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What do folk usually feed to keep ewes ticking over before starting concentrates closer to lambing? We usually just fed a small amount of ewe rolls from end December start of January on, but the feed bill would be scary these days. Tried beet but it’s expensive now.

Thinking of using molasses for sheep during tupping until lambing time. What is the best type for sheep? United Molasses seem to be the main place to sell it here. thanks

Planning on feeding silage to batches of about 3-400 ewes on dry rough ground. Thinking of feed trailers or even a line walk through feeders and fill with a bale chopper? Another option would be a permanent feed barrier type solution with a concrete base. anyone using something else for a...

Would ewe lambs winter ok on Rape / Kale? They will not be inlamb. Looking something to grow them on and winter grazing is hard to get around here. how many per acre would it graze roughly and for how long?

I currently have a Manip loader on a fiat 8210. I’m looking for brackets so I can also use it on the MF6480. Does anyone know any dealers for them? I think they may be now similar to an Max loader?

Our ground has a high clover content, but think it could do with an extra boost about now. What fertiliser should I be putting on to avoid doing too much harm to the clover but still getting a boost of grass growth. It’s only for sheep grazing. Upland/ hill farm

We are looking to start keeping some beef cattle. Currently we are all sheep and no forage is made- any we do need is bought in. The question is do I need to be making silage? Or will bought in straw/ hay with concentrates be ok? Wanting it to be quite intensive and keep land free for our...

I’m looking to put up a simple open front lean to style pole barn for about 60 cattle for a calf to beef system. They will be on straw and no diet feeder. What size will it need to be so all can feed through the rail at once? Thinking of just some sort of simple rail instead of diagonals. Thanks

I currently do about 13k miles per year currently on a Honda 520 which is shocking on petrol. Im thinking about getting a diesel UTV and probably will end up doing 20k miles per year. Does anyone actually know what MPG they do? It’s becoming more relevant with the price of red these days.

What’s the best fodder crop for wintering ewe lambs on? Ideally to last until April. How many acres to keep 3-400 on? I don’t think our land would be good enough for fodder beet.

Thinking of having another breed of sheep on the farm. Want something hardy and maternal, that I can breed pure, keep replacements and sell surplus ewe lambs. Upland wet farm. What breeds would you suggest? Want to keep 2-300 of them.

What causes this kind of mould in a bale of dry silage/haylage? we also struggle to get bales without mould, which is a torture when feeding to sheep. It’s supposed to be double wrapped as well. The second picture is the usual mould that we get. In the first picture it’s spots in through the...

Usually feed some beet here from December to about start of March, move on to ewe rolls from start of March. We start to lamb about 25th March. We use the beet to keep them full and we don’t use any silage. we are feeding about 1500 sheep. This year washed and delivered beet is £50, ewe rolls...

I am going to feed ewes pre and during tupping instead of expensive and lack of winter grazing. I am going to feed beet pulp and optimate minerals through a snacker. what’s the best way to get the minerals to stick to the feed? Best way to mix? I want to use the snacker because I never feed...

What’s people’s thoughts on a feed for pre and during tupping? Hard to get winter grass here and it’s £1 a week if you do? Plus will do away with driving around all day and those sheep that go missing, catch on briars etc. Sugar beet? Ewe nuts? Lamb pellets? Or anything else?

Trying to increase performance from the flock. When is the best time to bleed sheep to see trace element status? Are trace element soil samples any good? Also grass samples? Is it worthwhile bleeding lambs too? Before they get any drenches?

Currently running mostly blackface, want to keep this a closed flock. Will grow this organically by keeping more ewe lambs. Plan is expansion by 500 mules or 1000 shetlands. Mule gimmers £130-160 - probably would need housed over winter most likely- plan on building sheds anyway. Shetland...

Have a dropside trailer but sides push out with a load. Does anybody put a bar going from side to side on top or what other simple solutions to stop them bowing?

Winter grazing here is £1 per head for lambs- that's if you can find it. Too many losses with briars, dogs etc. It's also too much travelling when the days are short- so they don't get looked as often as I'd like to. With the ever wetter winters I want to winter them inside. What's a...