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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7640705" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>The only way one shepherd can look after 1000 ewes, or anything like it, is if they are run on a system where the shepherd is effectively stewarding natural behaviour. It doesn’t work with breeds that require lots of intervention, whether to get lambs out, or in persuading their mothers to look after them. </p><p>I see my role these days as facilitating the sheep’s ability to get on with what they can do, helping out with the odd problem that will inevitably arise. Controlling the population of predators which would take advantage is one of those jobs.</p><p></p><p>I’m happy to see a few kites around the lambing fields, as they drive crows away from their nesting site. If there were dozens of them, then they too would become a problem no doubt. </p><p>I tolerate quite a lot of rooks and jackdaws here too, as they deter crows & ravens as well, without taking livestock (just crops<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😡" title="Pouting face :rage:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" data-shortname=":rage:" />).</p><p></p><p>Local guy has shot over 50 foxes for the shoots in the locality since last year, many of them half tame, released by the dipsticks whose idea of control doesn’t involve population control, but just shifting the problem to someone else. Those same people will no doubt wax lyrical about how lovely it is to ‘observe’ those foxes in the town gardens, then have them dumped in the countryside without the hunting skills to survive with no dustbins.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😡" title="Pouting face :rage:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" data-shortname=":rage:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7640705, member: 348"] The only way one shepherd can look after 1000 ewes, or anything like it, is if they are run on a system where the shepherd is effectively stewarding natural behaviour. It doesn’t work with breeds that require lots of intervention, whether to get lambs out, or in persuading their mothers to look after them. I see my role these days as facilitating the sheep’s ability to get on with what they can do, helping out with the odd problem that will inevitably arise. Controlling the population of predators which would take advantage is one of those jobs. I’m happy to see a few kites around the lambing fields, as they drive crows away from their nesting site. If there were dozens of them, then they too would become a problem no doubt. I tolerate quite a lot of rooks and jackdaws here too, as they deter crows & ravens as well, without taking livestock (just crops😡). Local guy has shot over 50 foxes for the shoots in the locality since last year, many of them half tame, released by the dipsticks whose idea of control doesn’t involve population control, but just shifting the problem to someone else. Those same people will no doubt wax lyrical about how lovely it is to ‘observe’ those foxes in the town gardens, then have them dumped in the countryside without the hunting skills to survive with no dustbins.😡 [/QUOTE]
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