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Does anyone have experience of people releasing foxes on there land? We have shot 45 foxes on an 80acre block of land in 3month some with metal implants and amputated legs. We have to control the number of foxes in that area because we lamb there is it legal for them to be released how do we...

I know this has been covered before but I was wondering how,when people do it and what experiences people have had of it? We got hammered with joint I'll in our autumn lambing flock and I was looking at ways to help prevent this

New one for me today ,I had the local market ring up and say that a lamb I'd sold mid week had been rejected by the abattoir due to tape worm infection and I wouldn't be getting paid for it!? These weren't crap lambs they made top price although I know there are no visual signs of a tape worm...

Dad is wanting to retire I would like to take on the familys herd of South Devon sucklers to run alongside our existing sheep farming business, but to borrow the money to buy the lot would be crippling as I will have to rent the farm off him as well which will mean a big increase in outgoings...

Ok am trying to work out how many acres of forage rape a 100 sheep will eat a week. The ahdb reckon 13ewes will eat 1acre every 100days!? Also how many acres per week of dairy grass do people reckon 100 sheep will eat a week. Let's just work on it being a fairly dry winter and good dry land

Has anyone used Mv farmers electric fencing corner/reel posts they are a lot cheaper than rappa so any thoughts? finding wooden posts aren't sticking the hard ground so maybe time to up grade?

When we move sheep along the road I always shut gates if people have them but a few people don’t have gates and as we move along the road the sheep stray into there driveways causing no damage other than a few droppings on there tarmac. Most people don’t mind this, the dogs are good and usually...

Does anyone do this iv got a rappa standard yard I rang them today and they don't make a yoke for the yard. How do people do it which yoke do you use?? Only looking to tidy up tails pre lambing. Oh and yes a combi clamp would be lovely I know but can't stretch to that, I have a shearing...

As we expand we are running more and more sheep on off ground/keep during the winter but I get terrible trouble with scald which is really difficult to get on top of without being able to run them through a foot bath (formlin) I find they all seem to be limping then when I get them up into the...

The question is, is there any truth in the saying that if you shear ewes with lambs at foot to early then there milk will dry up? We always shear the autumn lambers early May but they have obviously not got lambs on them but we have now moved onto the spring lambers (March) and they are shearing...

OK so just interested really in how much time and effort people put into pest control before and during lambing especially when the actual birth happens outside. I might be leaning that way(outside lambing)! with increasing numbers and I was wondering what everyone does as we are a split over...

Part trained sheepdog Three year old part trained registered male collie called "Dez" Dez came to me as a totally untrained/feral two year old dog but unfortunately I just don't have the time or the work for him. He is a very nice natured dog gets on well with my other dogs, is good with...

Others: Other - Category: Others Manufacturer: Other Price: £700 Condition: Used Description: Part trained sheepdog Three year old part trained registered male collie called "Dez" Dez came to me as a totally untrained/feral two year old dog but unfortunately I just don't have the time...

Just over a year ago I was given a two year old totally untrained collie called dez at the same time I bought a Kelpie that I had ordered before I was given Dez. I have two other working dogs one older one and one middle aged one. Dez is at the bottom of the pile and is as soft as they come he...

I might have really messed up! So I got the letter through the post about TLA's looked at it and thought it was ideal for us as we put sheep out on a number of other beef and dairy farms and the movement form side of things is always a pain I then rang them spoke to a very helpful person who...

OK so just hear me out before you judge! I have other dogs who work sheep and cows fine without a muzzle but I have one older collie who has become untrustworthy on sheep gripping to hard! I decided to keep him just for the cattle where he can be a bit harder without doing to much harm but he...

I am sorry to go over this again but I have the opportunity to graze a decent block of roots this winter it will be forage rape mainly. I have a few questions! Last year I paid £0.75pphpw a figure I got from hear there was only 8acres and it lasted just short of three weeks for 200 in lamb ewes...

If an arable farmer were to sow grass after cereals in early September when all things being fair could you graze it? It will be a two year grazing mix probably with some fert applied farmer in question is very efficient soil is good and its in Cornwall so good growing country. Is it possible...

Our autumn ewes have been dry now for a month we usually tup them late may but are going to bring that forward a week or two. Daytime tep is rising and they are in sheltered fields so could I start shearing now so they are in top condition come tuping or is it to cold? they aren't feeding lambs...

We aren't fortunate enough to have all our sheep around static yards/ concrete yards very often so footbathing isn't something we do alot of but when we do I use formalin to treat scald mainly but it seems to sort early stages of rot as well it is very effective but its horrible stuff when you...