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RE: [minicheviotsheepconnection] sheep shelters

Toni – you are right there.  My sheep would rather sleep out under the big evergreen in the middle of the field.  They spent the heat of the day there and are now out grazing.

 


From: minicheviotsheepconnection@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minicheviotsheepconnection@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete Kellers
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:59 PM
To: minicheviotsheepconnection@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [minicheviotsheepconnection] sheep shelters

 




You do realize, of course, that the shelter is mainly for you so that you don't lie awake on nasty nights worrying about your babies. They never had man-made shelters on the moors. However, it is cheap and easy to make a shelter big enough for your little flock out of 2 cattle panels and a tarp. You tie the long sides together, overlapping sligtly. Then you use rope (binders twine?) to bow them so they are like a Quonset Hut from WWII. Cover with a tarp - hopefully it will be big enough to cover one end also - we are at about at 16' x 10' here, so you have either 1 16'x16' or a smaller one for the back and a 10'x16'. Peg it down with tent pegs making sure the back is to the prevailing wind. Even in snow, etc, you could rent out this little sucker if it had plumbing!
Toni



Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:59 am

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You do realize, of course, that the shelter is mainly for you so that you don't lie awake on nasty nights worrying about your babies. They never had man-made...
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Toni - you are right there. My sheep would rather sleep out under the big evergreen in the middle of the field. They spent the heat of the day there and are...
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