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I ve had lots of triplets and quads of my second crop mules.It goes against my intuation but would I be OK leaving them with the ewe?.Plan would be to give the ewes plenty of corn and get the lambs on to creep ASAP.

So I have been holding off starting this thread but as we are almost a month away now thought I would start it off. I did my first season last year and cannot wait to get back at it this year, been working on stengthing my back and core a lot through the off season. My main target this time is...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/british-farmers-want-basic-income-to-cope-with-post-brexit-struggles

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland The largest producer and distributor of fresh eggs in the United States has been forced to destroy 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets because of an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu). Cal-Maine Foods also confirmed that it has...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Dorset Police rural crime team has recovered two stolen blue texel lambs in rural Bridport. A vehicle suspected to have been used to carry out the theft of the texel lambs has been seized, and one male is “currently behind baaas”, the rural...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called for the flooding fund to “open as soon as possible” as farmers “need help right now”. After Storm Henk in early January, the UK government announced that farmers who had suffered...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The UK government has self-declared “zonal freedom” from highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). The UK does not currently have outbreaks of bird flu in poultry or other captive birds, and the current risk to poultry from bird flu in Great...

With the way things are and no improvement on the horizon ,how long will it be before a huge dealer shuts up shop.they mostly got very large expensive premises and massive stocks of parts and machines but they will be suffering the same as the smaller dealers.seems to be a weekly occurrence of...

Does bedding with straw rather than slats lower or raise the emissions calculations when the production, haulage and disposal of the extra organic material created is taken into account

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Findings from a recent survey have shown that some Australian lamb producers retained their lambs in anticipation of higher prices in 2024. This was revealed by the joint Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) sheep producer...

After some advice as a novice sheep owner and learning fast! I have been given 4 adult sheep - 2 x ewes 2 x whethers and also have 2 x 6 wk old lambs. I need such a small number of ear tags - all the DEFRA approved ear tag suppliers to print herd number but the minimum number is over 100 and...

Sent by my SiL down in deppest Herts. Read and boggle.... But got to be in the right location I suspect! ;)

Previously, the only lambs that were bottle fed were ewe lambs that we were retaining for breeding so I wasn't that worried about the cost of a bit of milk powder and probably kept them on it longer than necessary. This year however I'm keeping any excess lambs (triplets, etc), inc tip lambs...

Hiya Im a Film Location Manager. We are looking for a farm with a lovely house / manor, with a large flock of sheep and hopefully some other livestock, cattle, horses, goats ( but not essential ) set in lovely countryside, with barns, stables, argicultural machinery, and they also ask for...

Having to keep a few too many ewes and lambs about at present, but plenty of fodder still and enough shelter, at present. On Haylage or good Hay with ad-lib molasses and ewe nuts. Not ideal, as Dr Green is aim ASAP, but how many grams for a 60kg ewe and 2-3 lambs? 2-300g/lamb/day?

How does registering my pet duck protect the national flock? https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/defra-announces-changes-to-the-gb-poultry-register/

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/scotland-new-calving-interval-of-410-days-added-to-ssbss.407024/ Current Scottish calving index figures

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The RamCompare project is calling on all pedigree sire breeders to take part and nominate their rams to join the 2024 breeding season. Now in its ninth year, the national progeny test, joint funded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board...

Job Opportunity: Regen Stock Person and Land Stewardship Assistant Ampney Brook Farm, Cirencester We are looking for an energetic and dynamic team player with a passion for regenerative farming, soil health and biodiversity to assist with day-to-day farm jobs. This is hands-on role across our...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Texel Sheep Society is set to introduce routine genomic evaluations for its texelplus genetic improvement service. Society chief executive John Yates said the society has, throughout its history, embraced new technologies to support breeders and...