Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

Skintagain · Apr 15, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Well the calf off the TB cow has just died treating her for a bad scour. Nothing out of the ordinary I thought. Then this morning she had gone back worse than she was 3 days ago, shot of steroid later and some more antibiotics. And she’s laid out cold as a stone.

Local vegetarian out of the row of houses I mentioned the other day has been out again. Picked up a lamb from the field, took it to a house down the road to warm the poor thing up. He rang us to say it was trying its best to knock the patio doors out it wanted away that much. The woman had told him not to put it back as “it’s obvious it’s mother didn’t want it and the farmer doesn’t care” get down there, lambs belly is full of milk and he’s a good weight. Take the lamb back up the field and there’s his mum doing an absolute fruit cos he’s not where she left him tucked away will be making some BIG signs tomorrow to nail up around the place. I’m well and truly sick of this shite now.

I would ring police for that one tbh and report her might be only way to sort job

Anymulewilldo · Apr 15, 2024

Skintagain said:
I would ring police for that one tbh and report her might be only way to sort job

I’ve reported her to the Animal health officer that’s been dealing with all this mither I’m having with “starving sheep”. He says he will call in tomorrow and point out a few things.

S J H · Apr 15, 2024

Skintagain said:
Job will settle to bring enough out of the woodwork for the buyers some folk will hold out some folk will take the bribe

personally outing them all in September is great but I want at least £100 to do so. £60 doesn’t float my boat in this day and age

No but £90 would do me, straight off grass one lorry in. No plugging about in sh1t chasing a blade of grass

Top Tip. · Apr 15, 2024

I will be very pleasantly surprised if store lambs are up any more than a fiver in the backend. It will of course depend on what the fat trade is doing because if the fat is back to last year’s trade folk will just go and buy them out of the fat.

JockCroft · Apr 15, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Well the calf off the TB cow has just died treating her for a bad scour. Nothing out of the ordinary I thought. Then this morning she had gone back worse than she was 3 days ago, shot of steroid later and some more antibiotics. And she’s laid out cold as a stone.

Local vegetarian out of the row of houses I mentioned the other day has been out again. Picked up a lamb from the field, took it to a house down the road to warm the poor thing up. He rang us to say it was trying its best to knock the patio doors out it wanted away that much. The woman had told him not to put it back as “it’s obvious it’s mother didn’t want it and the farmer doesn’t care” get down there, lambs belly is full of milk and he’s a good weight. Take the lamb back up the field and there’s his mum doing an absolute fruit cos he’s not where she left him tucked away will be making some BIG signs tomorrow to nail up around the place. I’m well and truly sick of this shite now.

I seem to remember a case similar where some dogooder took a Lamb out of a field, Got charged for theft, but because had phoned SSPCA did not reach court.
Must be abot 10 years ago now. Maybe Chae will know. Think it was in his area.

JockCroft · Apr 15, 2024

Top Tip. said:
I will be very pleasantly surprised if store lambs are up any more than a fiver in the backend. It will of course depend on what the fat trade is doing because if the fat is back to last year’s trade folk will just go and buy them out of the fat.

Don't be so pessimistic.

So many variables its imposable to say where the hammer will fall.
A long dry summer nationwide will seriously drop the trade. Likewise plenty grass and the sky's the limit.

Then again something anywhere world wide can have such a huge influence.
Think I will carry on as previous years and sell a few each month from October to May.

Mc115reed · Apr 15, 2024

Estate fencing. said:
I think people who have made good money this time will be keen to try again and those who missed out will be even more keen no matter what the fat is.

And don’t forget all these arable farmers and even some dairy farmers now that seem too think sheep are easy money and they want a piece of the pie now too

Anymulewilldo · Apr 16, 2024

Mc115reed said:
And don’t forget all these arable farmers and even some dairy farmers now that seem too think sheep are easy money and they want a piece of the pie now too

Do I tag him or should I be nice?

livestock 1 · Apr 16, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Do I tag him or should I be nice?

I don’t know what he means hadn’t thought of that

DieselRob · Apr 16, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Do I tag him or should I be nice?

Saw the comment last night and knew it was coming

hendrebc · Apr 16, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Footpath runs through the top of the field. To fence the footpath off would also lose 2 acre of ground

I'm pretty sure you can temporarily divert footpaths for lambing. Put up a temporary electric fence around the edge of the field and a sign each end saying its to protect the newborn lambs and sheep while they are lambing.
Even if your not supposed to no one is going to say that is unreasonable your not stopping them just a temporary diversion.

livestock 1 · Apr 16, 2024

hendrebc said:
I'm pretty sure you can temporarily divert footpaths for lambing. Put up a temporary electric fence around the edge of the field and a sign each end saying its to protect the newborn lambs and sheep while they are lambing.
Even if your not supposed to no one is going to say that is unreasonable your not stopping them just a temporary diversion.

I’ve noticed the local walking groups have ramped up their jaunts lately looking at lambs
They turn up 20 odd at a time walking through fields of sheep

Estate fencing. · Apr 16, 2024

hendrebc said:
I'm pretty sure you can temporarily divert footpaths for lambing. Put up a temporary electric fence around the edge of the field and a sign each end saying its to protect the newborn lambs and sheep while they are lambing.
Even if your not supposed to no one is going to say that is unreasonable your not stopping them just a temporary diversion.

Those footpath pansies are the must unreasonable people. I get done all the time for breechs of there daft rules.

Anymulewilldo · Apr 16, 2024

hendrebc said:
I'm pretty sure you can temporarily divert footpaths for lambing. Put up a temporary electric fence around the edge of the field and a sign each end saying its to protect the newborn lambs and sheep while they are lambing.
Even if your not supposed to no one is going to say that is unreasonable your not stopping them just a temporary diversion.

You want to try farming in Cheshire… touch a footpath and the footpath officer will be knocking on your door before you’ve got back to the house. There’s lots of people will says it’s completely unreasonable around here.

Anymulewilldo · Apr 16, 2024

Doesn’t help that the footpaths people don’t like me since they moved some stiles in some of our boundaries without asking and i cut them out after complaining and nothing being done. Put the footpaths back to where they should have been. That didn’t go down well

Bill dog · Apr 16, 2024

Anymulewilldo said:
Doesn’t help that the footpaths people don’t like me since they moved some stiles in some of our boundaries without asking and i cut them out after complaining and nothing being done. Put the footpaths back to where they should have been. That didn’t go down well

Any of you guys that have to deal with these Rsole Walker types have my total sympathy. I only have 1 opinionated woman who appears occasionally to walk up through the farm . She appeared last spring sauntering with her spaniel through my yard .
Excuse , I’m sorry but can you go somewhere else please. Everywhere you want to go has ewes and lambs , thanks !
Oh I know my rights, and off she sets!
Right Love , I tried nice, now try this ,
Get Tae Fu&k !
Seemed to work!

kfpben · Apr 16, 2024

hendrebc said:
I'm pretty sure you can temporarily divert footpaths for lambing. Put up a temporary electric fence around the edge of the field and a sign each end saying its to protect the newborn lambs and sheep while they are lambing.
Even if your not supposed to no one is going to say that is unreasonable your not stopping them just a temporary diversion.

Do that quite regularly here. So long as the diversion is sensible. I haven’t had a complaint (yet!)
We’re not in a very busy footpath area though. Mostly just locals walking the dog or going to the pub.

AngusLad · Apr 16, 2024

Bill dog said:
Any of you guys that have to deal with these Rsole Walker types have my total sympathy. I only have 1 opinionated woman who appears occasionally to walk up through the farm . She appeared last spring sauntering with her spaniel through my yard .
Excuse , I’m sorry but can you go somewhere else please. Everywhere you want to go has ewes and lambs , thanks !
Oh I know my rights, and off she sets!
Right Love , I tried nice, now try this ,
Get Tae Fu&k !
Seemed to work!

I have one old biddy who quite often phones me up to tell me there's a hole in a dyke or that cows are making a mess around a ring feeder etc and it's making the place look untidy...
Haven't exploded at her yet but only a matter of time

Estate fencing. · Apr 16, 2024

Round here is villages full of people that have retired for well paid jobs in there 50’s. Got nothing better to do than give use hassle it seems.

Rich_ard · Apr 16, 2024

Blue. said:
I fancied a move into Scotland but the right to roam put me off,I’m just going to sell up instead.

I'm not in favour of right to roam but we never see anyone. Footpaths sound far worse from the carry on mentioned on here.

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