No the tutorial I was looking for but the tutorial that I needed. These seem so much more practical than the wood frame shelters I was looking to build. Thank you!

We did this exact thing for our pigs last year. If you cut some 1/2" pex about 4" long and make a slit in it you can slide it over the cattle panels edge trapping the tarp under it which holds it on really well. Ours lasted all year!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Great modification suggestion! These were (and are) a total life saver... it surprises me every year how quickly the heat can kick up! -the Shepherdess

We just made this today. What a great, easy solution! Thanks for sharing your idea!

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

So happy it worked for you!

Excellent idea! We're gonna have to try this! Thanks! Keep up the good work!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andre! I hope it works well for you. -the Shepherdess

Great idea. Will be giving this a try. Thanks

Shepherdess this is life saving, it’s about to start being 90 degrees here in Tn and I don’t have much shade. 🙏🏾 thank you.

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear this! My incredible mom is the master mind. TX heat almost killed my grazing plan last summer until she came up with these. 🙌🏻🐑☀️ -the Shepherdess

Good morning. ☕ I like how you do things. You think things through and I see things done with very little waste of product/cost. Family help also. 🙌🙌🙌❤️ God bless you and the family. Be well. 🙏☝️👍👍🙌

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Your comments always make me smile inside, Patricia! Thank you for supporting us. ❤️❤️ -the Shepherdess

@patriciabeyer7824

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess My pleasure. Thank you.

Great idea. If I were a sheep I would want to be on your ranch!!!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! We are running a regular resort over here. 😂😂🐑

Thank you for the great info

I'd recommend canvas (what old tents are made from) because of how durable it is, its's a light color, and I feel like shade cloth has a lot of tiny holes to catch on things leading to tearing when being dragged across a field.

Works for poultry in wet climate as rain cover.

Ingenious. I don't have any goats yet. Doing research. We have steep slopes and I want to be able to move the shelter around the 5 acres by myself with no machinery. The stakes would also help keep the shelter from falling down the steep hill. Shade cloth great idea. Next I need to learn about the electric fencing that rolls up and can be moved. Do you know of resources that show more steep ravines? Our property is tricky.

Will work for sheep, not so much for goats. We have used this type of temporary structure for goats (and sheep) and because of goats' nature to climb on things, they destroyed all our efforts within 24 hours. :( Though tarps work well to provide shade, higher quality tightly woven ones do not dissipate heat well so it is important to place your tunnels in a way that they would get a cross draft if possible.

@GB-ts5pq

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think this could work will larger goats (like boar or larger meat goats)? It seems that a larger goat would be less likely to climb than the smaller and hyper Pygmy goat or Nigerian dwarfs

@michaelripperger5674

Жыл бұрын

My goats would eat the tarps

@lhatfield0786

7 ай бұрын

what if you also included a climbing toy for the goats inside the electric fencing? Or will the goats still destroy the shade tent?

good teaching video. Well done

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Dwight!

Neat Idea!!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Hira!!

Have you thought about using billboard sign tarps

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

I have not, but it might be worth trying!

brilliant!

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

Hope it comes in handy for you, Julie! -the Shepherdess

Well done, gorgeous woman

What ratio of sheep to shelter do you use?

thank you for the tips!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for always supporting my channel with your comments! Greatly appreciated. 🐑🌱 -the Shepherdess

@yoopermann7942

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess it is the very least i can do ! your living the dream i have always wanted ever since i was 10 now i am 56 and i am getting closer to i just took the long way to get there is all

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

@@yoopermann7942 I am excited to hear you are on your way! God’s timing is perfect on your life and mine. 🐑🌱

@yoopermann7942

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess i belive that was the problem, up till 10 years ago i didnt have GOD in my life except as a curse word, after i got tired of the way i was living i turned to GOD has it been easy? no not at all, in 2012 i had my first heart attack and stroke then 3 moreheart attacks and other illness , now i am on the road to working on my dreams... have you guys dried out yet from all that rain yet? keep up the great videos!!

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful testimony!!!! Thank you for sharing. Praise the Lord, the sun has come out and the ground is not sinking beneath my feet anymore. 🙌🏻 the sheep are much more comfortable in this weather. -the Shepherdess

Lol an that last remark. " anchor or they will be kites " so how do you anchor yours?? Thanks keep up great work.

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

:) :) Tent stakes!! -the Shepherdes

What the length of the cattle grid?

💚I love you sister 🌿🐐

Just wondering how they do in heavy wind. Where I’m at in western Colorado. The wind is insane. I think I’ll try it with Duck Canvas. Finally getting some sheep. In the next week.

@theShepherdess

Жыл бұрын

I ultimately replaced the tarp with shade cloth because it caught too much wind!

Are you planning to use these again in the warmer months or do you have changes in mind? I've got 25 sheep on 11 acres but they congregate and rest under a single shade tree or their barn and I'd like to get them away from that on a rotation schedule, but this past summer in Texas was brutal.

@theShepherdess

Жыл бұрын

Yes! These are still crucial to my rotation, but I replaced the tarp with UV proof shade cloth. It doesn’t catch the wind as bad and holds up under the sun exposure better. 👍🏻

@evansocks

Жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess awesome thanks!

How long are the chains you use? Where are they from? I'm in the backyard now and I made it to the chain part 😂

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

Bought the chains at Lowes... 90" long!

I don’t know if I missed it; but, what do you do to anchor these?

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

Tent stakes!

@bridgetglass7372

Жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess what kind of tent stakes. Mine pulled right out with the first burst of wind.

@michaelripperger5674

Жыл бұрын

Bridget - you can put some sandbags on the chains

How much for a male and 3 female?

Nice video. Looks good for goats. BTW, delete Jandy's comment, not a nice link.

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! Done and done. Appreciate the heads up. 👍🏻 -the Shepherdess

🐊🦅🇺🇸👍

I got a rather large charge out of the HOA comment, some HOA'S won't even allow a dog over 5 pounds, I doubt they would allow sheep, let alone a shelter made from blue tarps & cattle panels. Anyway, great idea !

@theShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, that’s the truth! We used to own property in an HOA. Could barely repaint your porch trim without someone breathing down your neck. 😂 -the Shepherdess

@circlethewagons

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShepherdess I have no first hand experience, but have friends who have been desperate to get out of theirs. The rules are very strict if you’re in the historic district you can’t even choose the color paint and even clothesline’s are prohibited 🚫 I pity them.

Wanted this to work so bad but they wouldn't stay standing up for me.

@theShepherdess

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that! Make sure your chain isn’t too short. 👍🏻