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Anyone had any success in growing a wintering crop that had a decent (say 30-40%) surplus with the aim of finishing some lambs on it? Ideally I’d have my lambs off the grass by September to allow enough for ewes to go around on until January. Instead of selling the lambs as stores I may as well...

After purchasing sheep and becoming a first generation farmer I checked the tups today to find my 'marquee signing' has epididymitis as far as I can tell. Hasn't even seen a ewe yet! Didn't help my mood when another tup decided to flatten one fence and clear another and mix with the ewes 3...

looking to acquire up to 250 ewes

hi all, I'm sure this topic has been covered before but hoping to get some more specific answers. Just bought a small ring block of land to get going on (68 acres) which is in a terrible state. I've split it into thirds with some permanent fencing and need to get water set up with a view of...

Has anybody got any recommendations for trousers? I've been wearing jeans for years but after splitting three pairs in under 2 weeks (none of which were old) I am reevaluating. And yes, I could lay off the pies!

Today I was looking over the fence at the neighbours single wire and 12 ft gap between stakes and thought about how much effort sheep netting is to put up and maintain and how I hate seeing the dead matt of grass that grows over the wire. Anyone successfully on a full electric system? Any pics...

now that lambing is over I'm looking to take on more shepherding work going forward over the next year. Have dogs, quad and soon my own mobile handling system. Cheers, Ted