- Location
- Cheshire
Fingers crossed!
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Re: prolapses. I’ve heard all manner of ‘definite’ reasons over my farming career, most of them b*llocks.
You mustn’t feed sheep on roots, hay, straw, silage and/or concentrates apparently.
Some breeds, or probably lines within breeds, certainly seem to be more prone to it. However, the biggest factor, seems to be overfat sheep and/or unfit sheep ime. We get far fewer since we’ve moved to outdoor lambing on no concentrates, and only normally get them with overfat (mismanaged singles) or any ewes that are housed pre-lambing.
There is certainly a genetic element to it as well. Four of the ones we had last year were daughters of one aged ewe, by several sires, and who had never prolapsed herself. She died with 3 week old lambs at foot last year, so I never had the chance to cull her!
Incidentally, I recorded and kept the youngest of those daughters, as an exper8ment after reading of folk on here never culling for prolapses, along with a couple of others that had only had small prolapses. Every one of those three prolapsed again this year, and we’re culled a few weeks ago.
Oh, Tomahawk steaks are serious money btw. There, I’ve got a beef price in.
You mustn’t feed sheep on roots, hay, straw, silage and/or concentrates apparently.
Some breeds, or probably lines within breeds, certainly seem to be more prone to it. However, the biggest factor, seems to be overfat sheep and/or unfit sheep ime. We get far fewer since we’ve moved to outdoor lambing on no concentrates, and only normally get them with overfat (mismanaged singles) or any ewes that are housed pre-lambing.
There is certainly a genetic element to it as well. Four of the ones we had last year were daughters of one aged ewe, by several sires, and who had never prolapsed herself. She died with 3 week old lambs at foot last year, so I never had the chance to cull her!
Incidentally, I recorded and kept the youngest of those daughters, as an exper8ment after reading of folk on here never culling for prolapses, along with a couple of others that had only had small prolapses. Every one of those three prolapsed again this year, and we’re culled a few weeks ago.
Oh, Tomahawk steaks are serious money btw. There, I’ve got a beef price in.
- Location
- Cheshire
We can put fences up so much faster as we don’t have too go round clearing earthing points. Can get the bottom strand closer too the floor (with these scotch lambs you need the bottom wire low.
it’s one full day of topping and it just makes the rest of the winter easier. We’ve done loads of plucking/clipping long grass/ nettle and brambles back Away from the wires and much rather go with the flail now!
Don't they have hedge trimmersWe can put fences up so much faster as we don’t have too go round clearing earthing points. Can get the bottom strand closer too the floor (with these scotch lambs you need the bottom wire low.
it’s one full day of topping and it just makes the rest of the winter easier. We’ve done loads of plucking/clipping long grass/ nettle and brambles back Away from the wires and much rather go with the flail now!
- Location
- breconshire
Think it's £17-18 for adult sheep round here, email came a few weeks ago with repricing but no cheaper
- Location
- Cheshire
You want too try getting other farmers too do what you want, where you want, when you want…
is that collected cos we pay i think £12 and take them in
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Uncle fed sugarbeet pellets or nuts I think they were at the time which seemed to make a few push them out my theory was it swelled in their guts hence putting pressure on to make them pushRe: prolapses. I’ve heard all manner of ‘definite’ reasons over my farming career, most of them b*llocks.
You mustn’t feed sheep on roots, hay, straw, silage and/or concentrates apparently.
Some breeds, or probably lines within breeds, certainly seem to be more prone to it. However, the biggest factor, seems to be overfat sheep and/or unfit sheep ime. We get far fewer since we’ve moved to outdoor lambing on no concentrates, and only normally get them with overfat (mismanaged singles) or any ewes that are housed pre-lambing.
There is certainly a genetic element to it as well. Four of the ones we had last year were daughters of one aged ewe, by several sires, and who had never prolapsed herself. She died with 3 week old lambs at foot last year, so I never had the chance to cull her!
Incidentally, I recorded and kept the youngest of those daughters, as an exper8ment after reading of folk on here never culling for prolapses, along with a couple of others that had only had small prolapses. Every one of those three prolapsed again this year, and we’re culled a few weeks ago.
Oh, Tomahawk steaks are serious money btw. There, I’ve got a beef price in.
One thing that does come up with vets is some sort of deficiency’s
- Location
- breconshire
Yeah it's collected
£5 to collect then
I averaged 245pkg with 49 kg lambs at darlington they were a good trade as were the cattle
livestock 1
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- Location
- breconshire
It would cost us more than a fiver to take them in from here that's the trouble
collards are only 15 min for us its mostly mothers job it gets her out of my way for a while as she likes to talk
- Location
- breconshire
Ours go to them too but probably 40 mins awaycollards are only 15 min for us its mostly mothers job it gets her out of my way for a while as she likes to talk
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Thirsk cattle less money all round, bulls, heifers, bullocks. Lambs good trade for well finished lambs.
i do know where you live you put a photo up of a crock holder on your bike looking down to the main road to wards your buildings and i was talking to your neighbour when helping to move a container and he said where you lived cant get away with nothing on here
- Location
- breconshire
i thought your neighbour was youYou haven't gone and outed me to the neighbours, can't gossip about them now
but he soon put me right 
Iv got a mate in Cumbria reckons whiter faced mules prolapse more than darker faced mulesRe: prolapses. I’ve heard all manner of ‘definite’ reasons over my farming career, most of them b*llocks.
You mustn’t feed sheep on roots, hay, straw, silage and/or concentrates apparently.
Some breeds, or probably lines within breeds, certainly seem to be more prone to it. However, the biggest factor, seems to be overfat sheep and/or unfit sheep ime. We get far fewer since we’ve moved to outdoor lambing on no concentrates, and only normally get them with overfat (mismanaged singles) or any ewes that are housed pre-lambing.
There is certainly a genetic element to it as well. Four of the ones we had last year were daughters of one aged ewe, by several sires, and who had never prolapsed herself. She died with 3 week old lambs at foot last year, so I never had the chance to cull her!
Incidentally, I recorded and kept the youngest of those daughters, as an exper8ment after reading of folk on here never culling for prolapses, along with a couple of others that had only had small prolapses. Every one of those three prolapsed again this year, and we’re culled a few weeks ago.
Oh, Tomahawk steaks are serious money btw. There, I’ve got a beef price in.
