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Hello all, I have around 100 breeding ewes that run along side the family flock of 500 beltex ewes. I work off farm relief milking and odd full days calf rearing way from home making a decent wage for myself. But as I’ve hit the age of 20 I no longer have the inthusiasm to lamb ewes Meaning I...

Hello all, After wanting to go into milk for a few year I've eventually hit the age I could start up. The family where not wanting to start up again for the reason of it being hard to get relief milkers and not wanting me to knacker myself milking twice a day all year. So after seeing a few...

Hello all, After a poor trade with the mule gimmer lambs half the swaledales have gone to texel. Now I have decided this year I want to start keeping my own gimmer lambs plus the draft ewes to build my numbers up. The ground the swales graze isn't good enough to run mule ewes on so I was...

Hello all, Seen a few of these texel x swaledale lambs in the store and heard off few people that have kept them for breeding ewes that they are just as Hardy as a swale. Just wanting to know if anyone on here has had any experience with them and what did you think of them. Thankyou all.

Hello all, Always quiet liked the look of the welsh badgerface and heard off a few people before and what I've seen on the website they are really good productive little sheep that can do well on hard going. Is this true? and has anyone ever had anything to do with them. Any photos would be...

Hello all, We have about 6 acres of really rough grazing with alot to gorse bushes in it, we don't want to get rid of it all and as there is plenty of wildlife ect living in it, it hasn't been grazed for about 6 years and has only ever seen cattle and we dont have any cattle anymore. I think...

Hello all, I have a few swaledale drafts which I put to the BFL and I sell a few mule gimmers in the backend. The ewes aren't caked all winter and just run on rough grazing but always scan 200% and lamb about 185% to 190%, with this being high for older ewes they need caked for 5 weeks prior to...

Hello all, I've bought a collie pup back in September as we haven't had a dog at home for sheep work for a long time, it's a brown bitch and it's parents are workers so hopefully should help in the sheep work side of things. She is now 5-6 month old and I'm wanting to start getting her to ride...

Hello all, I keep a few swale drafts and breed a few mule gimmer lambs and sell a few pens every year and have done for a few year now, so really just to get a flock of my own slowly built up, but after the last year of 2 I've seen my mule wethers are worth just as much or more in the fat and...

Hello all, I breed and Sell a few north england mule gimmer lambs and I have always tried to breed a smarter gimmer but like alot of smart gimmer lambs they are no where near as strong or long lasting as people say they where 30 years ago when they where out of a traditional type tups, so I was...

Hello all, I keep a few swaledale drafts to breed a few north england mule gimmer lambs to sell at the back end, I buy them as 5 crops and they seem to do very well, but I quiet like the look of the Northumberland blackface does Anyone have any experience with the breed if so what are they like...

Hello all, Thought I'd make a group for all you small dairy farms out there e.g. less then 100 milking cows. Thought it might set a few discussions off of covering small dairy herds or even just giving young farmers wanting to start small abit of confidence to start small or even giving and...

Hello all, I breed a few mule gimmer lambs and sell them at the gimmer lamb sale at the back end, I usually feed them for 2 month prior to sale and that gives them abit of growth but I would like to sell them at one of the earlier sales so I was thinking creep feeding the lambs would it help, I...

Hello all, Is it wanting to know if anyone is still milking small herds or any size herds in older style parlours e.g. byres, step up parlours or abreast. It would be interesting to see some photos of them if possible also how long does it take you to milk the cows through it. Many thanks all.

Hello all, I am just a young lad who is interested in hill or fell farming. Just wanting to know do many fell farms come up for rent and also does common grazing ever come available for rent or am I mad, i would be massively interested in your answers and opinions. And also would you suggest...

Hello all, Bit of a different breed really, just wanting to know has anyone has had anything to do with the breed and if so have you any photos. Also has anyone had anything to do the clun mule also if any photos would like to see them. Many thanks all.

Hello all, Is there anyone who is making a living from a few hundred breeding ewes and a 10 to 20 suckler herd or am I mad. If anyone had any ideas how you can make a living from a similar system please do put a comment Many thanks all.

Hello all, As the title says buying cattle from private cattle dealers. Just wanting to know what prices are dairy cattle, e.g. fresh calved cows, dry cows. Many thanks all.

Hello all, I am wanting to know what average price do dairy heifer calves sell for, at about 3 to 4 month old. E.g. Jersey heifers, ayshire heifers or british friesian heifers. Many thanks all.

Hello all, How much are silo bread and feed potatoes per tonne for fattening cast cows. Many thanks all.