Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

JSmith · Dec 22, 2023

Al R said:
What the hell do you need 23 turkeys for?

He only buys the stiff legged ones

Al R · Dec 22, 2023

JSmith said:
He only buys the stiff legged ones

Hahahahahahahahahahaha ffs

You better watch out Jim if he likes a stiff leg

Farmerbuti · Dec 22, 2023

Anymulewilldo said:
Ended up with 23 turkeys in total

Bought or allocated

Highland Mule · Dec 22, 2023

livestock 1 said:
What’s he do?

Al R said:
50 acre of sunflowers, between PYO and then also has “save the seed for the bees/birds” where people buy a m2 of sunflowers to keep them over winter for the birds and wildlife and all proceeds go to charity, also massive charity tractor run.. I think from what I remember the sunflowers last year made £60k? The combine run from John O groats to Lands end with his own brand new combine, all proceeds to mental health charities.

Apart from his arable farm he’s running a commercial OSR store for Liverpool docks, a few holiday/student accommodation blocks, commercial lets for businesses too. It was a bit of a case of how much more can you actually do..

And more.

Seems to be running a green waste business too, plus contract drying and presumably pushing the biomass boiler/ renewable heat system pretty hard too.

adda · Dec 22, 2023

Werzle said:
Heard animals can test positive for a couple of years after first getting it. Deformed calves will be something to look forward too on top of all the usual problems at calving.

Vet said once they get it they are immuned to it again

Anymulewilldo · Dec 22, 2023

18 needed for friends and family then when they get down to £1.50/lb don’t let them drop lower. We eat turkey all year round so a good supply in the freezer when they’re handy money is a good call.

Fat Lamb · Dec 22, 2023

unlacedgecko said:
First intern starts in about 3 weeks. YM reminds me daily about the need for "gentle" handling and how I must speak to them like human civilians, not dogs or soldiers.

Should we be running a book on how long these interns might last?

Fat Lamb · Dec 22, 2023

Anymulewilldo said:
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you posh barstewards don’t know what it is to have to constantly bodge to keep going…
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another day, another field of turnips

Had a set of vice grips clamped to my winder most of the day. Very effective overall. Was a bit worrying when we got to another field and found they’d fell off though. Five minutes back-tracking found them and good to go again. Package waiting for me at home tonight from Rappa, ordered yesterday. Bloody good service plus a chocolate bar

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jaycee · Dec 22, 2023

For all those who are sick to the back teeth of never ending wind and rain, From a book called something like The Interminable Smell Of Damp Wool. Not about sheep. It's the solstice, she's on her way back, yay.
I thought the caption across the top was pretty apt.

Fendt516profi · Dec 22, 2023

Blue. said:
I was right,they never had Tb,he milked it for three videos.

Where do you get that from? As someone else has said in 2nd video he says results came back with visual lesions

16:20

Al R · Dec 22, 2023

Fat Lamb said:
Had a set of vice grips clamped to my winder most of the day. Very effective overall. Was a bit worrying when we got to another field and found they’d fell off though. Five minutes back-tracking found them and good to go again. Package waiting for me at home tonight from Rappa, ordered yesterday. Bloody good service plus a chocolate bar.

What does the mole grips do?

Anymulewilldo · Dec 22, 2023

livestock 1 · Dec 22, 2023

Al R said:
50 acre of sunflowers, between PYO and then also has “save the seed for the bees/birds” where people buy a m2 of sunflowers to keep them over winter for the birds and wildlife and all proceeds go to charity, also massive charity tractor run.. I think from what I remember the sunflowers last year made £60k? The combine run from John O groats to Lands end with his own brand new combine, all proceeds to mental health charities.

Apart from his arable farm he’s running a commercial OSR store for Liverpool docks, a few holiday/student accommodation blocks, commercial lets for businesses too. It was a bit of a case of how much more can you actually do..

Well we can’t knock him for any of that good luck to him

livestock 1 · Dec 22, 2023

Anymulewilldo said:
Ended up with 23 turkeys in total

Go on then I will say it seeming no one else has taken the bate

I thought you had more TURKEY’S than that !!

Crikey that’s a poor joke but never mind !!

Rich_ard · Dec 22, 2023

Marie Hoffman is worth a look getting in and out a fancy tractor

livestock 1 · Dec 22, 2023

Has anyone seen the joke about the wires in the sandwich ‘is it ticking? No it’s Turkey’
Can someone put it on please

Rich_ard · Dec 22, 2023

Al R said:
50 acre of sunflowers, between PYO and then also has “save the seed for the bees/birds” where people buy a m2 of sunflowers to keep them over winter for the birds and wildlife and all proceeds go to charity, also massive charity tractor run.. I think from what I remember the sunflowers last year made £60k? The combine run from John O groats to Lands end with his own brand new combine, all proceeds to mental health charities.

Apart from his arable farm he’s running a commercial OSR store for Liverpool docks, a few holiday/student accommodation blocks, commercial lets for businesses too. It was a bit of a case of how much more can you actually do..

Motor home hire as well at some point

Bill dog · Dec 22, 2023

Al R said:
From north wales, bald head, leather cap, had a Honda buggy…

I thought @neilo was talking about you !

Didn’t you stick a picture up a few years ago of you standing on a very bellied quad bike . No bald head or leather cap mind !

Al R · Dec 22, 2023

Bill dog said:
I thought @neilo was talking about you !
Didn’t you stick a picture up a few years ago of you standing on a very bellied quad bike . No bald head or leather cap mind !

Yeah lambing ‘22 iirc, we’d taken a 2wd tractor across that river the week before. My hair grows to fast if anything

Al R · Dec 22, 2023

Al R said:
Yeah lambing ‘22 iirc, we’d taken a 2wd tractor across that river the week before. My hair grows to fast if anything

Getting stuck is nothing new, got the tractor and dump trailer bogged to the axles the other day, left it 2 days before a bigger tractor could come along..

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