Coming Home For Lambing.

[Wooly]

Oh to have Romney's.......... no shed.......no penning up......no night time lambing duties.

I will take a few quid less for that !

 

[Gator]

First gather, all trained to the horn

First lot penned

Now for the second lot

On top of an hill and still bloody wet

 

[Gator]

Now the long job of carting home

Frist load

All home, 7 load in 3 hours from gather to all home Time for a brew now me thinks Next job fluke and worm and foot bath

 

[reverand]

First gather, all trained to the horn

First lot penned

Now for the second lot

On top of an hill and still bloody wet

I recognise that wall. Ewes are looking well. What tup are they to?

 

[Gator]

Ready for round two

Landyman scanning tags

Fluke and worm then through foot bath. Only had to trim 4. Ooooh am gona pay for that from you know who

 

[bert]

Mint set up, how many you got to lamb altogether?

 

[Gator]

The pet one Houdini the Shetland .Its been a barstaward all day

Its filling up now

 

[Gator]

That's it the last pen till the next lot come home in Feb

All fed now, I bet there glad of a warm dry bed at last

Sorry about all the pics, didn't think id took that many. Hope you enjoy, scanning next job so will post some more then. Thanks for your interest

 

[Gator]

Oh and a big thank you to Landyman for all his help today, thanks mate

 

[Gator]

I recognise that wall. Ewes are looking well. What tup are they to?

Yep theres a small gap in it for ya as well, All them re to texel and cheviot chaser. The second lot all to chevoit

 

[Gator]

Mint set up, how many you got to lamb altogether?

Thanks, to bloody many I think

 

[Jackson4]

How do you get the forage out? Good pics

 

[Gator]

How do you get the forage out? Good pics

Thanks, skidsteer, start at the top then drive backwards shaking the bail then fork up

 

[Becs]

I love your set-up! In my next life I'm coming back as one of your sheep! Great pics.

 

[Becs]

I love your set-up! In my next life I'm coming back as one of your sheep! Great pics.

 

[Gator]

I love your set-up! In my next life I'm coming back as one of your sheep! Great pics.

Thanks, glad your enjoying them. As long as you don't comeback as Houdini, carnt keep the dam thing anywhere hence the name, Its always less unless theres food about

 

[Landyman]

Oh and a big thank you to Landyman for all his help today, thanks mate

Twas my pleasure mate loved every minute of it ( well except for that little shetland git giving me runaround,, little twunt )

 

[jemski]

Thanks, glad your enjoying them. As long as you don't comeback as Houdini, carnt keep the dam thing anywhere hence the name, Its always less unless theres food about

I have a mule ewe with the same name for the same reason, except she always puts herself back if she sees me!

Awesome shed, very jealous! Nice looking sheep too.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Very good pictures and what a lovely shed.

I am sure that seeing this our NZ friends must be having a good laugh and thinking that they will be able to supply us with lamb at a competitive price for a long time to come!!

What do you do with that expensive building the rest of the year? The depreciation alone on all that lovely penning as well as the building just for putting a few sheep in must be considerable. Then all those other costs, electricity for lighting and water.
All that lovely straw I presume is not home grown and must require a lot of hand work to put in and eventually take out!

The amount of work involved in feeding your sheep and the equipment required must be considerable. Do you cost your own time at a realistic hourly rate? You must need a lot of additional labour to fill up and empty all those lambing pens.

Sheep are only profitable if you spend the best part of nothing on them!!

My post is not meant as a criticism of your system but a reminder that we have to compete economically in a world market.

 

[Strawberry roan]

Gator has to lamb inside because hes on resovoir catchment...and he dosnt like the rain