Big young lmb loss in Stirlingshire.

[Greythundercloudys]

Any one who doesn't realise how cold the weather around my area has been should see the Scottish farm, guy from Dunblane who breeds alot of tups, lost over 40lmbs one night last week with the cold weather, that a terrible thing to face in the lmbing field, he's a very cheery guy but that must have been hard to face.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

He won’t of been the only one

 

[Purli R]

He himself put that on FB so spose it must be true. he would have lost more on sat morn it was fekkin evil here (snowing blowing rain hail & sleet).

 

[Skintagain]

Been a funny couple of months weather wise. As @livestock 1 said we can get over it if its out the house instead of in- I will remember this next time I’m feeling a bit low.

 

[livestock 1]

Farming at high altitudes brings its own issues
You have to be able to take the shi!t
Doesn’t make it any easier which ever way you look at it
I always think there’s someone else worse off which there always is

 

[livestock 1]

Been a funny couple of months weather wise. As @livestock 1 said we can get over it if its out the house instead of in- I will remember this next time I’m feeling a bit low.

It’s been a shyte spell of weather since the end of October one way or another when you look back and still at it

 

[andybk]

It’s been a shyte spell of weather since the end of October one way or another when you look back and still at it

agree been in the job 40+ years and really got to me last 2 years , always extrems , record this , record that, either raining every day or drought , just normal average weather would be fine for once

 

[Nithsdale]

agree been in the job 40+ years and really got to me last 2 years , always extrems , record this , record that, either raining every day or drought , just normal average weather would be fine for once

I've noticed that too. We're constantly going from "wettest on record" to "coldest on record" to "driest on record"... it's always extremes at the moment. Very little settled 'normal' weather.

 

[livestock 1]

First year I started on my own in my teens heavily borrowed had 420 gimmer hoggs in an 80 acre allotment in December had a right hap up for only a day spent three days digging them out ended up with somewhere over 100
That was 30 ish years ago
No doubt the weather is taking more dealing with silage is often got wet, ground is wet for months on end, it rains for months on end, ground shows more rush and moss it’s definitely changed

 

[Chae1]

What's normal?

 

[Al R]

What's normal?

April showers

 

[Al R]

I've noticed that too. We're constantly going from "wettest on record" to "coldest on record" to "driest on record"... it's always extremes at the moment. Very little settled 'normal' weather.

Dad had same number of sheep as me on the home farm and topped most fields on average 3 times a year as he couldn’t keep the grass down enough, always made hay/haylage in June/July. Since 2018 I’ve hardly topped a field and make my haylage in September even though higher % of lambs gone

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What's normal?

Anything but what we’ve had the last 2 years

 

[Estate fencing.]

Dad had same number of sheep as me on the home farm and topped most fields on average 3 times a year as he couldn’t keep the grass down enough, always made hay/haylage in June/July. Since 2018 I’ve hardly topped a field and make my haylage in September even though higher % of lambs gone

I was thinking that the other day, I don’t think iv topped a field for 3 years now.

 

[livestock 1]

I was thinking that the other day, I don’t think iv topped a field for 3 years now.

Actually this is all a good point. I wondered why I’m always struggling for grass!

 

[Nithsdale]

Anything but what we’ve had the last 2 years

2 years?! You're kind!

I think we've had maybe 4 good years since 2010.

Winter '09-10 was the coldest for decades.
Winter 10-11 was equally as cold
The whole of 2011 and 2012 were f**king wet
2013 started wet with bad snows end of March, then drought til July
2014 was OK
2015 was OK
2016 was wet and a bit cold (not much grass before Highland show in late June)
2017 was OK
2018 Beast from the East then drought til August
2019 was OK but got f**king wet towards the end
2020 was f**king wet. Drought 3 months. Then f**king cold and f**king wet the rest of the year.
2021 hasn't thawed out yet and it's almost mid May.

 

[livestock 1]

2 years?! You're kind!

I think we've had maybe 4 good years since 2010.

Winter '09-10 was the coldest for decades.
Winter 10-11 was equally as cold
The whole of 2011 and 2012 were fudgeing wet
2013 started wet with bad snows end of March, then drought til July
2014 was OK
2015 was OK
2016 was wet and a bit cold (not much grass before Highland show in late June)
2017 was OK
2018 Beast from the East then drought til August
2019 was OK but got fudgeing wet towards the end
2020 was fudgeing wet. Drought 3 months. Then fudgeing cold and fudgeing wet the rest of the year.
2021 hasn't thawed out yet and it's almost mid May.

Then we wonder why breeding numbers are down

 

[serf]

Don't know how you keep going up north , pisses my off in the Midlands with some of the weather patterns we have .....

 

[livestock 1]

Don't know how you keep going up north , pisses my off in the Midlands with some of the weather patterns we have .....

Well it was shyte up here to start with!!!
You don’t miss what you haven’t had you know!!

 

[Nithsdale]

Then we wonder why breeding numbers are down

It's crazy to look back and see that it has been 10 years of it