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new2me · 2020-06-16 23:16:12

for a small holding of just over 10 acres is sheep a much better alternative to keeping cattle, we did keep some cattle before

16-06-2020 11:16PM

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for a small holding of just over 10 acres is sheep a much better alternative to keeping cattle, we did keep some cattle before

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#2 17-06-2020 06:32AM

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new2me wrote: »

for a small holding of just over 10 acres is sheep a much better alternative to keeping cattle, we did keep some cattle before

Sheep require better fencing and grass management, sheep don't thrive well on long grass whereas cattle utiise it alright.
We've eighty breeding ewes on ten acres here, it's very intensive, over 200 sheep on the ten acres at the moment.
We've a lifetime of sheep farming behind us,....... semiretired now though

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#3 21-06-2020 10:46PM

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ok no test with sheep like cattle but is there more profit in them

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