Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[thorpe]

£30 odd per hour just to talk shyte

no wonder they only need 22.5 hrs

 

[AftonShepherd]

£30 odd per hour just to talk shyte

Salary is "pro rata" so between £17 and £19 per hour roughly depending on how many hours they regard as full time.

 

[Al R]

5300 lambs Welshpool today. Down 20p on the week. Avg £2.51

How do numbers and quality compare on the week though?

 

[Al R]

no wonder they only need 22.5 hrs

What are they doing after tuesday?

 

[Cowpoke82]

Have calved at 24 months up until now but the owners want to head towards outwintering and massively reducing hard feeding so they'll struggle to grow big enough. We don't have the acreage of good ground to grow decent forage crops so they're only on deferred hill grazing and bales to supplement where required.

As don't want to calve twice a year, 36 months is the next option and they're not costing much other than lost opportunity to get there.

Calve em at 30mnths that way it’s a compromise, if I can get red polls big enough surely you can yours unless they re dexters

 

[AftonShepherd]

Calve em at 30mnths that way it’s a compromise, if I can get red polls big enough surely you can yours unless they re dexters

As I've said elsewhere not really set up for autumn calving and loathe to try unless it proves absolutely necessary.

 

[RMSLLOYD]

How do numbers and quality compare on the week though?

5300 this week. 3700 last week..

 

[Al R]

As I've said elsewhere not really set up for autumn calving and loathe to try unless it proves absolutely necessary.

I’d rather do it than calve at 36months first timers!! Would you lamb a sheep at 3 year old for first time? Chances of difficulty and caesarean are huge! When they’re younger the hips (pins and cones then in cattle) have a huge amount of play to ease birthing. Same with humans. 20 year olds easy, 30 year olds bit more difficult, 40 year olds - book the surgeon

 

[Al R]

5300 this week. 3700 last week..

Is that the reason for the drop?

 

[e3120]

How many you feeding?!

2000 but he does have 4/5 of a fish as well.

 

[Nithsdale]

I’d rather do it than calve at 36months first timers!! Would you lamb a sheep at 3 year old for first time? Chances of difficulty and caesarean are huge! When they’re younger the hips (pins and cones then in cattle) have a huge amount of play to ease birthing. Same with humans. 20 year olds easy, 30 year olds bit more difficult, 40 year olds - book the surgeon

First calving at 36months is the equivalent to first lambing at 24months (maiden gimmers) so you point is rubbish as both are pretty common practice.

 

[Cowpoke82]

As I've said elsewhere not really set up for autumn calving and loathe to try unless it proves absolutely necessary.

Apologies I didn’t know

 

[unlacedgecko]

As I've said elsewhere not really set up for autumn calving and loathe to try unless it proves absolutely necessary.

Calving twice a year is a pain in the arse. I wouldn't entertain the idea here.

 

[Cowpoke82]

Calving twice a year is a pain in the arse. I wouldn't entertain the idea here.

I’d agree although currently calve twice a year but phasing autumn calving out

 

[livestock 1]

Calving twice a year is a pain in the arse. I wouldn't entertain the idea here.

Calve all year round is the best plan

 

[Blue.]

How many you feeding?!

6 of us,kids are on pack lunches so always use lots of bread.

 

[sheepwise]

Calving twice a year is a pain in the arse. I wouldn't entertain the idea here.

Why?

 

[livestock 1]

Salary is "pro rata" so between £17 and £19 per hour roughly depending on how many hours they regard as full time.

What’s that mean?

 

[Al R]

First calving at 36months is the equivalent to first lambing at 24months (maiden gimmers) so you point is rubbish as both are pretty common practice.

I’ve never heard of anyone calving at 36 months but then it’s almost all dairy around here. If they’re not calving by 25 months they’re gone usually. They’d be calving again then at 36 months. The only sucklers I know would calve at 24/25 months, any not calved go fat

 

[unlacedgecko]

Calve all year round is the best plan

Nah. Spring calving with the grass curve over a 6 week period.