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dubie

  • Joined Apr 2010
how much land does each sheep need roughly????
« on: April 26, 2010, 09:53:30 pm »
 :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:hi ive got a roughly 1000m2 plot of land how many sheep could i get on it??? :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:

woollyval

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • Near Bodmin, Cornwall
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Re: how much land does each sheep need roughly????
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2010, 10:11:05 pm »
1000m2 is a quarter of an acre so would be ok for a couple of orphan lambs for the freezer if keeping for only 4-5 months with extra feed and hay but would be totally unsuitable otherwise.....unless.....you kept a couple of Ouessants which are very small and a plot that size would be ok for 2 if split into 2 paddocks, had a stable or shelter for confining them in if necessary and you were not intending to breed and increase numbers.
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Wizard

  • Joined Nov 2009
  • North East Lincolnshire
Re: how much land does each sheep need roughly????
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 07:03:06 am »
Don't do Frog and Krout so depending on the type 5 or 6 per acre of course you can keep more with additional feed stuff but that is the expensive way of doing it.The returns are not very hot at the moment for extra food purchasing :farmer:
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