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Selinium? White muscle we lost one in February just found dead like that only 2/3 months old it was Selinium the vet said We used to inject them but bolus them now usually don’t suffer with it as early as 2/3 months but you live and learn
 
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hendrebc

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It said on the Hereford report this week that unshorn ewes are discounted, this would suggest to me that these dear culls are being grazed, take a brave man to graze £120 cull mules this time of year wouldn’t it.
It’s hard to get that right I always used to shear the culls to tidy them up before they went and often the wooled ones were making more up here
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
It’s hard to get that right I always used to shear the culls to tidy them up before they went and often the wooled ones were making more up here
I shear them all bar the real dogs. 4 weeks ago had some fat ewes in when theee where next to no shorn ewes and would have been better with the wool on because you could see how much fat was on them. 🤦‍♂️
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
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Not great because the get to fat, ones that come in lean as 3-4 crop ewes do 140% but the fat ones that have been here a while only do 120%, you just can’t keep them hard enough.
What breed of welsh? I find small welsh will do 150’s, glamorgans will do 185%, brokers I buy in always do more than the ones I buy as ewe lambs from the same farm which sit around the 160 mark. To be fair though they wean near what they scan if you can stop them getting twin lamb.
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
What breed of welsh? I find small welsh will do 150’s, glamorgans will do 185%, brokers I buy in always do more than the ones I buy as ewe lambs from the same farm which sit around the 160 mark. To be fair though they wean near what they scan if you can stop them getting twin lamb.
They came out of that unpronounceable place in north Wales beginning with d. I’m happy how they scan though, better a load of singles than having for feed them anything. Mine done get any form of feed just what they can pull.
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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