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Looks to be a pair of good lambs the bare skins normally wouldn’t be a problem for me lambing inside and got some good sheltered ground, might need a little help this year with the never monsoon season we are all having, think I might give them a try, would you say they will rest two lambs to...

Hi Just wondering what people’s thoughts on Cheviot mules, quite a lot of people seem to be getting them now and iv got the chance of a batch of shearlings, currently on NoE mules, will the cheviots be as good lambing? Similar milk ? And as good mothers not had anything to do with them? Any...

Seen some mention of Swales always some good types at this sale, the ones not stood on a 50 pence piece

I went to New Zealand when I was 18, quite a few years ago now worked for John Austin ltd north island in the Waikato region he’s a big contractor still going strong today the waikato region is big for dairy lots of jobs there, all I would say is if you want to do it just make the plunge don’t...

Yeh at tupping they we’re about perfect not to skinny or fat if you know what I mean, and since tupping they have been on winter grazing so condition steadily getting better but it’s not to lush or wasn’t to much of a change from the grazing they were on there’s nothing which screams to me a...

So got the vet coming to blood test ewes on Tuesday last year had a few ewes tupped on first cycle then hold for two cycles then come back a tupping this year have got the same Happening again so thinking there’s defiantly something wrong I should say once there in lamb never had any problem...

Think it would of come off some old boy at a farm sale, like has been said pretty thick tar consistency and quite strong smelling I was thinking it might be abit like pearl dip was going to use some but if it’s just for waterproofing sheep for winter I’ll put it back in the cupboard 😀

So I’ve found a green drum of what looks like it says “Youngs Moor wash” also says “for getting sheep ready for winter and snow” guessing it has a dye in it so sheep are easily spotted in white snow but just wondering if it has any chemicals in it like normal dip I.e stop flies and scab?

So in a week or two I will be putting the teaser in with a batch of ewes that have recently been moved on to a fresh bite to try and flush them before tupping, Iam going to sponge half of them and leave half, the question is can I still run the teaser in the same field as the ewes with the...

I often think that if I buy it with only a couple of bids, he’s been bouncing it off the wall and I’m the daft one, I just get a bit carried away when bidding instead of taking notice what the auctioneers up too

Hi just a small time sheep man here who buys a few tups and gimmers at auction after reading posts on the forum especially the beef and lamb price tracker well in name maybe not practice which buy the way I find very entertaining, I just thought it would be good to hear how some of you men who...

Thanks for the advice the ewe still eating and mobile although somewhat slowly Gave the ewe a shot of loxicom and a twin lamb drench for the drop in food consumption fingers crossed she’ll improve when lamber

I’ve got a Texel shearling ewe due to lamb in 5 days, both her back legs have swollen up at exactly the same time and evenly down both legs feels very fluidy and wobbly, never seen this in sheep before. Could it just be water retention and swelling pre lambing like some women get? any answers...

With the performance side I was meaning does The amount off strands effect the strength of the wire or will 3 be as strong as 6 or 9 just less effective conductor obviously

Rappa £33 for 600m online and VOS £59.99 for 1000m other eBay shops are £21 ish for 500m so not a lot in them really But big differences in number of metal strands in wire between 3 and 9 Does this make a difference to performance except conductivity ?