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Anyone on here using same handling pens for cattle and sheep? Maybe using the same pens but with separate races? Desperately need to update ours but could get costly having to build 2 separate handling areas. Any photos very welcome!

Just asking for advice and opinions on where I stand with an issue we have on a heifer. Bought a pedigree heifer privately back in spring 20 for a good sum, turned out with bull along with 8 other heifers, some bought in some homebred. All in calf except this one which was the most expensive...

Has anyone used m10/12 rivet nuts for fitting feed barriers to posts? I have 120mm box posts and save drilling through both sides and using a long bolt I could use a rivet nut? I’d make sure the brackets on the cattle side of the post so they’re pushing against the post if you get me. TIA

https://in.reuters.com/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-idINKBN25T3EH Just awful :(

Not sure if it’s been covered here before. I have a 75ftx50ft shed built in the 80’s to house sheep. it’s too low at 8-9ft to the eaves and thinking of extending the stanchions up to 13-14ft to the eaves and converting it to hold cattle. Can this be done without having to strip the whole shed...

Hi, Grown 10ac of kale for first time to keep dry sucklers out until jan/feb. Just want some advice on management of crop and cows. They will be fed kale and haylage, will they need supplemented with iodine and copper? Handling facilities there not good enough to bolus them. Been reading ahdb...

Hi all, probably this topic has been covered before but hey ho! Currently toying on the idea of establishing a dairy herd on the farm. Getting rid of our 70 sucklers and offspring because they are making zero pennies and cutting sheep down from 850 to around 400. I’ve had a consultant on farm to...

My best bitch got run over by the shearing trailer 2 weeks ago, contractor driving. She's notorious for going under vehicle's once her work is done. Anyway she broke her pelvis and severe tissue damage and i felt she deserved more than being put down. I got her home today from the vet clinic, 3...

Thought i'd give here a try for some help. Have one of these and trying to remove disks as they're slightly wobbly (no fault of mine :whistle:) can't find a way unless i start taking gearing to pieces under the disks. Btw its not the same design as L2. Also do the disks have to be perfectly in...

Hi, got a 12yr old lim cow with 3week old calf, now refusing the calf to suckle as her teats ar very sore, cracks and blueish in colour. She's in shed now, whats best? massage with udder cream without breaking my arms? Thanks

Does anyone on here use a mobile sheep handling trailer made by livestock equipment (original design by poldenvale). If so, what do you think of it? Spoke to tony binns this morning, seems a nice bloke and quoted me 4k for trailer and 6 9ft hurdles. Thanks

Hi all! Just out of interest, how many of you farmers out there carry out all the book keeping such as claiming VAT and business account analysis etc, or do you get someone in to do it? Many thanks