Sheep can eat tighter than cattle due to their use of teeth and pad rather than tongue. If sheep grazing is managed correctly (grazing period no longer than 72hrs, high enough stock density to hit 1500kg/dm residual during this time) it will promote tillering, leading to thicker grass and more bales/ha.
Sheep on all winter definitely makes the grass grow better here, sheep still on in spring is where all the 'damage' done.
Not much growth here through winter, I wonder is there any real point in the 72 hour rule through the winter when it's all dormant anyway? Sure, we don't keep them on for months as there is usually slight growth, but does a week or two at a time make much odds?
SSCs just the same as any other flocks, other than that their ownership is split into shares held by many shareholders, quality of stock is still down to the ground and the management, I suppose somebody managing a stock club may have more impetus to try and remain profitable, which can sometimes produce poorer results, where as many individuals seem content to run at a loss provided they're proud of what they present for sale. Can't judge a whole operation by what the stock look like in the ring IMO.I’ve seen some stock clubs present right good runs of stock. Then some of them… even Kay from Cheshire won’t buy them
There’s one or two it’s blindingly obvious that someone somewhere thinks £100 is plenty to spend on a stock tup
There is a big dairy operation sells calves around here, the management in their calf units is very questionable
I have found if you spread them out thinly and make sure they always have hay/silage they don’t bare the grass off as much. Probably easier to eat out of a feeder and lie down than trail around searching for blades of grass among the mud
Too expensive here, I see places that do that and their fields are trashed IMO. It would be more cost effective for us to to winter them away on the east coast. We don't feed anything to the majority of the sheep, we just gather and condition score two or three times from scanning onwards and pull out and feed those needing it, those that we do feed we pick the worst bit of in bye ground we have and shut them in it as a sacrifice field, which has been working well.
Spot on, we have such a range of field sizes here that sheep are either the best or worst creature imaginable.
I presume you mean an Inch and a half since January
No, it's dry here.I presume you mean an Inch and a half since January
We had over 12” in July last year.
Just averaged £4.05 in Ruthin for mine. 51kg £198, 44.5kg £185. Most I've ever had by a 73ppk and that was only a month ago!
Probably find a rouge blackie rig gets around everything first!
Oooft, what a hybrid.
I think it's a misspelling of rogue, rather than a rouge x blackie. But I could be wrong
Yeah, I though I'd stumbled upon a new & progressive lowland AnyMule mix to compete with yourself & the other hybrid breeders......................until I read back a bit & realised it was just a conversation about breeding from a sh*t tupI think it's a misspelling of rogue, rather than a rouge x blackie. But I could be wrong
