advice on buying sheep and steps to look after them

[orchards4u]

i plan to buy sheep , however quite new to farming so need advice on where i can get ahold of good sheep for a good price and the steps needed to take care of them

 

[BRB John]

1. Sheep proof your land
2. Buy sheep and a tup if you want baby sheep at a ratio of 1:50 from local pedigree/commercial breeder or at an auction
3. Arrange for delivery of newly acquired sheep
4. Sit back and watch them escape from what you thought was a secure paddock.
5. Spend the night chasing them in every direction but the direction of the gate
6. Give up, assure yourself they're better off in nature...

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I can sum it up in one word ' Don't.'

 

[Agriimark]

1. dont buy sheep
2. if you do then expect 90% to try commit suicide daily
3. have eyes in the back of your head because as you get one off its back another will try hanging itself.
4. paracites and infections are their best friends
5. all of what @BRB John said

 

[Tamar]

Your location might help answer the questions !!


My advice is don't do it. They are the most frustrating animals ever, but if you do decide to buy some, then I do hope your mental wellbeing is strong !!

Also remember some sheep breeds are classed as rare breeds..............that is for a reason and most should be extinct.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Just as an aside .... going buy your avatar you have orchards ...sheep will ruin them and chew all the bark off the trees .

 

[Welderloon]

@Anymulewilldo
@Nithsdale Farmer
@Electricfencer
@unlacedgecko

 

[unlacedgecko]

i plan to buy sheep , however quite new to farming so need advice on where i can get ahold of good sheep for a good price and the steps needed to take care of them

Where are you?

 

[Welderloon]

@spin cycle
@copse
@livestock 1
@Bwcho

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Be careful, it gets addictive

 

[Wood field]

Nothing wrong with sheep , I’ve got hundreds

 

[Nithsdale]

Before you do anything...
Ask yourself - and answer honestly;


What do you want them to do for you?
What do you expect them to be able to do for you?

Do you want run of mill 'commercial' sheep where breed isn't really that important... or do you have a notion for a handful pure or pretty sheep to look at?






Once an idea what you want to have, then begin we can, young Skywalker

 

[spin cycle]

i plan to buy sheep , however quite new to farming so need advice on where i can get ahold of good sheep for a good price and the steps needed to take care of them

reckon Shropshire sheep may be best as they don't eat trees supposedly....have a Google...popular in French orchards I believe.....otherwise 'norfolk hurdlers' cos they won't be in your orchard long enough to do any damage

@Anymulewilldo
@Nithsdale Farmer
@Electricfencer
@unlacedgecko

@spin cycle
@copse
@livestock 1
@Bwcho

does this mean I've made it into the forum's 'top eight' sheep experts....in your face @neilo

 

[Welderloon]

ffs
@neilo
@Ysgythan
@Aspiring Peasants

 

[Nithsdale]

reckon Shropshire sheep may be best as they don't eat trees supposedly....have a Google...popular in French orchards I believe.....otherwise 'norfolk hurdlers' cos they won't be in your orchard long enough to do any damage





does this mean I've made it into the forum's 'top eight' sheep experts....in your face @neilo

Steady on pal - you're division 2.

The first post of tags is the Premier League





So take you're floral hammer, and make a new handpiece... as they say

 

[Estate fencing.]

Steady on pal - you're division 2.

The first post of tags is the Premier League





So take you're floral hammer, and make a new handpiece... as they say

If us 4 are the premier league of sheep keepers the industry is really f**ked.

 

[Nithsdale]

If us 4 are the premier league of sheep keepers the industry is really f**ked.

It's definitely the group of death

 

[Bury the Trash]

Steady on pal - you're division 2.

The first post of tags is the Premier League





So take you're floral hammer, and make a new handpiece... as they say

he wouldve got tagged in the 2nd post by me if the op had been
"advice on buying Sheep Shearing Handpieces and steps to looking after them "

shearing hand piece knowledge for dummies

SO....my shearer reckons the hand piece on my horner 12v machine is playing up......was getting hot....but then she reckoned it couldn't get through the wool :scratchhead: do i buy recon type?....send mine away to be looked at?.....buy new?......don't really want to spend...

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[Nithsdale]

he wouldve got tagged in the 2nd post by me if the op had been "advice on buying Handpieces and looking after them "

shearing hand piece knowledge for dummies

SO....my shearer reckons the hand piece on my horner 12v machine is playing up......was getting hot....but then she reckoned it couldn't get through the wool :scratchhead: do i buy recon type?....send mine away to be looked at?.....buy new?......don't really want to spend...

thefarmingforum.co.uk

There's a certain gif, I hold specially for handpiece maintenance threads... when people fvck about with the fulcrum post.


It hasn't been used in quite some time

 

[Anymulewilldo]

As I tell my boys most nights,
1 sheep is a waste of time
10 sheep will be 9 soon enough
100 sheep, getting better
1000 sheep, now we’re getting to the sweet spot.