Ceri
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I know a few of them sorts I jus smile nod my head & go ah yeh fair dos to ya, then turn round and mutter to myself wat a c**t.......
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
We've a neighbour like that, no deaths and they never have any geld either
All about % we've a neighbour who compares his loses out of his 100 to ours out of 900, he thinks we've an awful lot of loses til I tell him he's actually lost more than we have, same with his 8 pet lambs and our 15j
We had a smallholder come and spend a day in lambing shed for some experience. Outside shed lay a small pile of dead lambs ( lambing circa 600 at time). He spent the day obsessed with the losses, I explained that lambing was going very well, the weather had been kind and this year our losses were relatively low however anyone lambing sheep could expect to loose between 10 and 15% by the time they were settled in field at turnout.
Later in the day he restated he didn’t expect so many losses so I asked how his lambing had gone ? He had only lost 3 lambs, one a weak triplet, one still born and one dead in the sack born at night. Then proudly told me he had 20 live lambs turned out on ewes. I asked him to do the maths because I was convinced that at that stage our losses were considerably less than his !
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Two grand heifer calves this morning so not all bad , but the weather is turning into another special event , cold
wind sleeet sick o this
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Some folk eh ! They must think everyone is as thick as them .
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
True that
cattleman123
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- Location
- devon
Yes Remember last year i was asked to come and collect a hog that was dieing in its pen at market...thats a total pee off when the rest made over 100 quid ....so near but so far away
- Location
- Herefordshire
Same here,highest % of mastitis in our pure Texels we have ever had.We've had mastitis in Ewes that have lambs ranging from 2 to 8 weeks of age,all been out at grass and all turned out within a couple of days after lambing.
- Location
- Northumberland
Warrens up here have dropped their prices quite a bit. They said they have renegotiated with the renderers,but i think its more to do with the competition have dropped theirs.Me and next door where disusing the cost of knacker man the other day, It turns out I pay half of what he does, discount for be a good customer I guess!
It’s going to fun shearing all these ewes with bad bags, luckily my mate isn’t very good at picking them.
- Location
- South Lanarkshire
Young guy taking over sheep farm says to outgoing tenant how many ewes can I put on Reply. As many as you like they'll die back to the number it can stand
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Be right an all mind.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Previous tenant here used to run 250, lambing indoors in March, creep feeding and selling as stores the following year.
My sheep are currently trying very hard, but I hope it won’t get that bad!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Lambed in March creek fed and sold store following year ? WhT he creep feed them ? Thistle seed ?
Why do sheep ale from so many different things, cattle are a doddle in comparison.
Totally agree don't use them now use the others even though they come from dumfries to durham Warren's yard is only 10 mileish away but were taking the pee with there prices now there's a bit of competition
- Location
- West Wales
How much are you paying for ewes collected? During lambing I went to every friday collection and got it down to £10/ewe as over 7 a week going. Managed to go from October-mid Feb with no ewe losses then lost 6-7 in 1 dayMe and next door where disusing the cost of knacker man the other day, It turns out I pay half of what he does, discount for be a good customer I guess!
Glad everyone else has similar stories though, @Mc115reed the whole 15% from scanning to weaning is right though! I’m very happy if it’s under 20% from scanning to selling, it’s depressing thinking 500 lambs have died somehow
My losses post lambing are very very low (over 2 days - selling they would be under 50), it’s the fat ewes that give me most of my losses during lambing.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Home grown straight barley/wild oats.
I have ploughed up long term permanent pasture for cereals here, and have a healthy wild oat population.
- Location
- West Wales
Wild oats will live in the soil for circa 120 years....Home grown straight barley/wild oats.
I have ploughed up long term permanent pasture for cereals here, and have a healthy wild oat population.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I know.
I also know what the population is in the fields were he grew his feed.
A low cost system though, and by no means rare locally.