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  1. Aspiring Peasants

    Sheep scab/Cydectin 2%

    Just a quick question, when you've injected sheep for scab with Cydectin 2%, how soon is it safe to mix them with other sheep?
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    Asbestos and fibre cement

    I've got a building with a lean to which I've always assumed had an asbestos roof. I had the son of the previous owner here today and he thinks the lean to is fibre cement. Is there an easy way of telling the difference?
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    Molasses on round haylage bales

    Owing to the wet summer I'm finding a lot of bales that the cows aren't keen on. There's no mould but a slight musty smell. When they have these, intakes go down which I don't want because it's all they get. Many years ago, I can remember pouring molasses over round bales to make them more...
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    Ageing farmers pose risk to Britain’s food supply, official data suggests

    Britain’s ageing farmers are on the cusp of a wave of retirement that casts serious doubt on the Government’s plan to boost domestic food production. New census figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that farmers are one of the oldest occupational groups in the UK. More...
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    Low input grassland - livestock feeding

    Been looking at mid tier low input grassland options GS5 and GS2. It says the only thing you can give livestock are mineral buckets, ie no feed. Is this totally rigid or is there some flexibility because it's a non starter if you can't feed stock in the winter.
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    Costs to winter ewes

    I'm talking about the time from tupping to lambing. Upland mostly PP no arable. The system is start lambing 1st April and house most of them from 1st Feb when they are scanned. Beltexes lambed inside, the rest turned out just before they're due to start. Feed is haylage, cake and blocks. I...
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    Mowers

    I know disc mowers are more popular than drum mowers but I really dislike my Krone disc mower. It's on its fifth season, it's unreliable and is hard to get as tidy a job as with the vicon drum mower we used to have. Looking at alternatives, has anyone got a Weaving drum mower which I think are...
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    Gallagher Smartfence

    https://www.electricfence-online.co.uk/gallagher-smartfence-20-mobile-fence.html Anyone experience with using the Gallagher Smartfence? Looking for an inexpensive way of doing some field divisions that's quicker
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    Lifeguard paste

    Anybody used this instead of powder colostrum. Looks a lot more convenient.
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    Farmer who moved parked car with telehandler - legal costs

    Most people will have heard of this incident and the fact the farmer (Robert Hooper) was cleared of all charges. He was however left with a substantial legal bill and many people have said they want to contribute something towards this. If you are interested can I refer you to the thread...
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    Grass vs cake

    Talking sheep here. It's been a largely accepted doctrine that grass is good and cake is bad. I've always thought this is over simplistic because the cost of grass should include rent field maintenance etc. However ignoring that, with fertilizer at £700 to £800 per ton the cost of producing...
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    Bull suckling cows

    I have a 2year old Limi bull that started suckling cows over the summer. He's bigger than them and stands there with his tail wagging like a little calf.🤭 I tried 2 different nose spike things from our local ag stores but he's a big boy and they're to small. Any ideas on what might stop him or...
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    Ford Ranger - age or mileage

    This is NOT a which pick-up thread. I have a 2014 Ranger 2.2 which I've had since 1 year old and have found to be very comfortable and capable. It has 68,000 miles on the clock. Thinking of changing it as it will soon be 8 years old, is starting to look a bit tatty and there is corrosion...
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    The positive thread

    Having flicked through the forum this morning I came away feeling quite negative. There is a lot of worry and uncertainty about and a lot of biased reporting by the supposedly neutral BBC. I have no quarrel with posters highlighting this information because it can't be ignored. However there...
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    Topping grassland

    Just after people's opinions. What would you top this with? Rotary topper Flail topper Disc mower I've done it before with a rotary topper but I think it leaves a rough finish so the grass doesn't recover as well . Also used a lot of shear bolts. Cut it all with disc mower first year we had it...
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    Lime for scald

    Talking to a neighbour and he said he was going to set a footbath up outside his handling pen, fill it with lime and let the sheep walk through it each time they are handled to stop scald. Like me he doesn't have a permanent handling system so its hard to set up a normal footbath. Anybody...
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    Sheep breeds why?

    Thinking about Neilo's post on another thread where he was describing his experience with Exlanas. Why do some people swear by some breeds and others swear at them. Is it different farms, systems, etc enough to explain it? For example I read a lot of positives about Lleyns and bought 50 from...
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    8 month winter?

    Came in from feeding cows etc and realised they are now into their 8th month inside having come in on the 15th October. I don't think they will be out much before June after yesterday's rain. Not so many years ago they would be out well into November and go back out early May. But in recent...
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    Bad presentations

    I'm not talking about feed company presentations when the main reason for going is the free buffet. The other morning we had 8 hoggs lamb of which only 1 was a normal presentation. The others were breach, legs back, heads back etc. We lost 2 lambs and 1 hogg. Is this just a run of bad luck or...
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    Rumen Fluke

    Sent a muck sample off to test for fluke and they there's no sign of liver fluke ,but there are rumen fluke eggs. Vet says this is not common and we've not had it before. Treatment apparently is Zanil. Just wondering if anyone else has experience of it and what they did
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