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Good afternoon, Currently planning which winter forage crops are being planted and into which fields, majority will be turnip/rape mix. However I have a small plot (64ha) which is following spring barley, if the weather is great it will be off end of August, but it’s looking more like will be...

Apart from the obvious, just being very large, triplets etc Anything anyone has noticed that may contribute towards a ewe becoming more prone to having an internal rupture? I had one last year, but this year I have had four, all in very large ewes, carrying triplets and one with a twin. Set...

Hi! For those who have previously crossed a different maternal tup onto their Romney ewes for whatever reason (Lleyn, aberfield, anything not terminal etc) The resulting large bellied, woolly, high value ( :LOL: ) little lambs.. hang around all winter types? Finish in good time but smaller...

Not for myself, but for someone not far from me Head shepherd required, plenty of assistance available around the farm so help is always there when big or busy tasks going on. 1,500 breeding ewes up to 20,000 store lambs during the winter Really lovely family, comes with house, quad etc MUST...

As above looking to build a shed of approx (can change with suggestions) 100 x 80ft to house calves from 0-6 months of age. I have a design in mind inspired from working on different cattle units, just need someone to sit down with or chat with to put it into a real life design, location in...

How do you do it? I'm female, small built and I work entirely on my own The sheep work I mainly rely on strong dogs, catching and holding down rather than bringing to me to grab etc, I have up to date equipment and even a winch system on my truck to lift heavy things (dead ewe etc) into the...

Unfortunately it looks like I don’t have any other option. All the remaining grass which a group of ewes (190) were meant to go onto from this week up until just before lambing is still completely under water :cry: it’s flowing fast and although there’s the odd day when it’s gone down a bit it...

Looking for an easycare shearling or older ram, Must be fine headed and clean shedding, prefer smaller rather than larger, to go over welsh draft ewes this year North Wiltshire, closer to home the better but can travel Cheers

I’m going to be tup shopping this summer However I don’t fancy buying all of the same breed, I want to do a comparison and pick what I like best that way. Just purely for interested/entertainment/I like doing trials. Also I like to try new breeds/breeders Outdoor lambing from beginning of...

Hello ladies and gentlemen, So previous to now, I was involved in whole flock management on estates. All staff hire/on the ground work/management/breeding stock and grazing plans etc were done included in the monthly fee. I have the figures and plans still within my emails, however one was...

Can anyone help with finding out a bit of info I’m looking for all the average prices at the Easycare sales last year, but any reports I find are all just top prices in each group rather than average across the board Or if it’s gone off line by now does anyone have it written down? All of my...

If you were to start a large commercial fat lamb producing flock from scratch (1,500+) but had to chose a native tup to sire the fat lambs ( I am not going to go into reason why, so don’t ask ;) ) what would you chose and why? Obviously first which came to mind was the Suffolk, however I am not...

If you were to put up new kennels, what space in the runs would you choose for the dogs? Not talking about nz kennels (nothing against) but typical kennel with bar panels Looking at either a block of two kennels with runs 10ft x 10ft and then the younger 2 dogs could share a run with older...

out of interest... In the UK on beef finishing units/rearing from calf to finish, so calves/youngstock/mature beef What would be the normal for amount of stock per person? And normal working hours?

Flock ages, from 2-4 years old All lambed outside, bred for good feet, birth cover, ease of lambing and the ability to finish off poor quality grazing. These ewes have been run as a stud flock in order to produce rams, rams sold all over and have been used extensively on all kinds of outdoor...

I have a very Very keen young collie here He was started when 9 months old by Paul Tomkins, very eager and picked up on working very quickly. He was coming on at hand very well, with sides and a stop. Steady and starting to have a small outrun However he was very young and needed a bit of time...

Looking for a good home for an older dog (9 years old) Big strong rough coated dog, black and white with a half white face. Was a good trialling dog in his younger days, videos of him on youtube (will attach link). Very affectionate and likes attention, but does not crave it. He worked still...

Has anyone ever heard of grazing oil radish? Been offered a cover crop of the above to graze. Would sheep eat it? Nutritional value? Would it be a crop more for wintering ewes or would lambs fatten on it? Cheers

I've got a few hundred mule brokers to sell, any idea on their value? I buy a few brokers but never mules so not sure!

Have just taken a few vials of bloods from a lamb, will these last in the fridge until testing on Monday?