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Saw first pair flying around the yard yesterday

A pair have appeared in my yard this evening, spot on time, 20th April.

Saw one flying around a field last week but nothing yet in the yard, normally appear here around the 20th April.

Bloody hell, it's a long way to the end of that field. My whole farm is shorter than that:ROFLMAO:.

Is it also known as lumpy wool?.

I had a call last year, Asian lady saying about Microsoft and my computer. I told her I did not have a computer ( funny, how am I accessing TFF and typing this. She screamed down the phone at me 'Get one; and then put the phone down on me.

I still use one!!!.

A very large farm has just been sold in Cornwall off a guide price of £10,000,000. It has been sold to 'Oxygen Conservation, who own and manage multiple estates across England and Scotland'. 'There mission is to tackle the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse by protecting and restoring...

No, as far as I am aware transmission is from sheep to cow and not cow to cow.

Not a good idea, looked what happened when one MP was looking for a Claas Dominator ( allegedly). Imagine all the resignations from MP's caught looking up Numnuts on their phones during a debate.

Malignant Catarrhal Fever.

I had an outbreak in 2005. Rough weather so put some due to lamb ewes in spare space in a cattle shed. Of the 20 cattle in the shed 10 died of MCF, apparently lambing ewes shed a lot of the virus. Also lost 3 cows ( wintered out) at the same time. Sheep carry the virus with no bad effects but...

One of my past dentists used to. When you started squirming he would just give you another injection. When you walked out of the dental surgery you couldn't feel your face for ages.

I have a Renault Cergos 350, year 2000, never had problems getting spares for it but they are Claas branded. T believe Renault sold the tractor division to Claas in 2003.

Back in 2005 I had an outbreak of MCF. Had my annual TB test and two of the cattle that were injected were dead by the time the test was read. Didn't have to retest all the rest, vet just noted it. At the time it was the same vet practice advising me on the MCF as doing the test.