Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[Estate fencing.]

had the patience to wait for moles to come out for air, etc.

I had a collie that would do that.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Just drivi my round checking sheep and this girl is a woman after my heart
Look at this for a corner post!!!
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I need to go lie down now

 

[Gulli]

Are Farm Cats an endangered species yet. Seldom see any now. Used to always have a few strays come and go.

Been some "Cats Protection" lot going around last 3 or 4 years trapping every cat they can find and sterilising them. Little reproduction.

Have seen adverts for kittens at £50 each, never fast enough replying to get one.

Maybe Stoats are the answer to keep vermin down. Had one about last Spring and rats disappeared. Not seeing one this year, but a few rats back.

Rarely see feral cats around here anymore as there are so many pet ones around.
We just buy/collect kittens from other farms and there's a couple of farms.locally that have a few feral ones.

Our current cat is a prolific murderer, gets plenty of mice, and a fair few rats. Has been known to get the odd rabbit as well

 

[Hill Ground]

Just drivi my round checking sheep and this girl is a woman after my heart
Look at this for a corner post!!!
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If you really must, in an absolute emergency make that do for a corner post, at least turn it round so the wires are pulling against the main post not the thin plastic wire holders!!

 

[JockCroft]

Best hunting kitten I ever had came from up your way - Keiss I think. Didn’t cost me any ££ but gave me a headache by howling all the way over the Ord and down to home. Would happily take adult rabbits, had the patience to wait for moles to come out for air, etc.

There’s still some out there but you need to ask around, and maybe be prepared to take a slightly older one too.

Is Balmore still open?

Balmore is closed I think, late last year. Been a lot of press about it.

Caithness is the "Land of Cat". Funny but cannot remember seeing a single cat in the last 3 months, and I have been out and about wasting more time than I should have.

Rats, Pigeons and starlings are a real plague in the buildings. Occasional visit from a pair of Hen Harriers making no difference. Anybody got a few spare Stoats?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

If you really must, in an absolute emergency make that do for a corner post, at least turn it round so the wires are pulling against the main post not the thin plastic wire holders!!

Exactly what I was thinking

 

[edn]

There’s few better ways to spend a Sunday morning now it’s finally dry!

 

[Fat Lamb]

Exactly what I was thinking

Was going to say the same! Ran out of corners last week so had to start 2 systems with a plastic post tied back to the a fence. One must do what one has to do to keep the job going.

 

[DieselRob]

Was going to say the same! Ran out of corners last week so had to start 2 systems with a plastic post tied back to the a fence. One must do what one has to do to keep the job going.

I do that quite often, don’t mind doing that, saves a proper corner post for another job.

 

[Gulli]

I do that quite often, don’t mind doing that, saves a proper corner post for another job.

Same, saves owning any proper corner posts

 

[DieselRob]

Same, saves owning any proper corner posts

Oh I own/made plenty of those, I’m not in to nicking road signs

 

[Mc115reed]

If you really must, in an absolute emergency make that do for a corner post, at least turn it round so the wires are pulling against the main post not the thin plastic wire holders!!

Literally every corner post I have apart from 6 genuine rappa ones is done either like this or a poly post baling twined too cut up road sign and Iv never had a single one break the wire holders

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I do that quite often, don’t mind doing that, saves a proper corner post for another job.

Like a corner?

 

[DieselRob]

Like a corner?

Exactly

 

[Gulli]

Oh I own/made plenty of those, I’m not in to nicking road signs

Me neither I'm just too tight I pay for corner posts

 

[Anymulewilldo]

£1.65 for a 3ft 2in pencil post. Last for years if they live in the dry for the quiet seasons

 

[Chicken richard]

Are Farm Cats an endangered species yet. Seldom see any now. Used to always have a few strays come and go.

Been some "Cats Protection" lot going around last 3 or 4 years trapping every cat they can find and sterilising them. Little reproduction.

Have seen adverts for kittens at £50 each, never fast enough replying to get one.

Maybe Stoats are the answer to keep vermin down. Had one about last Spring and rats disappeared. Not seeing one this year, but a few rats back.

I've had stoats taking 3kg chicken it's quite a thing watching a 300gram stoat drag of a bird 10 times it's size

 

[Gulli]

£1.65 for a 3ft 2in pencil post. Last for years if they live in the dry for the quiet seasons

Most of my fences are straight lines to be fair, I don't have much unfenced keep.
Also 50 of them will buy you some sort of a sheep

 

[Afarewyth]

A bit of a tangent, but what are people thinking 're breeding of mule crosses? I.e are you selling all lambs off a terminal sire or keeping gimmers and crossing again?

If I'm being dumb and someone else is already talking/have talked about this do point me the right way. Tia

 

[edn]

A bit of a tangent, but what are people thinking 're breeding of mule crosses? I.e are you selling all lambs off a terminal sire or keeping gimmers and crossing again?

If I'm being dumb and someone else is already talking/have talked about this do point me the right way. Tia

A lot of people will be keeping first crosses out of mules- usually by a Suffolk or Texel tup. Both sorts are very popular ewes around here.