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- Northumberland
Good win for the Toon anyway.
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livestock 1
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Haha yes pretty surprising they said it’s been a nice day there tooGood win for the Toon anyway.
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
I remember a few years ago, it might have been after the beast from the East I had some cows break out of an outside yard and disappear up the field. I just left them and 3 days later they broke back in
livestock 1
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Yes it’s happened here when we’ve been on scraping out they got out buggered off then landed back within the hour
livestock 1
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Snow from tomorrow night they say
poorsheepfarmer
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- Location
- North York Moors
ive had all yours!!
Another shocker today weather wise at home so you’re not alone. Had a trip down the M6 before and the rain and wind just stopped at kendal
was a different day then coming back up into Cumbria just hit the weather again! Investing my pet lamb money wisely now 
much neededAttachments
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GTH - Agriculture & Sedgemoor Auction Centre - Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Sepsntorodfg4aat2a55m1gff6t93clmt9g18a0g9361h6li0a93g88h6tg3 ·Saturday 13th April 2024
Today at a glance........
Steers sold to £1975
Heifers sold to
Steers sold to £1240
Heifers sold to £1110
Bulls sold to £4000
Cows & Claves sold to £2250
Bulls sold to £440
Heifers sold to £450
Store Hogggetts (1409) sold to £220 av £147.77
Killing Ewes (1084) sold to £300
Goats (3) sold to £64
Orphan Lambs (133) sold to £70
Couples (613) Doubles sold to £362 singles sold to £275
Well I must be wrong the head then because our swales are housed usually from mid January until lambing in April. Never really understood the comment, "your sheep will go wooden if they're in that long" it's the tenth year we've done it and in a year like this they are far more settled and content once they're in and dry, more likely to go "wooden", (whatever that means) out at 1500ft in a blizzard. Yes, it brings some problems, biggest one is keeping their feet right but they're lambing decent size lambs, have plenty of milk and have grass to turn out onto. Shed cost Best part of £100k 10 years ago, financed by environmental scheme money to take sheep of high ground during winter
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
People moaning about sheep being indoors and lambing indoors then put a 150 grand shed up to house suckler cows for 7 months and calve inside….whats the difference?!
I’d have a slatted sheep shed up tomorrow if I could. Get them inside for 8 weeks and lamb on the slats
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
The difference is cows poach yows dont , no one is maoning its a discusion Forum , if your so desperate for a sheep shed get one built !! Never be as cheap as right now. .
harperfarmer
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Steel has come back £150/t, my godfather is having to requote a lot of shed work, for once to the benefit of the purchaser!
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
The ewes have done plenty of poaching this year….i want a slatted cow shed before a sheep one unfortunately
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Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Even with sheds dear If you are doing all the work yourself in and amongst it’s not too bad.
i do the groundwork’s, concrete the footings, erect the shed/clad/put the panels in, put the water and electric in me and my mate do wiring, concrete the floor and kit the fixtures and fittings myself - how much would that cost to pay someone to do all those actions? Double the materials?
i do the groundwork’s, concrete the footings, erect the shed/clad/put the panels in, put the water and electric in me and my mate do wiring, concrete the floor and kit the fixtures and fittings myself - how much would that cost to pay someone to do all those actions? Double the materials?
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
Just had a quote for a new shed yesterday, havnt come down as much as i was expecting. Was 10k more than i was hoping for
- Location
- East Sussex
I never realised that Swaledales could or would be housed.
It would be interesting to know more about this.
Do you breed them pure?
What are you feeding them on?
Do you get 200% lambing as quoted by some?
Do you have to monitor them 24 hours a day when lambing in the shed?
Quite understandable if the Environmental payments support this.
Good design and good management go a long way
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
It depends a bit on how many acres the sheep have to run over.
Plain steer
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What size?Just had a quote for a new shed yesterday, havnt come down as much as i was expecting. Was 10k more than i was hoping for