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[Anymulewilldo]

You have a lot of men to keep happy there.

It’s a constant juggling match!! Hence I get quite stressed in February when the grass men all start shouting together. Thank Christ for green crop!!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

You have a lot of men to keep happy there.

Unfortunately they don’t all take decent numbers. There’s plenty just take 120-150. But if you don’t look after them and someone poaches one of the big men from you, then you’re in a real mess!!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

He is big time don’t you know

HA! Glutton for punishment more like!!!

 

[Estate fencing.]

It’s a constant juggling match!! Hence I get quite stressed in February when the grass men all start shouting together. Thank Christ for green crop!!

You get 3 wet weeks in January and suddenly they all want you off. We don’t have as many as you but still had hoggs on 5 farms last winter, I took may dad on between November and March so we could just put up fences 1 day a week, so would go to one farm and fence 6 fields a day so know all I had to do was move them.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

You get 3 wet weeks in January and suddenly they all want you off. We don’t have as many as you but still had hoggs on 5 farms last winter, I took may dad on between November and March so we could just put up fences 1 day a week, so would go to one farm and fence 6 fields a day so know all I had to do was move them.

Thankfully we only have too fence on 7 of them. IKWUM, watch the weather forecast on Sunday and if it’s wet you know the phone will be ringing by Wednesday

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Take today. I’m 30-40 miles from home with the tractor and 10ft flail. Going around all the wintering grassland still too be fenced taking the hedge backs out so we can put a decent fence up tight too the hedge. Start as far away from home as poss and working my way back. Going too be stiff tonight!!!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Going too be stiff tonight!!!

The wife will be pleased

 

[Anymulewilldo]

The wife will be pleased

for gods sake. That’s the sort of gutter humour I expect from others! Not you @Northeastfarmer

 

[Estate fencing.]

for gods sake. That’s the sort of gutter humour I expect from others! Not you @Northeastfarmer

He beet me to it!

 

[livestock 1]

Take today. I’m 30-40 miles from home with the tractor and 10ft flail. Going around all the wintering grassland still too be fenced taking the hedge backs out so we can put a decent fence up tight too the hedge. Start as far away from home as poss and working my way back. Going too be stiff tonight!!!

Has someone offered you some more keep?

 

[Estate fencing.]

Has someone offered you some more keep?

It defiantly stiffened up when someone offered me a load of rape to graze, then he said his 18 year old daughter would help me do them fencing.

 

[Mc115reed]

It defiantly stiffened up when someone offered me a load of rape to graze, then he said his 18 year old daughter would help me do them fencing.

crikeyyyyy I could do with a hand fencing when your done with her

 

[ford4000]

Hit a good trade with culls today, £20/head up on the last load 2 weeks ago I'd say

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Hit a good trade with culls today, £20/head up on the last load 2 weeks ago I'd say

That is good news while the children are being Vulgar!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Has someone offered you some more keep?

Now I expect it from you and @Electricfencer

 

[Estate fencing.]

That is good news while the children are being Vulgar!

Anyway you started it by telling us how stiff you where driving your tractor, as if this was the arable thread!

 

[livestock 1]

Anyway you started it by telling us how stiff you where driving your tractor, as if this was the arable thread!

He’s got a long ride home to cool the old boy off though!!

 

[neilo]

All well and good saying “I don’t want sheep over winter I can’t afford fert in the spring”… but what will they do in the spring when all there grass is yellow and frost bitten and full of disease and grows f**k all too…. Wintering sheep is a tool too grow grass just as fert is it’s not a hindrance like some farmers seem too think…

It's been dry, so lots of dairy cattle/youngstock will have taken Autumn covers down already. To get early Spring growth, you ideally want to have covers of about 12-1500 kg DM/ha iirc, or about the height of a coke can lieing on it's side. Grazed any lower than that and you are delaying growth next Spring. The trouble with tack sheep is that they will often take grass down below that, especially later in the Winter, when it's doing most harm, unless that is arranged with the tack grazer of course.

It won't go yellow at those covers.

 

[neilo]

I picked one up on monday.A good Tex 40kg wedder. Thats about £100 up the spout plus £7.50 to get rid. Probably pasteurella or pulpy. Have done the whole lot with another 2ml covexin.

If you think it's pasteurella, why have you given them Covexin, and not Ovivac P?

I wish I could get deadstock lifted for £7.50. It's more than double that here.

 

[Estate fencing.]

It's been dry, so lots of dairy cattle/youngstock will have taken Autumn covers down already. To get early Spring growth, you ideally want to have covers of about 12-1500 kg DM/ha iirc, or about the height of a coke can lieing on it's side. Grazed any lower than that and you are delaying growth next Spring. The trouble with tack sheep is that they will often take grass down below that, especially later in the Winter, when it's doing most harm, unless that is arranged with the tack grazer of course.

It won't go yellow at those covers.

I thought that as getting a bit high tech there with the mention of dm/ha for us sheep boys but then you went and saved it with the mention of using a coke can!