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Sheep (lambs) & barley stubble
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 3232574" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>IME, they get a lot dirtier when they run back through a gate way to their 'grass runback'. Far cleaner if they stay in the field, as long as they've got somewhere reasonably dry to lie, of course.</p><p></p><p>Last winter was as wet as the get for grazing roots. The one lot that had a 10ac grass field as a runback (next to town, so thought I'd be seen to do the right thing<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />) and were brown from head to toe. Much bigger mobs stayed fenced on swede fields and the scanner couldn't believe they'd been on roots for 8 weeks before he came.</p><p></p><p>On the OP, I'd think there'd be very little value in volunteer barley/weeds but it will keep the sheep. It would be a way of storing lambs before finishing them in the summer, or an area to put feeders out, but it won't provide much more than maintenance.</p><p></p><p>Spilt grain/heads could be an issue if grazing straight after combining, but that danger, along with any feed value from them, will go when they rot or chit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 3232574, member: 348"] IME, they get a lot dirtier when they run back through a gate way to their 'grass runback'. Far cleaner if they stay in the field, as long as they've got somewhere reasonably dry to lie, of course. Last winter was as wet as the get for grazing roots. The one lot that had a 10ac grass field as a runback (next to town, so thought I'd be seen to do the right thing:rolleyes:) and were brown from head to toe. Much bigger mobs stayed fenced on swede fields and the scanner couldn't believe they'd been on roots for 8 weeks before he came. On the OP, I'd think there'd be very little value in volunteer barley/weeds but it will keep the sheep. It would be a way of storing lambs before finishing them in the summer, or an area to put feeders out, but it won't provide much more than maintenance. Spilt grain/heads could be an issue if grazing straight after combining, but that danger, along with any feed value from them, will go when they rot or chit. [/QUOTE]
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