Got through at 5.15 and still there was 110 lots too go I was very happy with my trade still a lot of buyers around the ring
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Cumbria
Back up in the air, walking with straight back legs as if early stages of staggers
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I had one with staggers last saturday , lucky i saw her go down took alot of saving .
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Hear some funny sayings on here. I love learning about sayings and names for things from other areas. Farmers are keeping these sayings alive whilst the rest of the people world becomes very robot like
livestock 1
Member
We call it stilty legged
- Location
- Hereford
Heifer was 1250 
livestock 1
Member
Very cheap !!Heifer was 1250
I wasn’t that far out
Watch a ditch in your part of the world ?
I call a ditch a ditch but many people call a ditch a dyke and I was brought up that a dyke was a hedge 
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Would the animals' welfare not be better served by breeding towards reducing the need for constant supervision to avoid 'a calamity'? I could be wrong but some of those revelling in the need for roaming fields/stalking sheds at night are also those who apparently make less than minimum wage?
A dyke is a stone wall up here,a ditch is a ditch thoughWatch a ditch in your part of the world ?
Keep hearing cammy on the sheep game call a ditch a burm aswellA dyke is a stone wall up here,a ditch is a ditch though
mghley
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
A ditch is a ditch and a Dyke was a woman of ill repute not to be messed with !!!Watch a ditch in your part of the world ?
Burn is West Coast for a stream.Keep hearing cammy on the sheep game call a ditch a burm aswell
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Burn in Perthshire too.
livestock 1
Member
I seem to earn less than minimum wage whatever I’m doing!
I think the cost of a cow and all the rest involved it’s just common sense to be around to assist a cow or heifer when she’s on calving. Any losses are a year wasted at least and then there’s a fat cow to deal with next time possibly mastitis too otherwise set a calf on.
cattleman123
Member
- Location
- devon
Crystalyx
I couldn’t agree more! Iv put 10-11 months of work into preparing for lambing and at the end of the day my life is on the line as much as any potential lambs life and I’ll do anything physically possibly too make sure as many of those Wolly little barstewards make it out alive so I can pay my mortgage
livestock 1
Member
Me and the Mrs have some right set too’s about these sheep lambing
Some stress on at times until we get a good few on the ground
- Location
- Cheshire
Think I’ll just sell all my ewes and buy little store lambs.