- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Amused me seeing Adam "taming" his Suffolk Punch filly in the catching pen. There was a foal sized bend in the parting gate in the corner . Maybe take 2 on the filming ..............
Countryfile tonight
- Thread starter Kevtherev
- Start date
So they can come on TFF and moan about it, what's the problem with that ?
Most farmers like a good moan, just some won't admit it
Another good day for gas suppliers!
Hinkley B: UK's most productive nuclear power plant to close
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I put on BBC1 when I got in to watch the Commonwealth Games, not knowing it was then on BBC2
I thought exactly the same, should of caught the foal with the mare in the pen, he’s no hosler!! Should stick to wearing his brown jacket an talking shît on the podium, blurting out the party line for 5k a time! I only flick it on to see what farming is going on, not to listen to him or the rest of the luvvy wokey shît
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
It's a splendid brown coat. I'm puzzled why a 4 month old foal isn't inquisitive and playing hunt the polo mint or asking for a scratch by the ear, but that's only going by my experience of my pony's foal umpty years ago. How do Suffolk Punches tick, and are draught breeds in general different in their temperament when young?
no mention of sewage spills, discharges, polluting the rivers, all the blame again was put on agriculture for river pollution, by the clip boards? Do they ever get out of the office or their posh vehicles and have a look? Come to my stretch of the river crouch here in essex, have a look have a smell?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
A friend is a renowned Shire man ad detests the "wooden headed" things !
nails
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- Location
- East Dorset
I did not see the programme but Suffolk's are very quiet like all draught breeds. My grandad thought they were the best as although a bit smaller they have huge amount of stamina.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Don't know about Suffolk punches (though I know someone who does) but some of my newly weaned Highland foals can be a bit feisty. One came rushing out of the field shelter, into the round pen, hit the new (strainer) post in the middle and snapped it at ground level. Thereafter, he blamed me! A few weeks later, with almost daily handling, and the behaviour was completely reversed. Another tried to jump a five foot steel gate to the above field shelter, got caught by a hind leg when half way over and hung there. I released the foal but needed to drive the Land Rover over the gate to straighten it. Next day the foal wasn't even limping! Frankly, at that age they wouldn't know what a Polo mint is and have to become hooked on carrots by starting them by grating them onto soaked sugar beet. Best first handled by someone with lots of time and in an enclosed loose box, but life isn't perfect.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
I don't know but I have noticed a lot of SM posts with Punch foalings that have gone wrongAhhhh, so "Suffolk" is something of taboo for both the ovines and equines then! Do the Mares wander off and lose their foal, I wonder...?
Bovines???
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Maybe the only time the foal has been handled was on camera?
Adam a tad nervous around the Suff**ks.
Adam a tad nervous around the Suff**ks.
Suffolk Serf
Member
- Location
- Bury/Thetford
I feel the same about the sheep variety...
- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
They were filming here for the ospreys must have been half a dozen folk for a day all for a 2 minute segment, your licence fee at work!
- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
Probably because he's been leathering f**k out of it with a yard of truth!
Suffolk Serf
Member
- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Modesty forbids.....
Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published
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
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...