Normally me and dad lamb 1250 Mules then another 300 Welsh that starting now, done it in my own this year as dad has been ill bloody exhausted, weather didn’t help much could of done with this dry weather a fortnight ago.
Email the head of planning telling them them what you are doing, concreting under a grant and need written confirmation that it doesn’t need planning as you understand it. Took about about a month for them to respond, had tried ringing planning department before that and asked if needed planning...
No cctv unfortunately, it’s a shed away from the main farm, dog isn’t nasty at all just in with ewes made them skitty as it would. Shouldn’t have taken the dog back first in hindsight. Went over just to explain the trouble it had caused and time I had to waste putting it all right, wasn’t...
Had neighbours dog, little terrier get in the lambing shed (new neighbours last year) was in with the yearlings last night when I checked took the dog back and went to assess damage, ewe lambing backwards lamb both it’s back legs broken and another two freshly lambed don’t want lambs, ewes...
Sadly I don’t think lamb will be short from mid June on and store fat lambs will be priced the same as the last few years with this being an exception. Breeding ewes will be slightly dearer early on but the same as normal later on the season, is my prediction with most wishing they had cashed...
If it’s just one bag now and then take it out the top with a bucket take you 5 minutes at most, take you longer than that messing around trying to find another solution. You’ve got the 300kg in a bag then that you can use next time. Won’t split when you lift it coz you’ve cut a hole in it...
Least enjoyable 48 hrs lambing since the beast from the east here.
Bloody weather is relentless the price we are getting for the lambs at the moment should be the norm for the crap we have to deal with
Not selling fat cattle ourselves, how clean do the reactors have to be? hauliers said make sure they are clean, compensation reduced to 50% if are deemed too dirty at slaughter. Anyone had an issue with this, the compensation isn’t particularly great for the young bulls as it is
Anyone else being forecast heavy snow next Wednesday, nearly 2 foot forecast for us in south Shropshire with very cold weather after as well hope they are wrong but yr, xc, bbc all predicting the same. @METJEFFUK @Simon Keeling any input?
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