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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7619841" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>No worries!</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, having really long grass + sheep + temp electric fences.... to put it nicely, it's a shitshow <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙈" title="See-no-evil monkey :see_no_evil:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f648.png" data-shortname=":see_no_evil:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png" data-shortname=":face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" /></p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p></p><p>I got the hay mower out this year just to cut roads across the prairie for the fences to run unimpeded. And that's a 25 joule mains unit running 100ac, fine on a dry day through tall grass but..... yeah... if you want sheep to perform, you really need to have a good leaf:stem ratio. </p><p>The fast way to get your leaf:stem ratio back is either with cattle or a mower, really</p><p></p><p>Paddock sizing is always an interesting discussion.. </p><p></p><p>I'd start with allocating 2% of your farm per day as a really rough starting point <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /> you can soon dial it in from there.</p><p>Put simply, a 50 day rotation after the grass has gone beserk, 1% or 100 days as soon as you think you can do that, and 4% (or 25 days) in the springtime would suit us here with sheep only</p><p></p><p>The finer points, well, depends how much time you want to fuss about with electric fences, the best advice is just "start" things moving</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7619841, member: 63856"] No worries! In my opinion, having really long grass + sheep + temp electric fences.... to put it nicely, it's a shitshow 🙈🤬 🤣🤣 I got the hay mower out this year just to cut roads across the prairie for the fences to run unimpeded. And that's a 25 joule mains unit running 100ac, fine on a dry day through tall grass but..... yeah... if you want sheep to perform, you really need to have a good leaf:stem ratio. The fast way to get your leaf:stem ratio back is either with cattle or a mower, really Paddock sizing is always an interesting discussion.. I'd start with allocating 2% of your farm per day as a really rough starting point 🤷♂️ you can soon dial it in from there. Put simply, a 50 day rotation after the grass has gone beserk, 1% or 100 days as soon as you think you can do that, and 4% (or 25 days) in the springtime would suit us here with sheep only The finer points, well, depends how much time you want to fuss about with electric fences, the best advice is just "start" things moving [/QUOTE]
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