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  1. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    That, or Zeus with his lightning bolt!
  2. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    I was more worried about my hoggs that were walking around the cables while I was stuck in the tractor.
  3. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    I'm fine , been dealing with the bonnet an feeding calves. My brother an mate weren't impressed with me. They'd just put their ovens on to cook their tea 🤣
  4. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Ha no is was too busy looking behind me 🤦
  5. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Oh dear! Just driven into the stay of an electric pole.the poles now sitting at 70 degrees angle an the wires are around the tractor 😬
  6. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    I think most folk around here use north east fallen stock.are they part of the same outfit?
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    Lambing staff

    Cant be, he'd of also ploughed 50 acre by lunch.
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    Lambing staff

    Facebook pages or the NSA had a lambing list you could put dates on when you need help. We're probably over staffed but I like it that way.its just for 3 weeks so helps keeps the stress levels down 🤣
  9. Optimus

    Lambing staff

    Me an my dad.500 inside,also have 2 vet students.leave them to it.an give help when they need it.makes life so much easier with a few more people about.
  10. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Both mothering the calves so that's a good sign.both have an appetite too which is a good thing.
  11. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    2 live calves.cows will have a long way to go before they can be culled.
  12. Optimus

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    FFS ! Second caesarean in 12 hours.need this like a hole in the head.
  13. Optimus

    For the frugal. Do minerals expire?

    Yes vitamin A only has short life span.believe me you need the vitamin A in them the consequences of it not been there is not great.
  14. Optimus

    Farming stigma…. Working like “crazy”

    There's a lot more to life than working on a farm 24/7. Went on holiday for the first time in years last year.enjoyed it so much within 2 days of been back home booked another for this year. Agree with most of what the OP said.what annoyed me most was after playing football for 20+ years.to a...
  15. Optimus

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    I do them with heptavac an that's it but seriously thinking about a Jag for campy.
  16. Optimus

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    I think it can do. Our vets said wee would probably better just to ride it out this time It's on a 10-25 day cycle.very contagious, so if a ewe aborts or has dead lambs.other will pick it up from there (tight lambing sheds aren't great for that). So we have been isolating them when we see one...
  17. Optimus

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    My ewes aren't dying from it.just aborting, having dead lambs or weak things that don't last long. Vet said there's different strains.we seem to have the one that effects the fetus.
  18. Optimus

    Portek sky bird rockets

    That's a shame if you can't get them.i use them on geese. Usually set off a couple of those screamer rockets just before the protek one goes off seems to work quite well.
  19. Optimus

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    That sounds terrible.do you know what the problem is?
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