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I don't post on here very often as I'm not a proper farmer, just a smallholder, but I have a feeling you lot will be helpful. I currently have a kia sorento on a 56 plate, I absolutely love the car, it has a low range box and I use it for towing on the fields, towing hay on trailers, towing a...

One of my southdown cross lambs 6 months old is loosing patches of fleece. It started with her ears, I thought at first she was rubbing the fleece out sticking her head through something, then it started on her back and shoulders, the under fleece is coming out. On inspection the skin looks...

What is this. I'm hopeless at this sort of thing

Those of you who keep them on the farm, where did you purchase? Having had to call a vet out to pts a sheep at a cost of £70 because the knackerman doesnt do out of hours I am thinking of purchasing a captive bolt stunner. I know someone local to me who use to work in a slaughter house and...

What would be fair payment in your opinion for this. Cash in hand. Helping to load small bales onto a trailer and then unload into a barn. Probably a couple of hours work (depending on how many people I can get to help)

I have a flail mower that I tow behind a quad for topping, similiar to this http://www.smallholderequipment.co.uk/atv-quad-flail-mowers/fm48-heavy-duty-flail-mower-4007-.html?gclid=CLzf0IyossYCFayWtAod2LEGmQ I keep getting punctures and its impossible to get the wheel off. I had a mobile tyre...

Anyone considering mowing for hay? I looked at the weather forecast yesterday and thought I would mow off some hay either today or tomorrow, as it forecast it very hot here in the midlands mid week. Looked again at the weather forecast this morning and they are now saying showers wednesday, but...

When the law changes in November I am going to have to go and get the necessary certificate which I think will be the one that replaces the grandfather rights. i'm so annoyed about this, its only my own small holding I spray for thistles etc with either a quad mounted sprayer or knapsack. My...

Can someone help me. I need to order pea gravel for some drainage, I am putting 4 inch pipes in, 120 metres in length. Can anyone give me an idea how many ton of gravel I will need please?

When installing land drains (100mm perforated) do you put pea gravel under the drain as well as around it? And is pea gravel actually the best thing to use?

Need something warm and waterproof for yard work. Like some that I can actually hold things in, so nothing big or bulky. Tried sealskinz, didn't like them - very stiff so couldn't bend fingers properly. Any recommendations - must come in ladies sizes.

I have an area of concrete yard that sees little traffic and is under trees, conifer and ash. Its developed a black mould / algae that is incredibly slippery. I have tried using patio cleaner from a DIY shop but its done nothing. Any ideas of something to get rid of it?

There is a current "epidemic" of atypical myopathy in horses caused by them eating sycamore seeds ("aeroplanes") Signs include weakness, muscle trembling, lethargy, pain, lying down, brown/dark red urine, difficulty breathing and difficulty swallowing. There is over a 75% mortality rate. Just...

Are there any modern versions of the old fashioned chaff cutter. I want to make my own chaff for horses, fed up of buying chaff when I have a barn full of good hay and could make my own.

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/Driver-lucky-alive-car-crash-killed-cows-near/story-22967032-detail/story.html Sounds as if driver was lucky to escape. No doubt he was speeding I suppose

Our local hospital is having a "sit in" to protest against downgrading of services. They have set up camp and have a brazier for burning wood. I offered some pallets to burn but one of their members has suggested they could be dangerous to burn due to being treated (arsenic was mentioned) so...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28900374 Nowhere near enough, what good are these guidelines going to do? It says shops should warn the lanterns were only to be launched by adults not under the influence of alcohol. Further advice recommends people have a fire extinguisher or water...

I have a 1958 international B250, today whilst teddering hay the clutch has gone. I can "crash" it into gear but I can't disengage the drive, normally when pressing the clutch the pto stops but it doesn't now. Any ideas what it could be?

I am looking to put some drainage pipes in myself, due to ridiculous quotes from companies. I have done this before successfully, hiring a digger to do the trench. I have a handy ditch to run the pipes to, total length of pipes is in the region of 150 yards thats all. So how many tons of pea...