[lachlanandmarcus]

I guess I know not to put sheep in with big chap as he tries to stamp on anything in his field, pony, pheasant, anything...:-))) whereas pony mare would adopt it as her baby and croon at it and not let you anywhere near it ( she is the same with anything pale coloured and small) :-OO why are my horses such weirdos ?? :-DD

[Blackbird]

We run our 7 sheep (3 Shetlands, 1 Heb and 3 Dartmoors) in with 3 horses - having watched carefully when they first went in together. One of the horses will chase the sheep away if they eat his pile of hay, but putting out several piles sorted that. We also run some electric tape around the field shelter, so the sheep can run into a protection zone if necessary. We are about to put the sheep in their own field for a while now as we rotate the grazing (the horses have completely trashed one paddock over the miserable wet winter)

[wellies]

yep we also graze our sheep and horses together for most of the year. Only separate them during lambing for the lambs safety. Horses are fine with our sheep but the little mare will stand her ground if they try to eat her hay. The kune kune pigs have also escaped and been found merrily munching with the horses without problems 

[JMB]

We have Hebs and one Shetland, love them both.
Our first lot of hebs were a bit flighty and wild but they have calmed down alot. If you rear lambs ( rather than buying adult ewes in) they grow up to be alot tamer.
A Shetland pony used to live with us, got on fine with all the sheep.
But I did see the horse nextdoor kill a lamb once ( shook it about by its neck) so they can be dangerous
J xxxxx

[charlestcat]

My neighbour has 7 BWM in the field with 2 horses.  One of the BWM was kicked by one of the horses - luckily no breaks but a very lame sheep for a week or so and now loosing all its fleece
?shock; as the others aren't.
 
We have Jacobs.  Lovely to look at black and white with horns - so very pretty sheep. Intelligent in their own sheepy way.  Fantastic mothers; and great tasting.  We have no problems with selling the meat. 
However, large with horns makes a nightmare for turning; especially once they realise you are a novice they can be right buggers!
 
So if you want pretty sheep that are good mothers, taste great and you are good at rugby tackling sheep, go for jacobs. 

[lachlanandmarcus]

Yes, charlestcat it will likely be the shock / not being well and it will grow back normally