with the cattle? What advice would you give a cattleman about getting into sheep? Any good resources I should look up? Thanks much. I always appreciate the folks on this site willing to share their experiences.