Recent content by Hooby Farmer

Up until 3 years ago everything here was drilled with a MF30 seed drill. I must have been hanging on the back of that thing for thousands of acres 🤣 good times with my old man.

When i was a child i remember my father going into our local chemist who at the time sold Ag medicines as well and buying out of date doses at discounted rates. I don't recall him saying anything negative about them. Im sure my current franchise vet would take a long bemused look at you if you...

When I lived in Namibia I got called Milky by the locals and the Boers used to call me that little white c**t. 🤣

I bought 45kva from Ashvale Engineering. Its been faultless so far. I wasn't happy with the surround, but I think all genny manufacturers are much the same they always look crap after a while. I built a frame and set it inside and clad it from the elements. Looking back I should have bought it...

A friend's uncle who used to be a game keeper used to cull deer with a .222 he said carrying the bigger rifles around all day really tired him out, you just have to be a bit more precise apparently. He was a real character, an anecdote about the last day of Andy. He died doing what he loved out...

Friend shoots .308 for deer easy accessibility to casings and bullets (he does his own reloading). He even uses a modified Australian .303 Lee Enfield.

I found a full bottle of Trodax last year, was like someone handed me £200 🤣.

I've a few lambing in May this year, because a ram wasn't working. It will be interesting to see if there is a significant difference at the end of the year.

The weather last night was worse than anything we had during the winter and nothing like that was forecast for here it didnt settle til late this afternoon. Everything coming sideways couldn't see for sleet and rain and wind and it was ice cold to boot. Walked the sheep last night at 12.30 lambs...

I remember reading on here someone was lambing 200 ewes and only lost two lambs 🙄🙄. I'm currently around 13%, halfed the sheep numbers to improve the breeding quality, and i had a ram not working so each lambs death feels like more of a loss than other years. The ones that get me are the little...

Elon musk has brain chip available called Neuralink.

You almost get treated like a criminal for asking for it. I withdrew a few thousand before Christmas, and it was nothing short of the Spanish inquisition.

Seen this on the tidy yard thread and bought a couple. Good job

Roughly about £130. The boiler was £100 incl vat then I bought £15 of pipe fittings and i had some fittings on farm including blue and 15mm hep. Its just an undercounter water heater it's not like an electric shower where it pumps it out, but we have good water pressure.

Got this yesterday, hopefully should make things easier, washing hands, bottles hot water bottles etc.