Recent content by Mc115reed

That’s the thing I’m weighing up what to do risk wise… Iv culled nearly 100 ewes for not rearing a lamb this year … not a situation I want too end up in again

It’s the first year doing it, restrictions on the amount I can lamb indoors has forced me to… although Iv linearly finished the outdoor batch and I’m seriously considering moving everything too outdoor in April now after my schmellanberg troubles in January …

We don’t know it’s crap grass do we it hasn’t even f**king grown yet🤦‍♂️? Shepherding isn’t free electric fencing is time consuming and expensive too buy .. I tend too value shepherding at 50p a head a week… i tack 5-6000 sheep every year so I’m pretty sure I’m on a planet that has half an...

It’s a shame about the grazing window being so small.. 300 acres in 2 and half months will want 1000-1500 sheep which for somebody local would be justifiable but anybody of any sort of distance away wouldn’t be any the haulage bill for such a short time

You were lucky … I had a student last year and she was terrified of sheep 🤦‍♂️ was Definatly more hassle than help so I didn’t bother again this year

Tough one that it’s a large area too get across in a short amount of time 😬 never know where too value summer tack really because it’s a bit less labour intensive than winter tack and they don’t fly across it the same because it grows under them… 80p for ewes 60p for lambs maybe? 🤷🏻‍♂️ ought too...

6500 tack sheep on stubble turnips, 250 indoors in January and then 150 outdoors in April on my own with a girl helping 2/3 days a week

Does yours not just call in once a week to say hi? Mine does 🙈🤦‍♂️ they get worried if I don’t call for a few days

And don’t forget all these arable farmers and even some dairy farmers now that seem too think sheep are easy money and they want a piece of the pie now too 🙄🤦‍♂️

Do they shear okay since they’ve not lambed yet? They normally moan they’re too sticky when you shear early so I’d assume they’d be very sticky now? Or would the wool not of waxed up yet because they’ve not lambed yet?

I wouldn’t say it looks great… but the cattle look Iv very good health and clean which suggests that they get bedded down regular even if it’s not mucked out regular

Get them too stitch themselves up should there be an accident 🤦‍♂️😂 I like that

Why are you lot routinely jabbing just because youv had a hand in? I thought we were trying to get away from routine AB? 🤔 I’ll only jab if I feel like Iv been a bit hard on her or she might of torn a bit

Depends what the reason for it going tits up was… place I used to work bought a batch of trailers pre Covid… paid for signed and sealed ect … then they turned up 12-18 months later after the Covid debacale… the prices had gone up considerably but they had too honour the original deal… if that...

I tell a lie… I put a bale spike through the roof the first year I put it up.. just took a photo for rob and spotted it again 😂 clear taped both sides of the rip and never been a problem since.. I’m in a very open place too, see attached photos Soil floor and it’s like concrete I tried too...