Planning to try 100 Welsh draft ewes this year as have taken on more grass.
was planning to lamb outside from mid April on a low input/labour system.
just can’t decide on what tups to run over them, wanting easy lambing and quick growing, not keeping any ewe lambs.
hoping someone has been...
Just bought a jd 545 string baler and can’t get it to engage the string, when you pull the rope you can hear the pump trying, wondering if it’s possible for a valve to get stuck? Any help greatly appreciated.
2 pedigree Simmental cows and one purebred. 9, 10 and 11 years old. Nice quiet cows, Been running with pedigree limousin bull, calved to the same Bull last year and the calves can be seen. ( now weaned) not yet pd’d but will be hopefully before sale, however 1 cow should be due to calve in March...
Just wondering people’s opinions on wether this would be viable or not. I have been approached by a local arable/suckler farm about keeping sheep on their ground in return for a share in my flock of 150 ewes. Instead I was going to put forward a proposal where by we each bought 100 ewes and...
Looking for a bull to hire to run with 12 cows. Preferably a Hereford or Angus. I'm in Norfolk, happy to collect and drop him back and pay the going rate. Thanks.
About 6 weeks ago my Texel tup got this lump just behind his eye, it was causing pressure behind his eye so I lanced it, flushed it out with iodine and gave pen strep for 5 days. It healed up nicely but there was still a small lump, in the last few days it has started to cause him uncomfort...
Getting a lot of pneumonia in dairy calves, they are fine for first day or two on the cow, but as soon as they go into the calf shed they come down with it. Obviously a vaccination isn't going to work that early so I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a vaccination that the dam could be...
Just testing the water, looking to buy 40-50 ewes from ruswarp on the 29th, That would need delivering to Norfolk. Any recommendations/estimates etc. Much appreciated.
Looking for an easy calving bull to hire for small suckler herd of 10 red polls and Simmental x’s
Prefer a native breed such as Hereford, shorthorn or Angus but anything considered. If anyone can help I’d be very grateful as been let down twice already. Thankyou
just wondered if anyone else was in the same boat, had an Apha rep round today and shut us down, recently bought some feed from midland feeds and turns out some of their feed has been found to contain blood and bone meal. In abit of a bind as had stores ready to go to market...
winter housing available for upto 50 head of cattle, straw and hayledge and all aspects of stockmanship carried out. Large, well ventilated clear span shed with separate bedding/scrape passage and handaling facilities. Available from now onwards. Located in Norfolk.
Call if interested...
Hi all, just after some advice.
I'm 23 and trying to start farming in my own right. I'm currently renting around 30 acres of grass that I have been using to make hay to sell to the horsey ladies. Trouble is there are so many people doing it around here im struggling to sell the stuff.
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