Kevs diary

Karliboy

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Yorkshire
Don’t know who supplied this hole originally but they could have taken the stuffing out before they installed it
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yellowbelly

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
N.Lincs
OK then guys......
@Karliboy , @Steevo , @Cab-over Pete , @Kevtherev , etc, etc.
.............while you're all talking 'holes', perhaps you can help me with a problem :scratchhead: ...............

All this year's bought in store lambs are currently over on the nature reserve and are having problems with the 'holes' in the stock netting ......
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..................what I'm after are some 'hole reducer bushes' that I can fit into the fencing. I realise that mine are square and you specialise in round holes but it's a big job (I'm going to need millions of 'em) so I'd appreciate any advice.
TIA.
 

Steevo

Member
Location
Gloucestershire
OK then guys......
@Karliboy , @Steevo , @Cab-over Pete , @Kevtherev , etc, etc.
.............while you're all talking 'holes', perhaps you can help me with a problem :scratchhead: ...............

All this year's bought in store lambs are currently over on the nature reserve and are having problems with the 'holes' in the stock netting ......
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..................what I'm after are some 'hole reducer bushes' that I can fit into the fencing. I realise that mine are square and you specialise in round holes but it's a big job (I'm going to need millions of 'em) so I'd appreciate any advice.
TIA.

That’s an EASY one to solve……just buy bigger sheep next time!
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
OK then guys......
@Karliboy , @Steevo , @Cab-over Pete , @Kevtherev , etc, etc.
.............while you're all talking 'holes', perhaps you can help me with a problem :scratchhead: ...............

All this year's bought in store lambs are currently over on the nature reserve and are having problems with the 'holes' in the stock netting ......
View attachment 999150.......... View attachment 999152
..................what I'm after are some 'hole reducer bushes' that I can fit into the fencing. I realise that mine are square and you specialise in round holes but it's a big job (I'm going to need millions of 'em) so I'd appreciate any advice.
TIA.
You clearly have the wrong sized sheep for your holes. You’ll be needing an adapter plate like one of these….

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Steevo

Member
Location
Gloucestershire
The alternative…..if you buy lots more sheep (they must be a cheap job lot given their the wrong size) they’ll soon fill the holes themselves and then the remaining sheep will be just fine.

I would suggest that special orange fastener I’ve seen some use but that’s pretty expensive stuff to get hold of secondhand, let alone new!
 

Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
OK then guys......
@Karliboy , @Steevo , @Cab-over Pete , @Kevtherev , etc, etc.
.............while you're all talking 'holes', perhaps you can help me with a problem :scratchhead: ...............

All this year's bought in store lambs are currently over on the nature reserve and are having problems with the 'holes' in the stock netting ......
View attachment 999150.......... View attachment 999152
..................what I'm after are some 'hole reducer bushes' that I can fit into the fencing. I realise that mine are square and you specialise in round holes but it's a big job (I'm going to need millions of 'em) so I'd appreciate any advice.
TIA.
That's it, I'm kinkshaming.
 

Fendt516profi

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
OK then guys......
@Karliboy , @Steevo , @Cab-over Pete , @Kevtherev , etc, etc.
.............while you're all talking 'holes', perhaps you can help me with a problem :scratchhead: ...............

All this year's bought in store lambs are currently over on the nature reserve and are having problems with the 'holes' in the stock netting ......
View attachment 999150.......... View attachment 999152
..................what I'm after are some 'hole reducer bushes' that I can fit into the fencing. I realise that mine are square and you specialise in round holes but it's a big job (I'm going to need millions of 'em) so I'd appreciate any advice.
TIA.
Just stop buying sheep out of wales
 
That's it, I'm kinkshaming.

Dare I ask what that means?

What you need to do @yellowbelly is plant a good thick stand of thorn hedge all around every field, just inside the wire fence. If you plant them close enough they won’t get through.

But the woolly little buggers will eat the thorn whips if you don’t protect them, so you need to post and wire just inside the new hedge too.

You can very likely get a grant for the hedge plants. We don’t supply those, but we can supply the holes to put them in and also the holes for the posts.
 
Don’t think that’s one of ours as we pack ours with air for transport

I’ve been thinking about this. If we pack them with hot air, we will get more on a load because they’ll be lighter. Reducing the amount of truckloads and making them easier to handle.
Carbon footprint??? We’ve been negative since like….forever.
I was thinking a coal fuelled burner to warm the air.
No problem Greta, you’re welcome love.
 

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