lambs

Just been to ring a lamb that was passed over first time as his testicles were tiny and tight to his body. He's around a three weeks old now, so assuming his balls would now be in the sack, I caught him to find they are no better than the first time, still tight to his body, and way to tight to...

OK, probably qualifies for dumb post of the day…. We share a water supply with a neighbour - our small farm was part of a much larger farm, when it was sold we bought the farmhouse and some land and neighbour bought the other land. Water supply is a borehole near to the farmhouse which pumps...

Having watched this programne and the 70% markup the investors want,how would you pitch for funding for a farm business.I can hear them laughing now.What a sad world when food is such an important commodity.So come on let’s hear your pitch.

Anyone done it? Grazing as in rotational

Will it ever dry up? No, goodbye😩🤷🌧️🌧️

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Three lambs and a pregnant ewe have died following a suspected dog attack in Callander, Stirling. The three lambs were found dead on the farm, and the pregnant ewe had to be euthanised having collapsed from suspected exhaustion. The incident...

I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case … Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Hogget pieces for sale in a butcher’s shop at £24/kg is not fantasy. In fact, it’s exactly what shoppers in Bristol are prepared to pay for the product. This week has seen celebrity chef Andi Oliver featuring the culinary delights of Bristol...

Possibly looking at tendering for 50ish acres grass keep. Mid April to 31st October. Will cut all once for hay/silage (and can only cut once) for our late lactation and dry cows over winter. After that thinking of running either store lambs or stirks, will probably be sold once agreement expires...

At a meeting last night discussing rural issues. Part of the meeting we discussed the farming scene and how tough it is ..... 2 of those present suddenly spoke out at what they had seen in various 'farming' type mags and market reports' about livestock making record prices in markets etc etc ...

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

Got a red tractor inspection next week ( on lambing so no spare time ) what are the new hot things to do Help appreciated

After a shitty day, sassy has decided to cheer me up Beuatiful heifer by kings-ransom dynasty ! up and drank 4 litres of colostrum from the bottle within 30 minutes of arrival Potential 16th generation straight excellent Fingers crossed i can get sassy up to ex this time to complete 15 gens...

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...

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...

Hello, I have some Torwens (hill breed) lambing outside on a hill farm early April. I'm keen to run the whole group as a mob. I was wondering how long you can run uncastrated rams with ewes and ewe lambs before there is an issue(sexual maturity)? Given their a hill breed I was thinking...

Hello, I have some Torwens (hill breed) lambing outside on a hill farm early April. I'm keen to run the whole group as a mob. I was wondering how long you can run uncastrated rams with ewes and ewe lambs before there is an issue(sexual maturity)? Given their a hill breed I was thinking...

Has anyone bred these, or bred from them? I’ve been wondering for a few years what like they’d be as a commercial ewe, a shetland mule if you like. I’ve seen examples of this breeding go through the live ring but I’ve not seen them used for breeding or in the cull ring post breeding. I know...