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I’m 3 days into lambing and haven’t a live lamb yet. Plenty of ewes dieing with lambs in as well. -
They look well 👌👍
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250kg/ha but that was on bank holiday Monday
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copse reacted to Skintagain's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with
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I wouldn’t be looking forward to buying a lot of stores this year -
copse reacted to Skintagain's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
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...
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copse reacted to unlacedgecko's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
Sell the farm and move to a desert island. Spend what little life he has left on a sunkissed beach in the company of dusky maidens...
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copse reacted to Skintagain's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
Why not? Most lambs have wintered and added £80-£100 so £35 back to the breeder seems if anything too little
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My dad lost 1100 lambs one year to toxo. You have to be prepared that one day it will happen to you that you get a massive abortion...
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copse reacted to spark_28's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
Think I'll be keeping all my lambs into the start of next winter. Got the hill ground for it. Not like they will be taking up space.
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There would be a lot down here ended up with less than one apiece after schmallenberg
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copse reacted to Estate fencing.'s post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
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...
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copse reacted to sherg's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
I'd expect them to be £25 -£30 more but it all depends on the fat price in the autumn
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China is definitely not the future
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copse reacted to unlacedgecko's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
I have a plan to phase out Shetlands over the next 4 yrs. If store lambs are too expensive, I'll be selling all my ewe lambs to buy...
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copse reacted to Estate fencing.'s post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
People keep say how dear breeders might be, stores are going to be of the clock in the autumn I think.