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Think I would want to swap you for what you bought by the time you bid a few £ onto the blackies. I might have been crying if they were penned next to each other when I picked them upI could of bought you them
Think I would want to swap you for what you bought by the time you bid a few £ onto the blackies. I might have been crying if they were penned next to each other when I picked them upI could of bought you them
They kill out very well. Better than a mule or Suffolk. Better types have higher spec
Easy to get flesh on . Don’t buy them too small too late as they don’t grow (not here any way) otherwise you will be on first name terms with them before you get rid of themWhat are growth rates like for them and how easy is it to get fat cover on them??
Come into their own in March,April.Easy to get flesh on . Don’t buy them too small too late as they don’t grow (not here any way) otherwise you will be on first name terms with them before you get rid of them
All of them need time bar the very best
Yes they are best cashed thenCome into their own in March,April.
Would you just keep them ticking over until then or try and keep them on good grass the whole way through?Yes they are best cashed then
You forgot the first half of May too...Come into their own in March,April.
Mine all go on my poorer wintering farms to grow frame then onto either better grass or green crop in early February.Would you just keep them ticking over until then or try and keep them on good grass the whole way through?
Just give them the best you can without costing you the maximum I would say. There’s been plenty of time for hoggs the last few years been good up to May or later ( no guarantee that will happen this time) I would say keep them on good grass. Your good grass is probably way better than mineWould you just keep them ticking over until then or try and keep them on good grass the whole way through?
Absolutely and there’s a few folk that clip them and get a trade in June for them.You forgot the first half of May too...
There’s orders for hoggs now for 12 months of the year right up to the end of this month believe it or notAbsolutely and there’s a few folk that clip them and get a trade in June for them.
I can believe. They would in general be better eating, although a spring born lamb at this time is perfectly acceptable if off grass.There’s orders for hoggs now for 12 months of the year right up to the end of this month believe it or not
I don’t know much about this all year round hogg job but I think it’s ethnic trade. Maybe wouldn’t be any good if we all did it.I can believe. They would in general be better eating, although a spring born lamb at this time is perfectly acceptable if off grass.
I've seen JC sending hoggs in to work in June before, just when you think they're all finished!I don’t know much about this all year round hogg job but I think it’s ethnic trade. Maybe wouldn’t be any good if we all did it.
Ive seen me with a good few hundred left in May panicking and the dealers asking me what I had left they have thousands
You might know more about it than I do
You will hear him before you see himI've seen JC sending hoggs in to work in June before, just when you think they're all finished!
Anything that’s left at the end of May now we turn up the hill until Eid now. That extra couple of months makes all the difference and this last 3 years they have paid hands down for doing it too. Always used too just load everything up on 1st June and shift it regardless of condition but things change!There’s orders for hoggs now for 12 months of the year right up to the end of this month believe it or not
Of course Eid moves 10 days every year, so it's a dynamic situation.Anything that’s left at the end of May now we turn up the hill until Eid now. That extra couple of months makes all the difference and this last 3 years they have paid hands down for doing it too. Always used too just load everything up on 1st June and shift it regardless of condition but things change!
Where does everyone send them when teeth are up, i know some don’t get them for ages but they hammer you in marts or deadweight at that time of year in my experience.Yes an old guy up here picks up all kinds of odds and sorts, he's been paying up to 36£ this year, runs them all on till clipping time, then sells them. He, ll have dead ones but he's done it for ever. And drives a new shape discovery.
I drive a new shape discovery....new shape in 2004Yes an old guy up here picks up all kinds of odds and sorts, he's been paying up to 36£ this year, runs them all on till clipping time, then sells them. He, ll have dead ones but he's done it for ever. And drives a new shape discovery.