Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[livestock 1]

Seem more watery lambs inside

 

[muleman]

But maybe if you housed in Jan when they were still fast and sharp they would get used to being inside and wouldn't go wooden

 

[Purli R]

I was talking to a fabricator the other day about a shed, I said needs to hold 1000 ewes and have individual pens up each side, talking £120,000.
Will never happen

Thought youd be havin 2 at that price?

 

[Skintagain]

tip em out to lamb if it’s nice Onto some grass

personally for all sheep farms it’s the only way to house them

keep = diesel electric fencing scab and escapees

feeding outside = mud no grass in spring

inside = expense But an asset, work but fitter sheep utilising feed better

your Swales going wooden can be sorted - get something better

 

[Purli R]

Bugger all these days man , plenty oay more than that for a bloody pile of shyt tractor ! A sheds a proper investment that will last decades !

Not as tax efficient as a tractor thou.................unless your new shed is a massive repair

 

[livestock 1]

Not as tax efficient as a tractor thou.................unless your new shed is a massive repair

 

[livestock 1]

The thing that’s always bothering me is how much weather we are feeding which is very noticeable at the end or after half way through pregnancy
I don’t think they are going to be cheaper kept inside by any means but these sheep still need to perform for us
A year like this makes you wonder what the weather has cost
A fair bit of silage wasted and less efficiency from the cake and liquid and beet

 

[muleman]

Thought youd be havin 2 at that price?

Only blue men can afford them!

 

[Purli R]

The thing that’s always bothering me is how much weather we are feeding which is very noticeable at the end or after half way through pregnancy
I don’t think they are going to be cheaper kept inside by any means but these sheep still need to perform for us
A year like this makes you wonder what the weather has cost
A fair bit of silage wasted and less efficiency from the cake and liquid and beet

yes big costs this year,but god help anyone who has skimped this year!

 

[muleman]

yes big costs this year,but god help anyone who has skimped this year!

If you've skimped your paying £15 this year!

 

[livestock 1]

yes big costs this year,but god help anyone who has skimped this year!

Absolutely right there

 

[muleman]

I intended using less feed but gonna end up more. We've a little bit grass but man the ewes are hungry for cobs after they've lambed, bit surprised really

 

[livestock 1]

Used the be the case they would only need rolls six weeks before lambing the wet and general condition of the land plus higher lamb crops means they need it for a bit longer and a bit more of it

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I've had a few I think been inside too long, gone wooden somehow

In years when we’ve housed just after Christmas due to weather and land availability by the middle of Feb the ewes are definitely going stale. Need a week of good weather and loose the lot in the bank field behind the buildings. They plod out of the shed the first day and just lie on the bank, by the 3rd day they’re all back chasing the snacker along the bank.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I intended using less feed but gonna end up more. We've a little bit grass but man the ewes are hungry for cobs after they've lambed, bit surprised really

Already used 3t more than last year and had another 10 blown in yesterday. I was saying to the rep it’s a good job these fat sheep are dearer, this has been a very expensive winter in several ways!

 

[muleman]

In years when we’ve housed just after Christmas due to weather and land availability by the middle of Feb the ewes are definitely going stale. Need a week of good weather and loose the lot in the bank field behind the buildings. They plod out of the shed the first day and just lie on the bank, by the 3rd day they’re all back chasing the snacker along the bank.

There's nothing to do inside, get bored, almost as tho they forget to eat!
And get no exercise.
I could manage housing better after we went on the liquid feed, they licked away at that all day and it kept them right.

 

[aangus]

Has neil mclearly left longtown and went to hexham ?

Yes

 

[aangus]

There's nothing to do inside, get bored, almost as tho they forget to eat!
And get no exercise.
I could manage housing better after we went on the liquid feed, they licked away at that all day and it kept them right.

What sort of liquid feed would you be using and when would you start to feed cake

 

[Northeastfarmer]

There's nothing to do inside, get bored, almost as tho they forget to eat!
And get no exercise.
I could manage housing better after we went on the liquid feed, they licked away at that all day and it kept them right.

Get more prolapse’s if they are in too long as well imo….think it’s the lack of exercise….haven’t had one prolapse this year….probably cos paddling through the clarts they’ve legs like Arnold quartsnigger….i like to house mine when the first one drops a lamb

 

[muleman]

What sort of liquid feed would you be using and when would you start to feed cake

Brinnicombe easi-sheep 22 we use and cake for the last 3 weeks
Triplets 6 weeks cake but this is swales
Texel type sheep probably wouldn't need much cake