Do you know what I lost more hill singles last spring in that nice weather than in a long time its once a day job normally but last year it was twice they were giving up quicker just that little bit of grass making the lambs that bit bigger
Not bad they wouldn't have a huge amount of grass in front of them and would be cutting the cake down only twins lambing out and hill ewe singles all x bred ewes and draft ewe singles lambing in
I winter hoggs on a dairy farm in Shropshire they get 30p with arla mind you they need it I'd say its a father and son team with a workman 4 days a week he reckons 150 cows is a full time job for 2 without the tractor work and everything else they start half 5 in the morning and finish half 6 at...
Mine are anything from 200 down to 50 depending how fast they lamb move the ones that haven't lambed once maybe twice a week till they get down to about 50 in the field by the house at the end of April then that's when I probably loose the most at the end when I'm busy doing other things and...
You would have to get on real good with your neighbour I'd say its a recipe for disaster myself, the money they are spending is frightening million quid before you turn around, those 100 cow herds are getting less and less these big boys don't seem to like to milk themselves I'd say its a hell...
I looked at it a few times but they do look poor sorts no weight at killing and unless it's a holstein heifer I don't think a lot of them care if they have colostrum or not and yes the Angus premium is helping but you have to give it as a calf I'm going on keeping the cow for what I'd have to...
That's my thinking as well I've got a t5105 on the loader tl 100 on the keenan 6610 on the straw chopper bike and mule keep it simple, I don't know if I'm doing a good job but I try my best I will be the first to admit my stock will never top the market price wise but my costs are as low as I...
You be right the sheep make double the cows but as a wise man once told me we're the cows workmen and the cows are the sheep workmen, but you sell 60 70 bull beef over a 3 month period the old Bank balance soon fills up and with the heifers going march April when I'm not selling sheep it all...
Lamb 800 in 1100 out xbred ewes 20 Feb on draft ewes 20 March on and mountain ewes April 1 onwards, can't all be that rosey in the milk job they bragging about having 30p litre now they were getting that back in the mid nineties doesn't seem its moved on much in 25 years
No but do fit the rotation well maize then winter wheat then back to grass or depending on the field might have stubble turnips after whole crop for the lambs then grass the following spring can't stress the importance of reseeding mouth full of good grass does more good than a belly full of...
Not a bad setup cubicles with automatic scrapers and slatts in other sheds 2 farms the home farm and a hill farm 4 miles away so all quite close and handy plus 1400 of those ewes would be welsh
12 years ish bought some heifers then 2 bulls all sorts before buying in replacements keeping some but some getting to much holstein had quite a few Welsh black x lim cows good cows but bonkers but most would be bred from them
TB can be a issue don't want to be dependent on selling stores and have a TB breakdown, all mostly pure stabiliser now don't seem to sell in the stores, fattening the bulls on tmr yes buying in rolled barley Trafford gold but grow our own whole crop and maize, heifers are housed quite soon in...
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