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  1. sheepman1

    In lamb ewes on turnips

    How many acres roughly to how many sheep for those 8-9 weeks? Thanks
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    Heptavac P

    Plenty of it over here
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    Will dry straw mold if wrapped in a damp prof sheet or strong plastic bag and heat sealed( the bag) ?

    There was an episode of grand designs that someone used small square bales of straw for the outside walls of their house and then covered them in a lime render which meant it was able to breathe
  4. sheepman1

    Clearing feilds of sheep

    Fields needed for lambing are cleared at the same time as the ram going in here. Or shortly after!
  5. sheepman1

    Stock fence suppliers

    What size clipex is that?
  6. sheepman1

    Oats straw

    do u know what it is like compared to spring barley straw?
  7. sheepman1

    B12 blood tests

    What’s ccn? thanks
  8. sheepman1

    Mobile sheep handling systems

    I have 40 5’ Rappa gates of which ten are 39”. I would sell or swop my 10 39” gates with someone if they wanted
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    Mobile sheep handling systems

    doesn’t always work like that. Especially if setting up race. Gates need moved to the end of the race then expanded. Also all fields aren’t level or near level. Can’t pull 15-20 of those up hill easily.
  10. sheepman1

    3 in 1 feeders

    Few questions: Is there any reason you’re using barley and not say oats or wheat? What percent mix of barley to soya? How much are u feeding ewes at the minute and how far are u off lambing? Thanks
  11. sheepman1

    A very dangerous man.

    SALT ??
  12. sheepman1

    Silage bales or pit silage

    Realistically 20 or 30 years away from an alternative
  13. sheepman1

    KRM M2W

    What year? What price? Is there weigh cells on it? Thanks
  14. sheepman1

    Turnips!!

    Have patients, this time next week they will be fighting each other to eat them. First year of turnips here last year and the first week sheep stripped the borders of the field to the soil and also stripped the whin/gorse bushs before the started to eat well at them. The twins an triplet scanned...
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

  16. sheepman1

    Turnips

    Last year I thought I had an average enough crop of swedes and found that 4 acres kept 125 ewes for 12 weeks!! (First year growing them)
  17. sheepman1

    Fodder beet newbie

    Thanks, useful information to know as I also plan to graze insitu. Could you talk me through what sort of ground prep you do as well as sprays before and during, plus if you precision drilled It or not
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    Fodder beet newbie

  19. sheepman1

    Fodder beet newbie

    Thinking of growing beet here this year for the first after two years of brassicas was wondering what varieties of beet you have used an what you thought?
  20. sheepman1

    What can I grow to round bales that rats won't eat

    Have u stopped using it now?
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