When we used to allow a farmers sheep n our land he used to say sheep were good at two things escaping and dying. We often encountered sheep in the woods that were meant to be securely penned in with an electric fence in the field. But cattle were no better , we had 3 that took about a month to decide they’d return to the field, because it was too difficult to get them out of the bramble filled ancient oak woodland.
When we used to allow a farmers sheep n our land he used to say sheep were good at two things escaping and dying. We often encountered sheep in the woods that were meant to be securely penned in with an electric fence in the field. But cattle were no better , we had 3 that took about a month to decide they’d return to the field, because it was too difficult to get them out of the bramble filled ancient oak woodland.