Sheep stripped bark off fruit trees

[barefootfarmer]

The last two days were days of one mishap after another and it kept me hopping and off routine.
Last night I went out to move the electric netting for the lambs(about a day later than I should have) and discovered that they had completely stripped the bark off 6 of my mature fruit trees. Completely peeled the bark from the ground up about 3 feet.

I'm sick to my stomach thinking these trees are going to be dead next year. Is there anything I can do now to try and save them?

[Deleted]

If they're girdled, there's nothing I know of that you can do. We lost 2 new apple trees last year to marauding, munching deer.

I'm sorry about your trees.

[here to stay]

www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/fruit/grafting-and-budding-fruit-trees/

I have never tried it but there are instructions for a bridge graft at the bottom of this link.