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torrilin
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My understanding is Icelandic are um… creative. Nothing but nice grass and nice fences == bored sheeps and havoc can ensue. Also the rams are supposed to be really sociable and they get lonely as only sheep. (Really this warning goes for most primitive sheep breeds)
Ha, in the little Intro To Sheep Breeds Sampler show we went to, the Icelandic was the only one they mentioned “intelligence” as a trait. and we were like, it’s a sheep, how smart can it be? but honestly even if it’s only as smart as a pig, that’s Too Smart.
I mean, the pigs let themselves out basically daily now, if they’re fed late or not given new pasture often enough– if you feed them on time, they’ll stay in the fence, but otherwise, it’s perfectly clear that the fence is just a suggestion to them.
thesacredreznor
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oh man i’d sign up in a minute if sheep weren’t my least favorite livestock. missing that farm life lmao
well come on and play with the baby chickens, then. I spent some time with them today, this batch doesn’t know about Hands and Food yet, but I’m working on them.
s-leary
replied to your post “an accounting of time sometimes when i’m this busy i just– lose whole…”
Were I not closing on a condo in a month…:/
Ha, we don’t really need to buy sheep. We’re genuinely not ready to expand to sheep. It would be great, though– we have a lot of pasture land, more than we can use with the pigs. It’s in the five-year plan, maybe. Or cows– one or the other. (BIL wants cows. I’m sort of afraid of cows.)
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torrilin
replied to your post “unicornduke
replied to your post “an accounting of time sometimes…”
My understanding is Icelandic are um… creative. Nothing but nice grass and nice fences == bored sheeps and havoc can ensue. Also the rams are supposed to be really sociable and they get lonely as only sheep. (Really this warning goes for most primitive sheep breeds)
Ha, in the little Intro To Sheep Breeds Sampler show we went to, the Icelandic was the only one they mentioned “intelligence” as a trait. and we were like, it’s a sheep, how smart can it be? but honestly even if it’s only as smart as a pig, that’s Too Smart.
I mean, the pigs let themselves out basically daily now, if they’re fed late or not given new pasture often enough– if you feed them on time, they’ll stay in the fence, but otherwise, it’s perfectly clear that the fence is just a suggestion to them.
thesacredreznor
replied to your post “csevet replied to your post:
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oh man i’d sign up in a minute if sheep weren’t my least favorite livestock. missing that farm life lmao
well come on and play with the baby chickens, then. I spent some time with them today, this batch doesn’t know about Hands and Food yet, but I’m working on them.
s-leary
replied to your post “an accounting of time sometimes when i’m this busy i just– lose whole…”
Were I not closing on a condo in a month…:/
Ha, we don’t really need to buy sheep. We’re genuinely not ready to expand to sheep. It would be great, though– we have a lot of pasture land, more than we can use with the pigs. It’s in the five-year plan, maybe. Or cows– one or the other. (BIL wants cows. I’m sort of afraid of cows.)
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