lambs

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said that its sheep post-mortem evening will focus on worm control. The sheep post-mortem event will take place from 6:00p.m-9:00p.m on Tuesday (April 30) at Sedgemoor Auction Centre...

Was at a farm yesterday and he’s having trouble with orf in his lambs so he’s bought 4 plastic kids sledges put some rock salt in them and put them out in the fields if he needs to move them he just hooks the sledge to the back of the quad and of he goes . I thought it a real good idea

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

Had a few ewes now found flat out but with head tucked right round almost under itself. Eyes looking round the way it's twisted round. Last ewe died after couple days despite treatment. Just found another the same. What could this be?

Ban non-stun slaughter Please sign and share the petition, I have finally got this through parliament, using new laws and ruling, so it's not like those in the past In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled. We...

Interesting To know what inventions people have turned their plastic drums into. we just have a sledge for moving a fresh calve but I bet theres more creative things to do with them

Having calved the first 20 cows to a new bull 3 have been the wrong way round. I cannot remember the last time we had one the wrong way round let alone 3. 2 have had to be out via ceaser as they were too large to jack out and I’ve just calved another the wrong way round tonight but the calf was...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) announced it is partnering with Interbev to deliver the “Let’s Change Lamb” campaign in Hauts-de-France. The campaign aims to upskill butchers and focus on smaller cuts to “drive demand” among...

We had put a batch of 56 ewe lambs to the ram end of October when they were scanned there was 12 empty so wasn’t concerned about that! But have 14 lambed now and went threw them the other day and 22 have no sign of being in lamb they seem to be the ones that we’re tipped first! They were all...

Greetings. I've decided to reach out and see if I can gather some ideas about any aspects of keeping 1,500 sheep you care to discuss. I'm in the Northeast US. I've had 120 +/- ewes for the last 5 years and now looking to expand to 1,500 for a solar park grazing contract. Winters are wet and...

I’ve been informed I’m having an RPA sheep inspection this week for the home holding, anything I need to know before i get my pants pulled down ? TIA H-C

Hello Posting here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience. Had quite a few ewes down/die with listeria from silage baled in the wet last summer. However the listeria manifested in a really odd way - it didn't seem to cause neurological symptoms. The ewes would go really thin, go...

Routinely dip everything in the Autumn, but somehow it's come in halfway through lambing. Been advised by Vets not to dip ewes and young lambs (~3 weeks) as the scent can lead to mis mothering, has anyone any experience with this? Always found Dectomax/Cydectin a complete waste of time, and...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland A greater proportion of ewe lambs are expected to be slaughtered rather than being kept for further breeding next season in the United Kingdom (UK). This is according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), which has updated its...

Desperately looking for a Dorset Down ram to put to our Soay's for this years breeding season. Seems like the most ideal fit to increase carcass size and growth rate, while not compromising on the ewes safety during lambing or some of the good qualities associated in the breed. Only issue being...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Springtime Sparklers Sale is set to return to Omagh, Co. Tyrone next week for what is a important date in the calendar of pedigree sheep breeders on the island. The sale will take place at Beatties Pedigree Centre, Omagh on Friday, April 26 at 7:00p.m...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland North Wales Police has appealed for information after a German Shepherd dog is believed to have attacked and killed a sheep in Flintshire. The German Shepherd dog was seen to be roaming the area of Gwespyr, Llanasa, from Thursday, April 11, until...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Wayne Smith, a sheep farmer has said that he has had to ask one of his neighbours to dig a pit “large enough” to fit over 3,000 sheep, as he can no longer provide for the animals. Smith, a director and manager for Caluka Farms, has taken to social media...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...