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<blockquote data-quote="hill shepherd" data-source="post: 8025651" data-attributes="member: 156833"><p>10/12 years ago I would have said crazy housing them too, but pressure from NE to come off the fell and allotments for winter kind of pushed us into it, then that bad storm in spring of 2013 made the final decision for us. If we hadn't done it then we would probably have done it after 2018 spring. As it turns out having them housed at spring means we can keep another 150 ewes due to less pressure on spring grazing, doesn't cost us anymore to feed them, only real extra cost is straw which is partly offset with lower fuel cost, not having to trail around with the quad feeding sheep, the extra labour at lambing is kept to a minimum by taking on vet students.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hill shepherd, post: 8025651, member: 156833"] 10/12 years ago I would have said crazy housing them too, but pressure from NE to come off the fell and allotments for winter kind of pushed us into it, then that bad storm in spring of 2013 made the final decision for us. If we hadn't done it then we would probably have done it after 2018 spring. As it turns out having them housed at spring means we can keep another 150 ewes due to less pressure on spring grazing, doesn't cost us anymore to feed them, only real extra cost is straw which is partly offset with lower fuel cost, not having to trail around with the quad feeding sheep, the extra labour at lambing is kept to a minimum by taking on vet students. [/QUOTE]
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