Sheepykid's latest activity
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SDon’t wait too long on the festival trade. Was a waste or time the fortnight prior last year. We’re much better 3/4 weeeks before
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SLast quote I had was about 18 months to 2 years ago think it was 27k for a hd4 all singing with wheels. Hd3 was about 3 to 4 k less...
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SSheepykid replied to the thread Te pari hd3.Anyone bought one of these recently on the grant system? I’ll ring up next week to find out how much they are but guessing it’s a £25k+ job?
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SWe've ringed balls and tails at birth for last few years but thinking of going back to the old way...too much joint ill and Ill thrift...
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SAnd they always said lamb outside to be healthy but last few years inside has been healthier, young lambs and mud is a bad combination
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SSheepykid replied to the thread Lambing staff.This year I lambed 800 old broken mouth mules outside again in March. What a disaster from start to finish. My wife helps when she can...
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SI was amazed at my march vet bill. Thought to myself hell I’ve I’ve done well to only have 2 ewes lambed and a few bottles of betamox…...
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SIf I could get these old draft cheviots to crop better I would have nothing else. Just seem to no where to go to protect lambs and hard...
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SSheepykid replied to the thread Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker.Yeah my old mules knew all the sheltered spots in the fields. It just so happens to be the same spots that flooded. I’ll be glad to see...
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SSheepykid replied to the thread Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker.You’re not the only one. My old mules are doing their best to thin out their crop of lambs. Depressing is an understatement.
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SPicked 3 lambs up dead last night and this morning, be over 2 weeks old. Depressing. Maybe weren’t getting enough milk, bad mother’s...
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SWe aren’t even catching them to come back in 🤷🏻♂️ sheds are full to bursting with in lambers, individual pens, nursery pens and cattle...
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SYe Cheviot drafts is what I buy. Drafts is a loose term some are definitely feeders 🤦♂️😂😂 They’re not glamorous at all but it’s a kind...
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SThere’s most hope in the sheep trade going forward now more than there’s ever been That’s what you are gambling really If you don’t...
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SSheepykid replied to the thread Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker.I take it you bought old ewes to lamb? If so we do that most years with varying degrees of success. This year the weather has hammered...
