I have quite a few youngsters help me at various times of year. Vet students, 15 year old work experience kids, ag college students, the odd NEET from the county council.
Most are ok, some are very good, some are muppets. However the thread that runs between nearly all the youngsters that are...
Bit hazy about how it was left at the end of the series, but I remember wondering how it was going to add up buying the farm as well as starting the dairy and building the processing unit.
But wow, that's a slick bit of work :(...
Mental tiredness firstly, and that affects physical ......how to deal with it?
little darkend room all on your own shut off from everything , ?
How do you do it....
Thinking of using feed blocks to feed ewes with lambs on turn out usually feed concentrates for month after lambing but land is so wet has anyone done this will ewes still milk ok they will be on good grass.
Hi all,
My name is Robyn and I am a 29YO aspiring vet student, looking to find work experience between now and October 1st to bolster my application for Veterinary school. I am happy to travel, I am currently based in Bristol, but have a base in Surrey as well. I am not afraid of hard work or...
Anyone seeing more joint ill than normal? I always get a hand full but treating about a dozen at the moment.
Lamb outside and these are approx 10 to 15 days old.
Weather been crap like everywhere so prob the cause.
Treating with a big hit of Trimox LA and metacam.
Up early, long drive yesterday so half-way I swung in to a midlands services treat myself to a takeaway coffee.
As I picked up my major chain standard-size latte, I raised an eyebrow as the smiling attendant greeted me with "Anything else? Okay, that'll be just £4.40, please".
Surprised, I...
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How do I go about tagging my untagged sheep, over the last three years I have acquired 10 sheep from a lady who has never tagged her sheep. I didn't know at the time about tagging sheep, now I do know and realise there is no way I can go back and do it then proper way as this woman doesn't have...
So I’m needing to get a rough value of all my stock for the bank. Only things I’m struggling with as I’ve never sold or bought at that age is the price of my cows and heifers with calves at foot?
they are all blue x dairy cows and heifers with good shapey 2 month old lim calves on them. What...
Hi all, looking for some advice please.
Having some difficulty with twin lamb, had 5 cases in 48 hours in freshly housed ewes.
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Problem specifically in twins. No issues in trips or singles. Twins were on good quality stubble turnips until last Weekend (2 weeks out from lambing)...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Sheep Association (NSA) will host a practical webinar on sheep worrying during its Sheep Worrying by Dogs Awareness Week at the end of the month.
The webinar will take place via zoom on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 7:30p.m.
NSA...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
West Mercia Police is appealing for information after sheep were killed on two different farms in Claverley, Shropshire.
The first attack occurred on Friday (March 8) and the second happened on Sunday (March 10).
Insp Lee Medlam said there will...
Have 2 ewes a week or some off lambing in a batch of 50 that have started star gazing
The texel x has gone down and can’t stand and . The Welsh mountains can. Both have sporadic wake up moments .
I have been treating for the last 24hrs for
- CCN - vit b1 & B12 . Never seen CCN before.
-...
Love the concept. Lightweight, modest powered LGP "truck"
https://orangeimports.co.uk/collections/hot-products/products/i-go-atv-farm-utility-quad-vehicle-200cc-tipper-truck-tractor-equestrian
I want to finish my Jacob lambs this year (for the first time) I usually sell them as stores. I know jacobs are smaller ect but there meat is nice. What age/weight would you recommend sending them? We have finished lambing now so all lambs are February/March born. I can finish them indoors or...
Having a fair few what I can only describe as tough birth sacks. The lambs are spritely and full term, but have lost several due to the bag not breaking. Have been there when some have been born and seen them thrash about trying to unsuccessfully break the bag and I’ve been able to get to those...
Due to being so wet we housed all fat lambs and there now all gone off cake probably got about 15 acres of very big roots for ewes left. They are due in a month and I've got lifeline buckets out for them, is there anything I need to be watching grazing this? I could vit drench them tomorrow...
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