Fenwick
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Are they releasing them too?Fast Furry Stoats?
Are they releasing them too?Fast Furry Stoats?
I spose if there were big cats or wolves around there would be two choices either lock the sheep away or shoot the predators, this re-wilding malarkey is all very well but the line has to be drawn somewhere, things have moved on in the last few thousand years, if we go on the premise that just because we can bring something back that was once here we should then we just have to hope they don't find Dino DNA, though I think they have found it for wooly mammoths.View attachment 999039it was quite amusing to be reading this thread today about sheep predators and then watching this little dude doing his instinctive hunter thing, while the sheep did their "herd mentality thing" in response
He is quite the hunter despite being bright white, I have had a white cat in various evolutions for most of my life and they always make up for their disadvantages. He didn't catch a lamb but I think between the cats they've brought back 21 rabbits in the past 8 days
scaled up, it would wreck a lambing as these cats are only hunting for hunting, not for food or to rear young
A few round here put Llamas with the sheep for protection, not sure how well it works but I think that's what their used for in South America as well.I spose if there were big cats or wolves around there would be two choices either lock the sheep away or shoot the predators, this re-wilding malarkey is all very well but the line has to be drawn somewhere, things have moved on in the last few thousand years, if we go on the premise that just because we can bring something back that was once here we should then we just have to hope they don't find Dino DNA, though I think they have found it for wooly mammoths.
better to just not have the problem in the first placeA few round here put Llamas with the sheep for protection, not sure how well it works but I think that's what their used for in South America as well.
They found all sorts when digging the foundations for Nelson's column: lion, hyena rhino of the top of my head.I spose if there were big cats or wolves around there would be two choices either lock the sheep away or shoot the predators, this re-wilding malarkey is all very well but the line has to be drawn somewhere, things have moved on in the last few thousand years, if we go on the premise that just because we can bring something back that was once here we should then we just have to hope they don't find Dino DNA, though I think they have found it for wooly mammoths.
We have lynx and wolves. Lynx aren't a problem.A few round here put Llamas with the sheep for protection, not sure how well it works but I think that's what their used for in South America as well.
We have lynx and wolves. Lynx aren't a problem.
Wolves completely different story. However in my context, wild boar bulldozering in and over electric fencing and spreading asf are a bigger problem and dogs off leash.
When I kept geese, I used alpacas against foxes. Out of the 6 that I tried, 2 actually worked. Quite an expensive experiment.
Some also use donkeys, however succes is not as guaranteed as with guardian dogs. In my context (quite urban) I don't see a guardian dog as a solution.
never to be seen againEwes into the cover crop yesterday, hopefully tups have done their job or they're be playing hide & seek in that lot!View attachment 999098
What’s in the cover crop?Ewes into the cover crop yesterday, hopefully tups have done their job or they're be playing hide & seek in that lot!View attachment 999098
Cheap DIY mix: stubble turnip, fodder radish, kale, mustard (that's the yellow you can see). Think I would reduce the mustard in future, awesome late nectar for pollinators, but won't stand frost & crowds turnip so not much bulb. Broadcast onto disced w barley stubble, then rolled. More of a mix for the soil than for sheep grazing.What’s in the cover crop?
I find hay rots down over winter really well and silage kills the grass underneath and sits there for a long time.Are you using silage bales as opposed to hay/haylage? How do you find the residue? I often wander if silage would rot away as easy as hay…
Thought it was being directed at our PM?
Easily could be, mate. I was thinking of how it affects our own whole-under-management, the further we push the natural laws of plants and animals the harder we need to push, and the harder we land when the wheels eventually fall off.Thought it was being directed at our PM?
Sort of thought that back in the 90's when I left Europe...Easily could be, mate. I was thinking of how it affects our own whole-under-management, the further we push the natural laws of plants and animals the harder we need to push, and the harder we land when the wheels eventually fall off.