Northeastfarmer
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View attachment 1167308is it spring yet?
6 years ago today…..
I don’t know what’s worse….probably all this wet clart
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6 years ago today…..
I don’t know what’s worse….probably all this wet clart
muleman
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Yes, it was a real sickener that beast from east, ruined the spring with the frost and east winds.
If it stops raining this is probably better, would green up in no time .. IF!
livestock 1
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Snowing hard here was wind and rain to start with not much wind now just snow. Best bit is it’s quiet with it now. Probably won’t do much harm for us in a way everything has feed on hand. Ewes were very clashed looking on Thursday morning after the clashy night
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livestock 1
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Socks will have to last a bit longer
Northeastfarmer
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You sure that’s not an age related accident…
livestock 1
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When everything is as cold as it is at the moment it’s hard to tell
livestock 1
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You will be pleased with these. Have you had them inside or come off keep then in?
Not been watching the straw chopper video again have you
muleman
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Yes, was pleased with them, never had mules grade as well I don't think but were no different to the ABP ones
Had them away on keep but weren't really getting the weight so been back in the shed 3 weeks
livestock 1
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Not a bad system. It costs more in feed from thin to half fleshed than it does from half fleshed to fat. Neighbour has had some away similar type system got them away this week too.Yes, was pleased with them, never had mules grade as well I don't think but were no different to the ABP ones
Had them away on keep but weren't really getting the weight so been back in the shed 3 weeks
livestock 1
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Been gathering the bought ones up to trough they haven’t had anything in their lives by the look of things apart from what they’ve pulled They are eating now
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muleman
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THey will sometimes do it off grass but too wet this time . Grass best way if you can get good place.
Ours just been bit less this time , that drought may and June knocked them I think, but these were 20kg av so not so bad
Up 45p ?
muleman
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No just 25 I think
livestock 1
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We used to send them onto a dairy farm years ago near Longtown got them straightened out a bit then just ran them into the mart. Folks say it’s wet now but that was back in the 80’s 90’s and more often than not the wet got the better of us and we had to get them away just ran them into the mart. A few bad years of milk prices and the odd bit of hope with the sheep job the fella decided to keep some sheep of his own and run the same system himself. Think he sold up after that. Dairy grass is much better than anything we have. Father used to talk about ground getting ‘sheep sick’ something you don’t hear much about now. Sheep do much better on ground that hasn’t had sheep on for a while. And there’s the rest of it they know how to grow good grass. We are trying
Did they move mid week?
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That’s basically what it’s like here. It runs out of piff