Straying sheep

[Spade]

Farmer A sublet his lowland farm to Farmer B who stocked it with several hundred fell sheep. These by their nature decided that the grass is always greener on the other side and ended up in Farmer C land . FarmerC didn’t like this and opened the gates onto a main road .An accident waiting to happen! Who would be liable if the worse occurred
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[Lofty1984]

Farmer c if it could be proved he opened the gate

 

[7610 super q]

Farmer D, if he turns up and no-tills the ground instead of ploughing it up and doing a proper job.

 

[puppet]

We have had this. Blackie hoggs which would scale any dyke coming on then knocking more dykes down and eating winter keep.
Farmer C should not open gates knowing stock would get out. But he should keep them penned up until the owner comes to take them home and point out the repairs needed.

 

[steveR]

We have had this. Blackie hoggs which would scale any dyke coming on then knocking more dykes down and eating winter keep.
Farmer C should not open gates knowing stock would get out. But he should keep them penned up until the owner comes to take them home and point out the repairs needed.

From experience, it is often getting hold of Farmer C that is the issue, and chances are, he is 50 miles away.... and busy.

There was a chap I knew who was so fed up of this happening to his WW, he removed the gate, and put a strand of wire across as a barrier. You can guess what happened next... Sheep all over the Village and Police called. Farmer B was called, and the sheep removed from the area PDQ.

Maybe not right, but quite understandable, B had been taking the pee.

 

[borderterribles]

We have had this problem, too. We have sheep owning neighbours on three sides, but no sheep here only dairy cows. Each of our neighbours has moaned that we don't fence for our ground with stock netting, but use mains electric fencing which has little effect on their escaping sheep. As I have said to them "Come back and moan when my cows are on your ground, and in the meantime, please remove your sheep immediately, they are eating my grass. If I wanted sheep, I'd get some and I'd fence them in" They've all fenced their own boundary now.

 

[Gerbert]

If I where farmer c I would call farmer b to remove his sheep. If he doesn't do it, call again. If he still doesn't do it, inform him you will, coincidentally, replace the gate shortly with a wire for easier access.

I have had something similar with a neighbour, his sheep come onto our land pretty much every year. I quite like the guy and I really don't mind, it's just that he always asks if he can let his sheep on our ground when they are already there. One time I told him to remove them as my gates are open. The wooly fückers didn't go on the road but they did find my silageclamp and round bales.

 

[steveR]

We have had this problem, too. We have sheep owning neighbours on three sides, but no sheep here only dairy cows. Each of our neighbours has moaned that we don't fence for our ground with stock netting, but use mains electric fencing which has little effect on their escaping sheep. As I have said to them "Come back and moan when my cows are on your ground, and in the meantime, please remove your sheep immediately, they are eating my grass. If I wanted sheep, I'd get some and I'd fence them in" They've all fenced their own boundary now.

As they should!!

 

[Pistonbroke]

Potentially a fallout brewing here. Farmer A with his house a mile away from his farm. His garden joins open hill/ common and they leave the gate open so anybody's sheep can get in there. His garden fence joining our ground is down to about a foot high so farmer B's sheep are piling in to ours. Dipped ours in October and now they're starting to itch , presumably from hill sheep getting in all the time,farmer A in no rush to sort it out because none of the sheep are his

 

[Al R]

Potentially a fallout brewing here. Farmer A with his house a mile away from his farm. His garden joins open hill/ common and they leave the gate open so anybody's sheep can get in there. His garden fence joining our ground is down to about a foot high so farmer B's sheep are piling in to ours. Dipped ours in October and now they're starting to itch , presumably from hill sheep getting in all the time,farmer A in no rush to sort it out because none of the sheep are his

I’ve got blocks I electrify on a few neighbours ground to stop tack lambs they have in from somewhere else getting anywhere near my sheep. Had enough of it now and if any jump into mine with scab it’ll be the last time they do.

 

[flywheel]

Farmer A & Farmer B would be in bother... I'm assuming incase of accident Farmer C wouldn't admit to opening said gate... That's if it was closed.....

 

[Yale]

Freezer…..end of!

 

[Spade]

Farmer A & Farmer B would be in bother... I'm assuming incase of accident Farmer C wouldn't admit to opening said gate... That's if it was closed.....

If it had been closed initially by Farmer B then possibly maybe all three could be in the sh!t!
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[carbonfibre farmer]

Why on earth has no one tagged the master of this sort of thing??


@spin cycle

 

[spin cycle]

Why on earth has no one tagged the master of this sort of thing??


@spin cycle

happy feckin christmas to you en'all......

 

[Estate fencing.]

There was a chap I knew who was so fed up of this happening to his WW, he removed the gate, and put a strand of wire across as a barrier. You can guess what happened next... Sheep all over the Village and Police called. Farmer B was called, and the sheep removed from the area PDQ.

And his WW yielded 1/2 tone more to the acre so next year he rang the man up to put lambs on it.

 

[Estate fencing.]

I don't understand people and putting sheep in poorly fenced fields, unless the fields are rylock and 2 stands of barbed and look 100% I just put up electric, much better than having to fly back across the country at 4pm as it going dark to put thee sheep back just for them to do it tomorrow Landlord's will say "yeah Its mainly fenced" what the hell does that mean? I have a lad by me who has a few sheep and they keep getting out with mine, I offered to lend him fences but just keeps expecting them to stay in with 2 stands of barbed, then they just run at my fences and get in.

 

[Dry Rot]

I know a man who had this problem. He became friendly with another man who needed more sheep.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Mum used to tell a tale about a neighbour of a relation. Relation got fed up with neighbour letting his sheep and Cattle through on him to graze so thought it would be a good idea to remove the roadside gate and let them wander. Came home from market one day to see neighbour's 2 small children with sticks sat in the gateway stopping the stock wandering.
Could farmer C not have another use for his gate on the yard over winter?

 

[Tarw Coch]

As the old saying goes, good fences make good neighbors.