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CI have used those buckets for decades and they work well, outdoors. When we used to lamb a ruck of ewes in December and keep them in for...
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CGetting closer to lambing and had bit of trouble with orf and cocci last year with lambs that stayed inside for 3 weeks. Wondering if...
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CChev54 replied to the thread Rape meal or HIPro soya in ewe blend.it would be mixed with molasses so hopefully remove some of the bitterness
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CAbout to start feeding inlamb ewes that lamb in Feb. Got alka treated oats and barley, wondering if I should try rape meal with it...
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CChev54 replied to the thread Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker.Anyone at Hereford today? How was inlamb ewe trade? What were the middling size triplets making, got some to go at some point .
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CChev54 reacted to Spartacus's post in the thread Best bull for suckled calves out of Plainer cows with
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Go for Charolais, get the feed right for the cows in the run up to calving and they'll be out, up and sucking as good as anything else. -
CChev54 replied to the thread Best bull for suckled calves out of Plainer cows.I am swayed by the Charolais, how hard is it to find one that’s going to throw me plenty of shape and width, without donkeys of calves...
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CChev54 reacted to Archie's post in the thread Best bull for suckled calves out of Plainer cows with Like.
Charolais. A big plain one will always be worth more than a small plain one;)
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CRun a herd of predominantly Angus cows and cross cross with Lim and Angus bulls and keep the heifers so do have a fair few Angus x Lim...
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CChev54 replied to the thread Brecknock Hill Cheviots.Thankyou for the lesson on Chevs, I had no idea, much appreciated……:rolleyes: But I’d still say that a Brecknock cheviot that’s been...
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CAren't they usually a little more subtle than that?
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CChev54 replied to the thread Brecknock Hill Cheviots.Like a Caithness cheviot looks nothing like a southie? But both still cheviots
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CChev54 replied to the thread Brecknock Hill Cheviots.Know a lot who have tried Southie and Lairg type cheviots on the Welsh hills and they didn’t perform anywhere near as good as the...
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CChev54 replied to the thread Brecknock Hill Cheviots.Bred from cheviots brought into wales and crossed with Welsh ewes in the 19th century.
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CChev54 replied to the thread Brecknock Hill Cheviots.Daft money for a pr*ck eared Welsh tup. Serious feeding competition from what I saw too.