Rounding up sheep by drone

[Green farmer]

Instead of chasing after sheep on a quad and not really having the time to train and look after a dog, a friend suggested would a drone be able to do the job ? For jobs like moving ewes from paddock to paddock or for rounding them up and getting them into a race, would a drone be a feasible alternative ? Anyone working with one ? Is it the future ?

 

[spin cycle]

i might give it a try....be good copy for my diary....in practice i think they'd be terrified and go all ways

 

[wr.]

 

[Dry Rot]

i might give it a try....be good copy for my diary....in practice i think they'd be terrified and go all ways

I think I agree with you...

Until the sheep realise the drone is harmless and doesn't bite! They soon learn to ignore a weak dog for trhe same reasons, but it would probably work with naive sheep.

 

[spin cycle]

so with a drone you can bunch them up in a field and run them around a bit

 

[Jameshenry]

Instead of chasing after sheep on a quad and not really having the time to train and look after a dog, a friend suggested would a drone be able to do the job ? For jobs like moving ewes from paddock to paddock or for rounding them up and getting them into a race, would a drone be a feasible alternative ? Anyone working with one ? Is it the future ?

Nothing will replace a good dog

 

[Sheep92]

Be better buying a good dog can't beat having one around the place

 

[It was already broken.]

As soon as a drone can grab a lame ewe in the middle of a field for me to check her over the dog is history. Oh yes, it also has to bark like mad at 3 in the morning if someone comes in the yard.

 

[Old Shep]

I think it would be easier and quicker to get a trained dog than to learn how to fly a drone with the accuracy required to put sheep in a pen. Plus when you work a dog you have both ands free to open gates etc. How would you do that with your hands busy flying the drone? Plus with a dog you get a new best mate. Their exercise is going round the sheep with you so ne extra time required there.

 

[Old Shep]

Sorry "hands" not "ands".

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

@JD-Kid
Have you had any luck with using yours?

 

[Pan mixer]

Easy peasy, training to fly the drone takes 3 minutes max, sheep can be herded very easily, not as good as a dog in high wind and rain though.

I use mine all the time for the sheep - lookering at 100 feet, herding at about 30 feet.

 

[Highland Mule]

You can lock the drone in the cupboard when you go for a fortnight’s holiday - best not to do that to a dog.

 

[GreenerGrass]

My sheep weren't bothered in the slightest by drone, barely moved let alone able to herd them.

 

[Pan mixer]

My sheep weren't bothered in the slightest by drone, barely moved let alone able to herd them.

Mine were like that at the start but you can make them move by coming down low behind them, they soon get the idea.

 

[primmiemoo]

What happens in bad weather?

 

[Pan mixer]

What happens in bad weather?

I don't play with the sheep, they are easicares.

 

[spin cycle]

Mine were like that at the start but you can make them move by coming down low behind them, they soon get the idea.

what sot of drone do you use....might give it a go

 

[Pan mixer]

what sot of drone do you use....might give it a go

Pantom 4 pro plus, quite an investment but worth for me with my awkward long thin and bumpy fields full of bramble islands.

 

[Bury the Trash]

it could have a speaker on it and the ability play dog barking at high volume