Field notes
Heavier than Katahdin. Same net, same three-day shift. They will walk a fence — keep the energizer honest.
Pasture / Sheep & goats
Dorper
Hair sheep · 180 lb · 0.18 AU
Forage DM
5.76 lb
3.2% of body weight / day
Move
3 d
3–5 day paddock shifts
Shelter
18 ft²
per head, in the mobile
Fence
164 ft
35 in sheep/goat net
Manure N
0.1 lb
per head per day on the paddock
Diet & paddock
- Body weight
- 180 lb
- Animal units
- 0.18 AU
- Forage DM / head
- 5.76 lb / day
- Paddock · 1 move on mixed grass
- 18818 sqft for 25 head
- Shelter for that bunch
- 450 sqft
Fence & recovery
- Fence
- 35 in sheep/goat net
- Roll length
- 164 ft
- Spring rest on mixed grass
- 24 days
- Summer rest on mixed grass
- 36 days
- Stand DM · mixed grass
- 2000 lb / acre
Manure this graze · 25 head
- N
- 3.9 lb
- P2O5
- 1.4 lb
- K2O
- 3.3 lb
- Stay
- 3 days