Author Topic: Bandits !! (Read 2438 times)

andywalt · « **on:** April 01, 2011, 06:14:47 pm »

At the moment i have a little group of bandits !!! for the last two nights 3 ewes and 6 lambs (some lambs are not with there own mothers) they have found away out of the field (about 500 meters down the lane)and sneaked into the barn where the ewes to lamb are, and the feed is !! they have ambushed the hay and a sack of feed !! I hunted around the stock fencing which is all new !! and worked out that they must be sliding under the gate where there are wheel ruts !! I have tied netting to the bottom of the gate and today no escapees, little devils !!

ellisr · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2011, 06:26:28 pm »

I wonder if they are related to my cutlet he can escape from anywhere and jump 5 foot fences too just to get into the food store or if that has no access come and bang on the front door.

andywalt · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2011, 06:30:39 pm »

MrsJ · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2011, 07:49:00 pm »

Little beggars! I had a ewe and both lambs escape from a bonding pen - none of them have ever done it before. I think the ewe must have gone over the top and the lambs squeezed through the bars.

jaykay · « **Reply #4 on:** April 01, 2011, 09:05:32 pm »

I had a mad Herdie who used to jump out of her mothering pen - we had to put hurdles over the top too

bazzais · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2011, 10:44:53 pm »

Little devils indeed

and now they know there is food outside they'll be waiting for that gate to open with baited breath

Baz

ellisr · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2011, 11:25:22 am »

Andy I made a food store area out of pallets when mine discovered where it was and it works well, just lash some together with the front one as a gate and I use a bungee strap as a locking mechanism. They haven't breached it yet and it has been in the shelter for a couple of years now and is dead easy to move for cleaning