I'm not sure about the sheep, but my pygmy goats loved to scratch against a
chain link panel that I put up to keep them out of our outdoor freezer room.
It was pretty effective; I had to go clean gobs of goat hair from the
backside.
I will try this with the sheep.
Eileen
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From: Carol Elkins celk...@awrittenword.com
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I'd like to give my sheep something to scratch on besides my fence
(they are really hard on fences). Come spring when they want to help
their shedding along, it would be nice if they had something prickly
or scratchy to rub up against. Have any of you made something for
your sheep to scratch on?
Carol
Carol Elkins
Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
(no shear, no dock, no fuss)
Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.critterhaven.biz
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Mine like to rub on a cattle panel held vertically by T-posts. We have one
in the middle of a pasture, we hang hay feeders on it. We also use cattle
panels to make small catch pens inside the pastures; they rub on those too.
Probable any kind of fencing would do.
Stephanie
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I'd like to give my sheep something to scratch on besides my fence
(they are really hard on fences). Come spring when they want to help
their shedding along, it would be nice if they had something prickly
or scratchy to rub up against. Have any of you made something for
your sheep to scratch on?
Carol
Carol Elkins
Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
(no shear, no dock, no fuss)
Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.critterhaven.biz
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:34:13 -0800
From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com
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Funny you should ask. I am seriously considering something heavy-duty
with large 1 wooden dowels sticking out horizontally, like a huge bed
of nails with the nails maybe 8 to 12 apart. The wooden dowels
would, of course wear down and be chewed on, but it should last
several seasons if they are about a foot long. I think the goats and
ewes could handle it. The rams, idiots that they are, would probably
try to challenge it, and destroy it, or their faces. This design is
still in my head. I have an 8 month old (human) to worry about and may
not get to it this year.
This idea came from watching them work over a large willow trunk base
I have lying on it's side in their pasture. They also like to scratch
on things like this in the summer.
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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I'd like to give my sheep
