Coming Home For Lambing.

Gator

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Location
Lancashire
See if I can find the glmmer hoggs in this white out
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Found a few..... now where's the rest of ya hiding:scratchhead:
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Don't look to happy, can't say I can blame them:(
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Had their rolls now for some haylage(y) glad am not on the quad:whistle::LOL::LOL:
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Think I've more snow blown through the yorky boarding this morning:facepalm::facepalm: and to top that off all the bloody water pipes are frozen :banghead::banghead:View attachment 640198
To many pipes to thow out so out wi the 5 gall tubs and water tubs, buggers are drinking it faster than I can fill up, going to be a long day :rolleyes:

Same over here Ian. No water at home or farm fekin snow blown from field in to barn
Have up at half four got home lit fire and wahaay waters running
At least we can fill containers up for the morning
How's Carole and Pete hope ya keep em busy
 

Gator

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Location
Lancashire
Same over here Ian. No water at home or farm fekin snow blown from field in to barn
Have up at half four got home lit fire and wahaay waters running
At least we can fill containers up for the morning
How's Carole and Pete hope ya keep em busy
No water in house either, got job reservoirs full:LOL::LOL::LOL:, buckets of water to flush the bog:whistle:.
Went to fed the hoggs after a bit of digging, bloody drifts everywhere, not all turned up so I hope they found somewhere out of the way, I'll find out tomora:(
 

Bob c

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cotswolds
You could say that Bob, had I reall sh1t day at gator towers today:cry:.
Went feeding the gImmer hoggs this morning, not all turned up so went looking for um. Well.....we found um buried:cry::cry:. 7 dead 3 just alive so might make it wi some TLC .Filled the back of the gator up. Not a good start to the day:mad::mad:View attachment 640770

sorry to hear that :mad:,.......that's farming for ya
 

Andy84

Member
You could say that Bob, had I reall sh1t day at gator towers today:cry:.
Went feeding the gImmer hoggs this morning, not all turned up so went looking for um. Well.....we found um buried:cry::cry:. 7 dead 3 just alive so might make it wi some TLC .Filled the back of the gator up. Not a good start to the day:mad::mad:View attachment 640770

Sorry to hear that there's only so much you can do!
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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    Votes: 114 38.3%
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    Votes: 114 38.3%
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  • 75-100%

    Votes: 5 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 17 5.7%

Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published

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Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024

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Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
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