Fancy tackling changing the ball joints bushes on the suspension on my John deere gator.
Can do brakes small service already just want to take the next step.
Any fancy tools I will need?
What's the risks?
I have had twenty ewes abort so far and today's pair have a bit of milk so I'm guessing going to be at least another twenty abort before lambing starts so pet lambs to adopt on seems to be the option
Vets currently inspecting lambs.
Have finally got a placenta to drop off( put ewe in pen till she did. Wish I used my brain earlier to do this)
Seen nearly 2% of the flock abort now and still 5 weeks off due date.
Enzo and toxo vaccinated
Not nice shepherding atm
Wearing rubber gloves and...
Could this be a management issue.
We run 30-35 tups of various breeds.
Tips rarely go past 4 year old without throwing there over the front of the pad and ending up getting culled.
It's expensive and all sorts of tups are guilty for it.
Ewes are bad enough but alot better than tups.
Pulling...
Hate the bloody stuff.
2nd dog to rip itself open on it.
Never purposefully ask a dog to jump a fence anymore.. but seems to happen.
Any way to train a dog to stop jumping.
Thinking once they no how they will if they feel they have too.
Want to swap all barb for electric but I am under...
Sorted lean ewes off fortnight ago.
Put in shed on ad lib silage reasonably sure there eating a kilo of dry matter a day when worked out it's nice dry palletable stuff but annaylis is poor 9.6 me high protein due to nitrogen 17%.
Feeding 16%protein cake over two feeds 0.9 kilo.
Feel as if...
To unroll couple of bales of silage a day for 4 months of the year. through a bale unroller
Was thinking a Mf 2 or 5 series because it's all I have experience of even though they seemed dear when a new tafe is 13000
Any make would suit
Worked out I have enough grass to ration the ewes till beginning of March.
Plentiful silage supplies if moderate 9me
thinking of buying a bale unroller and putting ewes onto a ration of enough grass for 3 days then give them 2.0 kilo of dry matter silage on floor for the 4th day.
Or feed...
Massive saveing to be made using geared reels.
Starting from scratch so rappa fencing machine plus enigizer reels and posts
2500
Against Gallagher geared reels at
1100.
When I was in nz years ago everyone I saw used geared reels but everyone raves about fencing machine on here.
3strand...
17%protein only 9me
for sheep
annaylisis similer to most years
6-8 weeks sheep off till cut.
How's best to improve me?
sheep have grass hard grazed pre shut off.
Will sugar beet pulp blown into a tower be a good option for winter feed supplement? Is it possible to change onto 18%...
I have always had ewes indoors for winter on bale silage and ewe cobbs.
Had ewes wintersd at another shed on pit silage fed through a feed wagon aggainst a barrier fresh everyday.
These ewes required no cobbs.
We make both silage me protein similar.
Considering a bale unroller to allow ewes...
Need to diverter some water of my hardcore lane adjoining the road.
Alot of water can run down the road and diverts down my lane to house.
I have been digging a channel with spade to divert the water but it occasionally fills with chippings of the road.
Thinking of digging a h gurder in but...
Have a 3-4 young ewes that are bags of bones and will have little value in the Mart
so was thinking of feeding them to the dogs.
Might find out why there not putting on condition.
Fluke. Jonnes. Mv. Send the liver of for mineral check anything else?
Had a young ewe bright enough in herself but seeed dazed would walk into thing only walk one direction get stuck on her side.
Thought I would have to shoot her
but gave her a big multi vit dose and she has changed dramatically over the last two days.
Blood tests and forage tests have shown...
Just about gone through a tonne now.
Lambs are 5-10 weeks old.
Can I get away with ordering just orf buckets to see through to weaning or get the cocci buckets.
Will need another tonne I think
At what age in lambs do trace element difficients effect lambs.
If the ewe is covered by bolus.
My vet says a month pre weaning as then the lamb is getting less milk and relying more on grass which will be short in trace elements. and milk as the my vet says won't be.
Always given a trace...
I don't do a lot couple of thousand.
Want to make it easier and try keep ahead of my mate who generally has the legs on me after 6hours.
Best way to exercise the back and for stamina?
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