On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:30:28 +1000, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:05:49 +1000, "Farm1"
>>>OMG! What do the deer eat when it's like that for a long time? I notice
>>>that you've thrown some food out for one of them but is their grazing for
>>>the other deer int he woods or what?
>>>
>>>Lovely pics BTW.
>>
>> In winter their diet changes to less grass and more twigs. They
>> browse the brush at the forest edge and eat the exposed grass
>> protected from snow cover by conifers... deer will also dig down
>> through the snow.
>
>Thanks Sheldon. We are starting to see a few deer coming into the back of
>our farm as they escaped from a deer farm. As if the blasted kangaroos
>eating the grass wasn't enough but now we are getting more exotic
>freeloaders!

Unlike sheep deer don't eat down to the roots, deer trim just to mowed
lawn height, saves some mowing.... unfortunately it's not possible to
train them to eat everything evenly in one spot before moving on. I
have no idea about kangaroos.