I'm looking to buy, borrow or rent lambs/sheep for the 2023 grazing season. I ran a grazing program in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019 on Rock Meadow conservation land in Belmont and am planning to resume the grazing program again in 2023 in late spring. on the conservation land on Mill St in Belmont Previously, I purchased weaned ram lambs lambs in late spring, from a shepherd in Lincoln. and grazed them for the season, and brought them to the processor in October. however, I am happy not to deal with customers buying 1/2 or whole processed lambs for the 6 ish lambs that I usually get, so I an exploring, all options; buying, borrowing (to fatten and finish and return to you), or renting? ewes. Maybe someone here expects more lambs than grass and wants to send off some to graze for 4 months. Maybe you do not want to band and could send the boys away instead? I have a fully trained sheepdog, and a young one ready to start his training and would even be interested in renting some nice dog broke sheep as another possible option Sheep are grazed in field fencing with hot wire top and bottom, and brought in each night into a shelter within the fencing that also has hot wire around it. If drought strikes, I would expand the day time area with electronet. If you are interested in exploring some possible mutually beneficial arrangement, please contact me. Additionally are there any of you that raise sheep and/or work border collies on sheep, I'd love to hear from you even if this does not interest you, as live in Belmont and lack shepherd colleagues here. Joan
-- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
