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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Lambing staff.Fair better for stock the extensive lambing system than so useless wannabe farmer (the kind that frequents Facebook) ripping out every... -
Estate fencing. reacted to yellowbelly's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with
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Yeah, the Charollais do take the wool off but I'm just aiming for a Lincoln with a better carcase. I started playing around with it... -
Estate fencing. replied to the thread Lambing staff.I’m on lambing 250 ewes of my own (hasn’t gone partially well because of abortions first few days) before work 5-6.30, dinner...
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Not much to learn with us. Just leave them alone as much as possible. Go early in the morning and go again late afternoon. Run the twins...
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We lamb around 4,500 Romney and Romney Crosses in 4 flocks. A total of 4 full time, 2 x pensioners (one is me!) a single Vet student who...
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Exactly, different sheep on different systems, what annoys me a bit, is the assumption that it's impossible to operate at scale without...
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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Lambing staff.They would lamb sheep of course.
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Estate fencing. reacted to yellowbelly's post in the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts with Like.
That's what they did in the old days - the wool was the main product, the meat was the byproduct back then. If they're anything like...
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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Lambing staff.I wasn’t really criticizing them, there sheep look good (never see any lame or poor doers). I expect 20 years of being shepherded like...
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1400 blackface ewes all lambed outside apart from a handful of triplets. Father and I roughly 700 each - 2 separate hirsels. Will help...
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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts.I don’t keen improve the breeding just maybe feed the ewes and look after them a little so they milk.
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Estate fencing. reacted to Rich_ard's post in the thread £25k to start a livestock enterprise... with Like.
Go on holiday, somewhere nice.
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750 ewes inside. Myself, full timer plus a student. One night lamber for the first cycle only.
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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts.I’m going to breed half to texel or Suffolk.
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Estate fencing. replied to the thread Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts.When my own go I’m going to make it my hobby to get them better. Problem is for 50 years one one has given a dam about them