Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Gear oil nice n thick or melt down crayons bit O a faf but works well , anything other than a harness .
If you don’t know by know you will never never know .Remind me again: why do folk raddle their tups? Especially when the scanner can identify the later lambers.
I have at least four groups running with a single tup. Raddling him at the start lets me check that he's working and raddling the chasers makes it simple to identify any frontline tups that have fired blanks.Remind me again: why do folk raddle their tups? Especially when the scanner can identify the later lambers.
I do it so I can prioritise feeding and checking. Ewes are marked so I know within 7-10 days when their lambing. Those ewes get checked more often and get put on the earlier fields compared to the ones in the second 10 days cycle. Easier to check 4-500 ewes a few times a day than checking the whole farm multiple times a day in bad weather etc….Remind me again: why do folk raddle their tups? Especially when the scanner can identify the later lambers.
Multi sire groups tupped over a large area, so you can see who’s covered whatRemind me again: why do folk raddle their tups? Especially when the scanner can identify the later lambers.
Tyre dressing oil?Fendt
Surely if you used waste engine oil (properly used) you wouldn't need to waste money on raddle! As Henry Ford would say, it comes in any colour you like as long as it's black!All these people buying stuff
Waste transmission oil
Old oil burns my skin so I wouldn’t put it on a sheepSurely if you used waste engine oil (properly used) you wouldn't need to waste money on raddle! As Henry Ford would say, it comes in any colour you like as long as it's black!
Multi sire groups tupped over a large area, so you can see who’s covered what
There`s folk on here with lots of knowledge about sheep . . . . . sometimes!Remind me again: why do folk raddle their tups? Especially when the scanner can identify the later lambers.
Nope, too much area I think, they tend to work away with their own haremsDo you end up with Rainbow ewes?
So do the marks not last until lambing time.Not what most people will do but we’ve been doing this 40+ years. Mix with vegetable oil and apply onto the rams chest and neck with a paint brush.
we mark all rams with red and then use “sheep marking fluid” to mark the ewes on the shoulders/legs to tell us what week they are going to give birth and use different colour sheep marking fluids relative to who the ram’s are etc (handy with single siring purebreds so we can notch at birth what pedigree something is)
scanner tells me if their a repeat/late.
Below is a motley crew made up of multiple breeds etc which are all that are left to lamb.
Far left you can see a green stripe down the back leg (this tells me she’s due second week of her group)
The ewe behind her has a green stripe down the front left shoulder (first week of her group) although she was a late.
Few welsh there with faint blue stripes on the front left shoulder saying their due to lamb first half of their cycle but they are also repeats. Ewes are ear notched by breed and pedigree too.
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These ewe lambs have orange stripes front left or back left.
Exlana’s in this group has green front left or back left. The no marks are after.
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You can see the stripes we put on the shoulders. Below was a single ram with 150 ewes, marked on entry and marked again at day 5. 130 served by day 10 so it is fading more Than if you had multiple rams/ram lambs.View attachment 1026970
And is that a Rappa mobile raceNot what most people will do but we’ve been doing this 40+ years. Mix with vegetable oil and apply onto the rams chest and neck with a paint brush.
we mark all rams with red and then use “sheep marking fluid” to mark the ewes on the shoulders/legs to tell us what week they are going to give birth and use different colour sheep marking fluids relative to who the ram’s are etc (handy with single siring purebreds so we can notch at birth what pedigree something is)
scanner tells me if their a repeat/late.
Below is a motley crew made up of multiple breeds etc which are all that are left to lamb.
Far left you can see a green stripe down the back leg (this tells me she’s due second week of her group)
The ewe behind her has a green stripe down the front left shoulder (first week of her group) although she was a late.
Few welsh there with faint blue stripes on the front left shoulder saying their due to lamb first half of their cycle but they are also repeats. Ewes are ear notched by breed and pedigree too.
View attachment 1026963
These ewe lambs have orange stripes front left or back left.
Exlana’s in this group has green front left or back left. The no marks are after.
View attachment 1026968
You can see the stripes we put on the shoulders. Below was a single ram with 150 ewes, marked on entry and marked again at day 5. 130 served by day 10 so it is fading more Than if you had multiple rams/ram lambs.View attachment 1026970