Recent content by liammogs

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    quick fixes, bodges and creations

    What about fitting a separate shoot ft or so above the shoot so you don't need to reverse underneath you'll only loose a few bags worth that's left in the cone
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    Carmarthen Mart

    There's sennybridge aswell your right, that's without some people sending sheep on tack etc especially this time year, problem with hauliers aswell driving hours and tacho working hours also come into play
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    Carmarthen Mart

    Biggest problem I think with Carmarthen store sale is that it's now on a Friday clashes with a lot of other local established sales if that makes sence? So hauliers then are spread even thinner, you could have Carmarthen same day as llandovery or Brecon where both would be drawing cattle from...
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    Buying livestock on a 0% interest credit card

    I thought usually there is a % charge on use of a credit card, shouldnt it be the same as using a debit card really as technically it's a ' cash sale'
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    Mastitis and Sucklers Cows

    Got too remember a dairy man will usually use a beef bred bull as a sweeper, unless it's a flying her your always inherit the genes from the dairy man's worst cows that he doesn't want too keep heifers from
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    Small trailer.

    I'd go narrow tbh, my tyres need changing soon, wondering if I should change type of wheel tbh.....need to check if they are the same fitment on the axle stubs
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    Small trailer.

    Have noticed on the latest ones there's a different size tyre on them, one iv got has the wider 'flotation' type tyre as the newer ones are a bit more narrow, find the wider type tend to wear more on the inside
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    Small trailer.

    Clh here, had it 8/9yrs was offerd more than I payed for it the other day at a sale!! Get the hinged type of roof with gas strut, if I was to buy one now if get a breaked version (at the time didn't hold a b+e licence) you'd be legally allowed to carry 1200kg instead of 750kg, mines 7ft6 X...
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    Colouring Show Sheep

    Used the Cheviot brand here not 100% what colour, they have a choice of 5 and then add more or less powder depending on how dark or light you want it
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    British Blue Breeders

    Rhymill blues cardiff
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    Metacam alternatives

    With the value of cull ewes, whats 80/90 a bottle, if you can get a ewe back on her feet after lambing even if she lost her lambs she should pretty much pay for the bottle
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    Texel throat in heavy in lamb ewe

    Can't agree more! Iv gone now, the Mrs wanted to start a small flock of texels to run with my beltex, went to a few society sales......the amount of non et shearlings compared to the et were a very small minority!! Having bought a handful of et bred ewes over the years with the beltex I learnt...
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    Lambing ease gestation length

    Not slating any breed, just I cross a beltex on pure texel ewes but find the beltex ewes going to the same tup usually lamb earlier than texel ewes with them maybe going a day or two over. Same as Lim and BB bulls.....lims have a longer gestation as a rule where BB has a lower gestation, that's...
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    Lambing ease gestation length

    Always find beltex ewes lamb 4/5 days sooner on chart in comparison to texel ewes
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    Feeding beltex ewes

    Them avimore ewes look classy!! Big money?
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