Recent content by AngusLad

Do you use the moocall for everything that calves?

You will be eligible the following year though? I'm not sure how that's much different to me for example complaining that I wouldn't get the Upland Sheep Support Scheme payment because I had decided to winter my Hoggs away for a year? Not everyone can claim all the subsidies all the time...

Think for best results you're best to dip strawberries in the chocolate 🤨

Had one here on demo earlier in the year when I was looking to trade in my manitou but didn't really get on with it. It's a grand simple machine that was very competitively priced and could certainly shove. But found it had frustratingly slow cycle times for mucking out etc. We also thought it...

Aye grass has taken off this last day or two here. Will be tightening everything up and getting cows behind some poly wire this week 👌

Lambing pretty well finished at the other farm. Getting a start on marking twins this afternoon 👌

I do like a riggit!

There is a number of my cows that can be fairly snotty at calving time which I don't mind - if I want very maternal, motherly cows I think you have to accept that they are going to be protective of their calves. Just the same as a good blackie ewe will stand and fight the dog at lambing time...

Galloway's would be the choice of the two, belties are probably the least productive of the Galloway's though in my experience. A nice field of herefords would look bloody smart in that situation as well as being productive and docile

Been offered some bruised and ammonia treated at £190. Cheap enough at that 👍

Anyone bought feed barley ex farm recently? Still about the £150 mark?

Serves me right. He's a far more breedy type rather than a straight forward hill tup like I'd usually buy. Got talked into it after a few beers at a tup viewing 🤷

Aye the big horns are only really an issue in this group of ewes that I had shed off to use this expensive tup on with the hope of keeping some tup lambs off him 🤦 it's never really an issue I have too much bother with

Have had a new tup throwing some hooring big horns this year. Have had to lamb far too many that look like this.. He will be straight onto the trailer to longtown this week

Chuck a heap of sheep on it and chew it off. Will come back stronger and better for it. Plenty time before July yet 👌