Frosty
- Thread starter muleman
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- Location
- Ceredigion
Cold today
livestock 1
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Spent a lot of time defrosting pipes and such like not that helpful for us really
muleman
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Been minus 8 here but just borderline as to whether the troughs are freezing up, some have and some kept going, thawed a few, 3 bull pens frozen, got 2 going and the third I don't know if I should be in his pen with my back turned so might just go and get him a bucket of water, that should do him till the thaw tmrw teatime!
livestock 1
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To be honest we have a bit of a routine for feeding up bedding and scraping out then try to get some other stuff done too
It just takes a bit of time buggering about defrosting something and the ‘other jobs’ in the day don’t get done
Feeding sheep is slow crammeling about on top of frozen ruts
It just takes a bit of time buggering about defrosting something and the ‘other jobs’ in the day don’t get done
Feeding sheep is slow crammeling about on top of frozen ruts
muleman
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You can vanneer tip awwer crammelin about on the gut ruts and when you get into a machine or tractor it's even worse!
livestock 1
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I gave in last week and bought a new set of tyres for one tractor that was badly shod they put them on on Tuesday night the ground has been hard frozen ever since
muleman
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Yes it can be dangerous on steep frozen ground aswell,
I think you will need all the grip you can get by Sunday again tho!
livestock 1
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Sounds a bit ungrateful for me to not be keen on it hardening up we had 5 lots of cattle with water frozen yesterday or day before can’t remember now we have got it thawed out 2 lots we just let out to water seems a faff on
muleman
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They are short days, don't get much done,
Some on here will wonder what we are doing spending all day feeding sheep!
livestock 1
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We are on calving too which doesn’t help matters. I was waken this morning at 3 ish wondering how I was going to sort some of it out today it ended up being a lot easier than expected
livestock 1
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I must admit I think the ewes look a bit better since it’s turned hard though
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
3 days mucking out….been desperate for it!
livestock 1
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We will try to spread some tomorrow depending on what comes infront of us. Not expecting to manage it but will try. We usually end up on in the wet here.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I was just going to ask...
Spent an hour moving one long fence and 30 minutes on another, that's 550 of the sheep fed for 4 or 5 days. Was going to move another but the sun went down and it got a tad chilly suddenly, so spent half an hour p*ssing about carting buckets to the 20 ewes that are in a shed.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I didn’t spread mine
livestock 1
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The last lot I spread has had some rain on it sinceI didn’t spread mine
livestock 1
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Our sheep are mostly fed every 3 or 4 days just fill the feeders up
x that by a few batches and a few locations plus cattle same comments apply it can take time up
muleman
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Have you got an exemption over there?