Dipped all my ewes and lambs this year and inlamb ewes, youngest lamb was a week old, oldest was 3 week old.. not a problem at all .. get Neil fell in though i wouldn’t go chucking them in a tub dipper
Some people get carried away for some unknown reason! Iv seen people shakerate, plough, shakerate, power Harrow twice, drill and then Cambridge roll.. and they get the same crop as the bloke next door that’s just ploughed, power harrowed and drilled and shut the gate
That’s the thing I’m weighing up what to do risk wise… Iv culled nearly 100 ewes for not rearing a lamb this year … not a situation I want too end up in again
It’s the first year doing it, restrictions on the amount I can lamb indoors has forced me to… although Iv linearly finished the outdoor batch and I’m seriously considering moving everything too outdoor in April now after my schmellanberg troubles in January …
We don’t know it’s crap grass do we it hasn’t even f**king grown yet🤦♂️? Shepherding isn’t free electric fencing is time consuming and expensive too buy .. I tend too value shepherding at 50p a head a week…
i tack 5-6000 sheep every year so I’m pretty sure I’m on a planet that has half an...
It’s a shame about the grazing window being so small.. 300 acres in 2 and half months will want 1000-1500 sheep which for somebody local would be justifiable but anybody of any sort of distance away wouldn’t be any the haulage bill for such a short time
Tough one that it’s a large area too get across in a short amount of time 😬 never know where too value summer tack really because it’s a bit less labour intensive than winter tack and they don’t fly across it the same because it grows under them… 80p for ewes 60p for lambs maybe? 🤷🏻♂️ ought too...
And don’t forget all these arable farmers and even some dairy farmers now that seem too think sheep are easy money and they want a piece of the pie now too 🙄🤦♂️
Do they shear okay since they’ve not lambed yet? They normally moan they’re too sticky when you shear early so I’d assume they’d be very sticky now? Or would the wool not of waxed up yet because they’ve not lambed yet?
I wouldn’t say it looks great… but the cattle look Iv very good health and clean which suggests that they get bedded down regular even if it’s not mucked out regular
Why are you lot routinely jabbing just because youv had a hand in? I thought we were trying to get away from routine AB? 🤔 I’ll only jab if I feel like Iv been a bit hard on her or she might of torn a bit
Depends what the reason for it going tits up was… place I used to work bought a batch of trailers pre Covid… paid for signed and sealed ect … then they turned up 12-18 months later after the Covid debacale… the prices had gone up considerably but they had too honour the original deal… if that...
I tell a lie… I put a bale spike through the roof the first year I put it up.. just took a photo for rob and spotted it again 😂 clear taped both sides of the rip and never been a problem since.. I’m in a very open place too, see attached photos
Soil floor and it’s like concrete I tried too...
Can’t help but laugh at you lot complaining about the weather😅😂 you wouldn’t know wet if it hit you in the face 😅 just another day in the office here 😎
Do they reallyyyyyyyyy “have to be out” .. nobody’s holding a gun to your head… there’s always an option youv just not thought hard enough about it yet
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