Pasture Rotation and Sheep Worming

My Shetland girls, Fairlie (meaning "a rare occurence") and Bonnie, have been humbly requesting new foraging space. I obliged them this morning. I cleared some space through the wooded area of the pasture and ran the wire. Those plastic step-in fence posts make life so much easier. I simply tied the temporary fencing to the hot wires on the perimeter permanent fence.

I was watching the girls enjoy, nay relish, their new-found forage and thought they might need wormed. I checked the inside of their eyelids and, yes, they were a bit pale, indicating moderate levels of internal parasites. Not wanting to use unnecessary medicine on my natural girls, I mixed some garlic powder and apple cider vinegar, then filled a syringe for each ewe. Knowing they would not appreciate the experience, I picked some wild black raspberries for a post-worming treat.

They were easily caught, wormed, and released with minimum stress to sheep and shepherd.