Hello all,
After a poor trade with the mule gimmer lambs half the swaledales have gone to texel. Now I have decided this year I want to start keeping my own gimmer lambs plus the draft ewes to build my numbers up. The ground the swales graze isn't good enough to run mule ewes on so I was...
Can anyone explain to me why the EID number of the tag is different to the one printed on the tag?
Seems mindless bureaucracy to me. I've now got cattle here with 3x numbers. EID number, printed tag number and management number.
Surely it's not beyond the wit of man to make the EID and...
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Sounds pretty convincing to me. How do you counter that I wonder? Is it even worth trying?
Idea being...
They're lighter than other breeds so will be less of a poaching risk, very important if I go organic.
I can out winter them reasonably easily.
They have the same livestock unit value as heavier breeds so good for schemes.
The plan is to direct market the meat.
Cons...
Can't bring...
I have an Angus bullock here about 15 month old that has went crackers . Fine out in the field will be about first to quad bike looking for a bite of feed but in a confined place a nutter. We had him in with a batch to get ready for going into a store sale but he managed to clear two high...
This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...
BPS means cross compliance restrictions on the way I farm which gives government some control and influence over farming activities without having to legislate and pay for enforcement through the courts.
What if anything replaces the controls Govenment have in place enforced by the threat of...
Basic question,what type/make of White coloured marker do you use for marking oil filters( change hrs) and for marking metal (rusty and new) when doing fabrication work. Thankyou
I apologise as it's off topic. But I'm looking to get some key rings for ourselves made up. Logo or name on one side and then blank on the other for us to write names etc on corresponding to jobs, buildings, gates etc. Or to just hand out to customers and pr. Just help identify keys better and...
In an Outdoor lambing flock ,
What do you cull for?
Thinking getting bit tighter on reason to cull the following so far,
Bad feet ,anything other then scald.
Fly strike
Small pelvis
Anything doesnt rear a lamb
Anything that doesn’t get in lamb
Prolapse🙄
unsure if following to cull for below...
As title suggests a birth was missed on bcms last week, and we have had five more born since then - all been tagged. Is there a way to register the calf born last week rather than today, essentially giving it the correct ear tag number and moving the other 5 calves down one?
Anger as estates offer shooting trips to kill wild goats in Scotland
From the Herald today 🙄 very poor on all accounts. Is this what relly think of sheep?
'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead:
Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...
Good morning, I am trying to negotiate a wage rise which will be only my third pay increase in the last 17 years 🙄 and wondered what I should be heading for?
I am the sole tractor driver, sprayer operator, combine driver and farm mechanic on a 600 acre cereal farm.
The only help I get is when...
Survey confirms producers link between BVD control, improved calf health and reduced antibiotic use
The 2019 National BVD survey was the fourth time that this annual survey has been run, and this year it attracted a record 1,243 respondents. Organiser of the survey, Boehringer Ingelheims Matt...
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