Search results

  1. ladycrofter

    Scotland bans wood stoves😱

    Just wondering how many of my fellow teuchters know about this? Wood is our only source of heat and hot water. Any renovations would include same. Plus oil. A heat pump wouldn't keep the bathroom warm, much less the whole house. I used to live near Memphis; they tried them there and it didn't...
  2. ladycrofter

    Rumen Fluke

    Rumen fluke here, and if it's here in the Highlands, it's everywhere 😱. We suspected a missing link, with losing a few healthy lambs last summer. Just suddenly going downhill for no reason, looking flukey but shouldn't be, and in spite of a very effective health plan. After reading the comments...
  3. ladycrofter

    Key fob trackers

    Any comments about Chipolo key fob trackers? Seem to be the only one that doesn't require a subscription to use the app. We recently lost one of the pickup keys, it is definitely gone for good 😭. Mitsubishi want £300 for a new one 🤣 Or second question, has anyone bought a programmable blank...
  4. ladycrofter

    FAS Webinar 👍 Sustainable Sheep Systems: Footrot and Flystrike Resistance

    Watched this last night, it was excellent. Mark Ferguson of Nextgen New Zealand. They have scoring systems and years of research, plus mountains of data on the many factors causing bad feet and strike in Merinos. Big takeaways: 1) both are highly heritable and can fairly easily be bred out of...
  5. ladycrofter

    Ending the copper network

    So the plan is to use our routers for calls . . . which of course said router requires electricity to function. Discussing it re: power outages this afternoon with a friend. Felt the need to let my paid representative know what I think: Hello Kate, Discussing this with a friend. So...
  6. ladycrofter

    Scotland new national.park

    We found out by accident that there was a community meeting recently regarding a proposed new national park in our area. I have since found links on Facebook to comment on it, again for our area. There appear to be proposals put forward all over the country and information is not easy to come...
  7. ladycrofter

    SNP thieving from farmers again

    Another ring-fenced £46 million gone from the farming budget, on top of last year's £33 million theft. Unless I'm missing something. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/humza-yousaf-face-angry-farmers-32011628
  8. ladycrofter

    Interesting AI evolution

    I was listening to a technical chat show while driving yesterday and heard the most astounding thing. We all know that the human brain is quite happy to fill in the gaps in memories with plausible information which isn't necessarily true, and then convince us that it is. People who interrogate...
  9. ladycrofter

    Fake audio of Sadiq Khan is not a crime, says Met

    So that's ok then. Identity theft. WTF.
  10. ladycrofter

    Finally standing up for women

    Who thought the deep south in the USA would lead the way, but there you are. Many of us on this forum have stood by and watched the rights and respect we fought so hard for all of these years be slowly eroded and then trashed by our own government. I am no more militant than the next woman but I...
  11. ladycrofter

    Cydectin2% LA in ear base why?

    I've tried and can't find the explanation for this injection location. The Cydectin website actually says not to put it anywhere else!?! Seems very weird. Can someone explain please.
  12. ladycrofter

    Need a Prescription tracker thread

    As said. Just paid £63 for 50ml loxicom 😡
  13. ladycrofter

    Scottish vet subsidy thing

    Couldn't find a thread on it and just wondered what people's experience of it is? £250 twice a year for investigation, diagnostic, and follow-up. From a prescribed list which doesn't include testing mineral levels!!! 😤 If we had, say, FEC test on lambs and it came back low, therefore no follow...
  14. ladycrofter

    Asulam no more in Scotland and Wales

    BBC this morning: Farmers denied emergency use of banned chemical for bracken control From a related article: "Asulam - sold under the brand name Asulox - is a herbicide which was banned by the EU in 2011 because of concerns it could be an endocrine disruptor which can interfere with the...
  15. ladycrofter

    Simcro 30ml gun barrel - how to remove?

    Does anyone have one of these? Cannot unscrew this barrel, is there a different way to remove it?
  16. ladycrofter

    Dog arthritis

    What are others finding useful? Ours won't touch the YuMove treats and I have to say they do stink. To their credit, the company sent a refund and tablets to try. Nope again, I have to crush them in the food. Just took the not-so-old fella to the vet for his first Cartrophen injection. Three...
  17. ladycrofter

    Honey Bees

    Not sure if we have a Bee thread, please move if so. We sell a bit of honey every year so I suppose it counts as livestock! My latest strategy to get more honey is to stop the bloody martins from perching in literally droves on the telegraph wires, sailing about and chowing through my bees as...
  18. ladycrofter

    Vodka . . . discuss

    Just paid near £35 for a litre of iodine. Seems to me cheap vodka would be half the price and do the same job. 🤔🍸
  19. ladycrofter

    2018 LFASS Now??

    Can anyone tell me why the Ag have sent us payment statements for 2018, 2019, and today - 2020 LFASS? Last week we got terrible shock with 2 letters telling us we owed a considerable amount in penalties for " overclaiming". Although we obviously only claim what's on THEIR maps. Phoned about...
  20. ladycrofter

    Measuring app

    Does anyone use an android app for measuring femce length, field size etc? Thanks
Top