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NC | I had good luck with hair sheep and two strands of hot wire set up for cattle-- AS LONG AS...................... the fence was shockingly HOT, there was plenty of grass to eat, there weren't any lambs. Pretty much found that I could just turn the ewes out and they would stay just about anywhere. The extreme shock just wasn't worth it to them. Until the first lamb that got up and roaming about. Lambs never seem to be happy where they are and where they go the ewes are going to go no matter what. With lambs I had to put them in a three strand low fence(bottom wire cold) just for them.
I do better financially with hair sheep- but the east coast market is different than other parts of the country. Hair sheep here bring a premium/lb over wool sheep but they want them at lighter weights(30-60 lbs), you sell them right off the ewe with little or no extra feed. Hard to beat only handling the lambs once, no weaning and getting them gone before they need worming.
the Easter market has been real good for hair sheep. I have gotten $150 for 50 lb lams and $125 for 30 lbs just before Easter.
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Hair Sheep vs Wool
