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    Some help please

    Lol , intimidated don't think so , you were told by a few folk to man up but there you go again acting the victim it doesn't wash as I said I will be up and willing to sort it out but your pish on here doesn't wash with a lot of folk who know you well.As far as I'm concerned this is my last post...
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    Some help please

    Ok guys I'm the person in question . You've all acted quickly as judge jury and executioner . Have any of you sat back and asked your self why it was stopped ? I feel that shearer lad has been a tad limited with the truth here as for all you chaps saying go down give him a hideing mm that...
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    Shaftesbury Market to be sold off

    it was relocated from the town in I think 1987, so another move would finish it I think . If frome got a good sheep auctioneer it would kill Salisbury
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    Spring sown crop for lambs

    can you dd Persian/crimson clover into permenant pasture how long is its life span , and how dose it hold overwinter
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    Nz huntaway food

    We have had Huntaways since the late 80s here , we feed dr johns gold and when there doing long gathering days and long days in the yards dr johns tiatanum also at lambing time heaps of cleansing ad lib , all are pups are reared till 12 months on skinners puppy food so they have had a good start...
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    So long Mr fox... what happens now?

    Myself and the pro guy who is in his 70s believe it's genetic not teaching if teaching you would see more than 1 fox hunting the lambing parks , it always seems alone fox , dog or vixen
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    So long Mr fox... what happens now?

    zero tolerance can become a problem you are asking for trouble , first year lambed on a large estate in argyallshire we had 40 plus lambs taken a professional guy comes around a few estates and managed to get the dog fox killing cut but not stopped the vixen and cubs taken 2 weeks later killing...
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    How lucky we are

    Whilst running one of the shearing gangs fo a contractor in nz was given 2 dozen of tui first year 3rd year got new handpice as a bonus , a guy I worked for for a couple of years didn't expect anything but covering other staff over Xmas got a box of chochs allways apprecaited
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    Steak: How do you cook yours?

    In a bag with a little flour salt pepper shake off excess seasoning into a smoking hot pan 3 mins either side perfect
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    Lambing advice - ewe only taking one lamb

    you do that she won't take nothing imo , like most have said out with one she will rear it double quick then head off
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    Oh...that Blue bull......

    semen stored correctly will last for a lot longer than 5 years , no problem
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    Optimise your lambing routine

    Was that a early type of diversivycation neilo fattening cats for the local Chinese on waste milk
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    Optimise your lambing routine

    Regarding cleaning pens regularly , I personally think that it causes more problems as as much straw bedding you put in a flesh clean pen they always seem damp and cold, causing lambs to chill . Deep litter making a bed that drains is what we prefer , sprinkling stalisan or similar between...
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    Unloading easy care lambs

    if it's a bit hard damage will already been done even 2/3 weeks before will show up on carcasses, as for having sheep that don't move or are sticky what's the point
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    Current system not working!

    Second that lambed hogs that scanned similar , and you had a pile of rats and it was a bloody nightmare
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