Recent content by Orkneyboy

I have a quad bike that is registered as an Agricultural vehicle, taxed (for £0), no MOT required, on farm insurance policy along with other tractors etc, and has a number plate displayed on the back. Does that make it fully road legal?? It has no indicators nor a mirror but has working lights...

Tank is used for pot ale from the local distillery but if it was worth selling I’d get rid of it.

No they are still here but all on slats now due to having 25 less breeders and followers than previously. Tank was erected in 2013 as a replacement. We had cows in cubicles until 2017 but have since converted the cubicle sheds into sheep sheds.

I have a 10 year old 42ft x 15ft permastore slurry tank here that may soon be surplus to requirements. It is in excellent condition and comes with sluice gates, a paddle mixer and a jetter (with platform/gantry). Buyer to destruct and remove. What’s it worth?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

He’s a Dunlouise bull. Very impressed with him so far. No calves from him due here until March but he’s gotten all 20 of the cows he ran with in-calf over 10 weeks. Previous owner ran him with 60 heifers and he got 58 of them in-calf 😮

How did the sale go today? I decided to go to Dingwall later in the month instead.

PM me some pictures and I’ll consider it!

I’m thinking the same thing and I need 2 😬😬

I’ve been looking at the catalogue for Lairg on Monday. Is it just me or are there less rams / sellers entered than normal?

Pretty much sums up my entire system but swap beltex tups for NZ Suffolks!

Just saw this thanks 👍

Ok thanks. Did they retain the Attonburn name?

Hello all, I am looking for some recommendations from TFF members who have buy or sell rams at the Lairg NCC sale over the years, as to who / where I could buy really good and correct maternal tups from. I have been to the sale a few times in the past and have bought rams from 2 flocks I...

Only ever had 1 belted ram here, bought him locally as a two shear for £150. First year I put him out with 25 ewes, and he just stood there at the gate not interested in the ewes at all 🤦‍♂️ went back the next morning to find 1 ewe marked with others around him needing tupped...whilst he was...

This is my new native Angus bull