Of course. Can't see the point really.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
ive alway's told my lads if you can't be honest be quite!
- Location
- sw scotland
400 miles north of you we have had a mild winter. Lleyn and Texel x no cake to singles and only half pound to twins which have now stopped when we saw how big lambs were. All outside except trips (not easy in this weather as you see from my pictures on another thread). Ewes are in good nick and grass certainly coming now between the ponds.It's been a tough winter on ewes. Mine have melted since lambing. Everything out is being fed - even singles. Twins on nearly a kilo a day. Ground is unbelievably wet. Heavy rain again tomorrow. Someone on here said their ewe mortality was less than 1% for the year to date and that they were unhappy with that. I managed 3% loss over 3 weeks
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Similar for me, the ewes haven’t lost a lot of condition but I think the milk is going off them. The March lambers have got a feed block, 0.8 kgs of cake a day, fodder beet and grass although not a lot of that. Still losing a few lambs and as I expected starting to get ewes with mastitis, 3 today.It's been a tough winter on ewes. Mine have melted since lambing. Everything out is being fed - even singles. Twins on nearly a kilo a day. Ground is unbelievably wet. Heavy rain again tomorrow. Someone on here said their ewe mortality was less than 1% for the year to date and that they were unhappy with that. I managed 3% loss over 3 weeks
Our grass just isn’t growing, I think the roots have been waterlogged for too long and it won’t take off until it gets sun and dries out. Put creep feeders out this week. It’s costing a fortune, normally don’t feed much after lambing
This has really shown up the continental ewes, for the second year running, mules doing a much better job of rearing their lambs
And a cow calved before I left and another hit the ground literally, and I mean literally, as I got home. Not often it works out but when it does it’s great
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
livestock 1
Member
The ewes that have lost lambs had full bags of milk think the lambs just frozen off
If I hear one more dairy farmer (from the comfort of their parlour/shed/house) twine about how terrible it is because they can’t spread slurry or get their fert on, I’m gonna cover them in molasses, chuck some ewe rolls on them then drop them off in the middle of a field full of our ewes and see if they can make it to the gate alive
2013 and 2018 both way worse than this year. This year has been wetter for longer but 2013 was the spring from hell with deep snow everywhere and 2018 was just miserable.
livestock 1
Member
Currently in a and e think the lad has a broken leg
livestock 1
Member
2 months and 2 weeks days start getting shorter again
Stw88
Member
- Location
- Northumberland
37mm here, 1.5 inch. Rained a bit more after that as well.
Oh no! How did he manage that? Sorry, replied to wrong post.2 months and 2 weeks days start getting shorter again
livestock 1
Member
Ha don’t ask
- Location
- Cheshire
We aren’t even catching them to come back inThat’s what’s getting to me. Haven’t put anything out since 29th of march but have had to bring a few back in to either save lambs or mother new lambs on. If it would just square up a bit it would give lease lambs a bloody chance! Just a waste but there’s nothing you can do
sheds are full to bursting with in lambers, individual pens, nursery pens and cattle. If they lose their lambs once they’re out that’s it, they’ll be off to celebrate Quirbani. Can’t do it all and if I started bring more back we’d soon be in areal mess. Managed to tighten everything up more tonight and fit 240 ewe lambs inside that should start tomorrow onwards. Not much floor space visible 
livestock 1
Member
The problem is what we turn out is a lottery as to wether they are going to be ok or not. If they are in shelter they are fine if the ewe decides to stand on a hill end then a day like what we’ve just had they are in troubleWe aren’t even catching them to come back in
- Location
- Cheshire
Our outdoor singles are being very slow. 1-3 lambs a day. Normally I’d be cursing them, this year I’m bloody glad they’re holding fire!
muleman
Member
Good, less rain to put up with2 months and 2 weeks days start getting shorter again