Werzle have you nothing better to be at than being a keyboard warrior and annoyong decent folk who are trying to do their best in very difficult conditions? Dont turn all vegan on us
The Beast from the East!
- Thread starter Woolless
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Ah your right, basically what we did, that grant job leaves sheds at silly money duno if you seen the sheds the fj have on their pages
well id say mchale or kuhn are best for silage, our jeantil is probably good enough at it too but it was a cheap 2nd hand buy, will probably trade it nxt year for a newer kuhn with electric controls- Location
- Essex
irish dom
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Fj is only good for bedding the dog. Don't know where these boys get their figures from. Mental. We were at a meeting lately and it was suggested we go visit a new grant shed locally. 135k for 200 ewes! Money from America is dangerous. Poor advisor didn't know what hit him when a few sensible men ripped into him for suggestingAh your right, basically what we did, that grant job leaves sheds at silly money duno if you seen the sheds the fj have on their pages
Second hand cheap buy would suit me for my wee flock. Must keep eye out
Don't know about one in thirty years, 2010 was bad with snow, I built my tunnel in 2012 because conditions were so bad, and winters haven't been great since either. people shouldn't dismiss tunnels if they can't afford portal frames.
Less farmers are allowing sheep on their farm now in the winters as well now,
A neighbour got into a lot ofsheep this year thinking he was going to rent winterage, when that failed decided to out winter.
But for the fact I was getting out and made my sheds available he would have a lot of headaches
Fair enough. Never mentioned reckless, just come back from having one down the crush myself to strip some colostrum so i know what the weathers like.
We are all out struggling in the conditions fella.
It was already broken.
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- South Norfolk
How many will be on here in the next few months saying that next year they will be lambing in April just in case this weather returns? And probably this time next year all the posts will be about how unseasonably warm and dry it is and how this is the earliest flystrike they have ever seen!
irish dom
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Yeah sure the dairy boys won't entertain sheep even on silage ground. I wonder if milk price moved down would they change their tune. Used to be a great way of wintering sheep if not overstocked. But then I can't blame them. With the weather we have had lately you wouldnt be long destroying a farm. All the younger sheep men are building because the winterage deals are not there anymore and it's getting more and more expensive trying to fight to get them. No grass In spring is no fun either. How's retirement treating you rancher?
Delighted to be out, I would be in trouble now if I still had 550 ewes to lamb, ewes and lambs need a lot of room.
We still have eighty and they're just starting now, plenty of space for them though and the water is still flowing,
Dairy farmers use Nov/Dec grown grass now in February so not available for sheep farmers.
Only grass available now is from farmers that sell silage
Stick up a plan of the shed
GrannyAching
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- Mynyddoedd Preseli
Woolless
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- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Judging by current trade, these early lambs will make serious money. The cheques will help them forget!
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- Perthshire, Scotland
Not too bad here really. Not much snow lying in the fields but it’s blowing and drifting to about 5’ in places.
Roads Dept. doing a sterling job in this area keeping roads, streets and pavements clear.
Roads Dept. doing a sterling job in this area keeping roads, streets and pavements clear.
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- Essex
Sadly, no we just couldn’t seem to revive him and he had expired by 5 this morning.
It was already broken.
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- South Norfolk
Really sorry mate but I can't like that.
RushesToo
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- Fingringhoe
@Bill Turtle Sorry to hear that. Tubing with warm milk is the best way to heat them up, them blankets after. The blood to the surface shuts down so the warmth stays on the surface of the body because the blood supply is so low there. Sorry if you already knew this but someone might not and it may save a life. :-(
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- Essex
Yes, it had been tubed, and is the first one we have lost in ages. I just hope it’s not the first of three, since that is how I have always found luck runs over the years.
GrannyAching
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- Mynyddoedd Preseli
Hard luck. I was wondering, is it the same as with a lamb and you inject glucose into the stomach? Not that that's always successful. Hope things improve.
Edit. Just seen the other posts re tubing. I've always understood that you don't tube hypothermic lambs hence my question.
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- Essex
We considered a glucose injection but were happy with what we had done at the time. Slightly wondering whether the calf could have been trodden on given the lack of response to our endeavours. Like all livestock farmers this week has been very busy just ensuring water and then food and bedding are in adequate supply.