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    Stoic bunch farmers

    Vet student last night as she was leaving us- ‘I take my hat off to you, but I’m so glad I don’t have to do anything with sheep ever again’. 🤣 She was a total walloper mind.
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    Noise / cockerel / distance?

    Who are these people!? I have a family who live 20 yards from my calf shed. I can have a conversation over the fence with them while I do the milk feed. They never complain. Perhaps I’m just very lucky?
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    Noise / cockerel / distance?

    Have some cockerels 10 yards from our bed. Doesn’t bother us. Plenty up in the village too, I’ve never heard of any arguments about them.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    To the factory? I went via there on the way to a wedding a few years ago- the Mrs wasn’t best please 🤣
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    That’s a fair rate. I reckon we’re motoring when we have 40 ewes lamb a day.
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    The same for those who message me or even worse get their parents to contact me. Ring me up and Speak!
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    I raise you History and Scottish Gaelic. A sizeable chunk of my revision was watching sheep dog trials in Gaelic on BBC Alba 🤣
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    Yeah mine were Uni- doing one of these Mickey Mouse courses. Four years of sport and errrrr….’socialising’
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    King Charles 3rd

    I’m assuming @JP1 was talking about the wider internet rather than TFF, though it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the King or William were both secret lurkers here knowing their interests.
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    King Charles 3rd

    Poor Catherine. Awful for the family. They’ve had a grim time of it recently what with health issues and errant princes.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    We’ve probably had 20 like it, lamb in fine, strong lambs from good condition ewes. They have milk initially then it disappears after the initial feeds. It sometimes comes back a bit, enough to rear one lamb, but not to normal levels.
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    My wife did a 4 1/2 year farrier apprenticeship. She is very well paid now (when not on maternity leave). I am looking at an apprenticeship for a 14 year old who lives round the corner and turns up all the time. He’s good with sheep, good with machinery, decent lad all round.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Found out why we are getting fit ewes lambing in with bugger all milk…off the scale on the schmallenburg blood test 🤦‍♂️ Only had one deformed lamb though, just seems to be presenting itself with lack of milk. Also explains our poor scan according to the vet. it’s always something with sheep...
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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    It’s as much your board as mine! When were you there?
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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Like the Board selling our lamb into the high value markets of the Gulf states?
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