Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
- Thread starter Anymulewilldo
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Oh with you on that ! I only curled in a competition once in Canada, over at Port Elgin in Ontario. Made the quarter finals , so didn’t disgrace ourselves totally !Curling.
f**k watchingHow dull.
Went down town our first night there, to a pub/ disco . All us wearing our kilts. Plenty of pints later, I’m dancing with a lovely, and rather cuddly lass on the dance floor .
“Is it true about what you Jocks wear under your kilts? “
She checked , and ahem , her thumb disappeared up my exhaust pipe !
She Fled from the scene !
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- JanDeGrootLand
And if your playing, it strains muscles you didn't know you had.Curling.
f**k watching
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- Montgomeryshire
Is that your way of suggesting that Canadians might be a bit backward in some way?
Brave man.
livestock 1
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Hope she wasn’t making the sandwichesOh with you on that ! I only curled in a competition once in Canada, over at Port Elgin in Ontario. Made the quarter finals , so didn’t disgrace ourselves totally !
Went down town our first night there, to a pub/ disco . All us wearing our kilts. Plenty of pints later, I’m dancing with a lovely, and rather cuddly lass on the dance floor .
“Is it true about what you Jocks wear under your kilts? “
She checked , and ahem , her thumb disappeared up my exhaust pipe !
She Fled from the scene !
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- Scottish Borders
Largest lassie I’d ever danced with, black as coal, and great chat until the trap door opened!!!Hope she wasn’t making the sandwiches
Ah the memories !
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- Scottish Borders
Could've been the start of something special 
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- JanDeGrootLand
They get the same time as us only its a few hours later.Is that your way of suggesting that Canadians might be a bit backward in some way?
Brave man.
One of my Gramps was Canadian, so that makes me quarter Canadian.
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- North of Perth
Passed a proper hill farm up my way yesterday ,all blackies.in a field of rape just stalks left.all with their heads in the hopper
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
One of the top of the tree commercial Beltex tup breeders reckons his prime lambs are £18 down on last year and costs £18 up on last year. I calculated our sale prices so far and they're £16 down on last year, trouble is they're still falling. Didn't bother calculating feed costs
I started off well above last year but now below so should average about the same.One of the top of the tree commercial Beltex tup breeders reckons his prime lambs are £18 down on last year and costs £18 up on last year. I calculated our sale prices so far and they're £16 down on last year, trouble is they're still falling. Didn't bother calculating feed costs
livestock 1
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My fag packet maths is similar to hisOne of the top of the tree commercial Beltex tup breeders reckons his prime lambs are £18 down on last year and costs £18 up on last year. I calculated our sale prices so far and they're £16 down on last year, trouble is they're still falling. Didn't bother calculating feed costs
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
Is it just me but I've had enough of 2023 already. One deluge after the other, place clarted up everywhere, lambs prices dropping by the week and just come in from helping the vet try and get a huge dead calf out of a cow, which ended up with the cow being put down. Vet reckons they only get 1 like that a year. And before anybody starts, she's not an extreme continental, she's had 4 calves before with minimal assistance, I've had 7 calves in the last few weeks by the same bull and only had to give a slight pull with a heifer. Rant over
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- JanDeGrootLand
Just looked up sale this week last year 40kgs £109. If I had sold today probably £78, so thats £31 less.One of the top of the tree commercial Beltex tup breeders reckons his prime lambs are £18 down on last year and costs £18 up on last year. I calculated our sale prices so far and they're £16 down on last year, trouble is they're still falling. Didn't bother calculating feed costs
Strategic purchasing cost so far approx 15% up on year. Once fertiliser comes into it "Who Knows"?
livestock 1
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Uncle died, lost a calf, got a puncture on the telehandler on bank holiday Monday stood on the roadside for a couple of days couldn’t get a tube, rain rain rain in hospital with a family member on New Year’s Day and night picked up the lurgy while I was in there
Don’t think I’ve forgotten anything
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- Montgomeryshire
I’m about £15/hd down on last year, but last year was £25 up on the previous year. I haven’t worked out sheep costs yet, but certainly not £15/hd up. I guess that Beltex fella must have been running a system relying on lots of fert and/or feed? Going back over the last 40 years, when did sheep ever support such a high level of purchased inputs?
Last year was a freak, as every daft bugger was holding on thinking hoggs would be £150 in April. You can’t base anything on last year’s Nov/Dec prices.
Last year was a freak, as every daft bugger was holding on thinking hoggs would be £150 in April. You can’t base anything on last year’s Nov/Dec prices.
rain&shine
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@QuarterCanadianYes, my curling muscles are definitely out of shape.
Horror of horrors, my sweeping muscles are the worst!
rain&shine
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The market changes every minute. You can based off last minute results to judge now. That's speculating. That's why we all need a market analyst.
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- Montgomeryshire
Do we really though? We all analyse markets constantly, that’s what we do, or should…