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  1. idgni

    Stupid inventions...

    explain more how to push the head from outside please?
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    Lambing losses.

    Not really, use scanning for what it was meant for, An indication of feed requirement of the ewe. Counting on an underdeveloped Foetus in a picture and expecting it to get all the way to the factory is very optimistic imho.
  3. idgni

    Lambing losses.

    I DON’T COUNT SHEEP !. I learnt a long time ago there is no quicker way to depression than counting sheep . If you count the live ones that means you count the dead ones, if you count all the dead ones you’ll surely end up depressed. Count the cheques at the end of the year, if they outweigh...
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    Hogs at £200 plus….what price shearling ewes?

    Cammy proved your point the other day :ROFLMAO:
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    Recovery from acidosis?

    Fat first for energy, the muscle if insufficient protein in the diet. The fat stage will drop a ewe in TLD as quick as the muscle stage will
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    Recovery from acidosis?

    Completely different! Acidosis is where the papillae on the rumen lining are burnt by acid produced when too much concentrate has been eaten, stoping them absorbing nutrients, twin lamb is when sheep is breaking down fat off her back producing energy via a process called “ketosis” the ketones...
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    Recovery from acidosis?

    I’d change your tea spoon to table spoon, And add a bit of twin lamb drench if your concerned about her energy uptake , I find these are very good to get the rumen restarted , local agri supplier or vets will have them...
  8. idgni

    What would this blend cost roughly

    Big difference in location, Pembrooke is a LOT further south than Antrim!!
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    Fallen stock thread .

    Was your freezer full? Why didn’t you eat the other three legs and the lovely little chops along his back😀
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    Scabivax

    I haven't got any big issues, I only use the tubby "fro but" lick bucket for the past 6 years and haven't had any problems, get the odd lamb with small bumps around the lips but nothing major. ( BTW the ewes don't normally touch them , but put in an upside down ring feeder if having problems...
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    legal or ethical?

    Sure it's fine to do it with coffee :)
  12. idgni

    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    Andrew Muir appointed as Agricultural minister ! We're Fudged o_O:oops::eek: may as well have appointed someone from the green party!!!
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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    Cammie Wilsons latest podcast on FED by farmers with Graeme Parker the Hoof GP, gives an indication to just how much money there is to be made from a successful youtube account and a savvy business head !!
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    Guard dogs.

    👆👆👆Exactly this We have had GSDs in the yard for 45 yrs, During daytime Always quiet and just lying about, But no traveller or visitor will get out as they don’t know , At nighttime they will meet you with the heckels raised on their neck and a bark that you hope they recognise your voice🤪 The...
  15. idgni

    Old Dairy shed and Slurry issues

    add some water and slurry bugs, when you have tank emptied add about 1ft of water first , this will stop the dung cakeing up on you, works similar in sheep slats also. the Bugs will then get it mixing itself
  16. idgni

    VW kombi van

    That is only to do with “benefit in kind “ not VAT Crew cabs are vat eligible as they can carry over 1 ton , remember the rear seats are removable!
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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    That the world we live in now, full of adverts, I never buy newspapers nowadays , just online news etc sites, Walked past the newspaper stand in local shop a few days before Christmas and the front cover of The Sun was a complete full page advert for Aldi!! Times have changed,
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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    You do know you can skip an advert after it plays for 6 seconds by clicking a button?, you don’t need to watch it all!!
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    SFS plastics in Co.Armagh have just brought one out, it’s on there Facebook page. Brian always makes top notch stuff
  20. idgni

    Lambs on turnips and hoppers

    Last batch of tup lambs i housed with add lib nuts, and a bale of good haylage to eat, were eating 1.33kg of conc per day. they grunted and farted and smelt like pigs :) Best lambs i ever finished but the only man who made money out of it was the meal man :confused:
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