Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[Gulli]

No cattle here yet unfortunately

Don't do it. Calving cows is a mugs game

 

[johnspeehs]

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Bought a run of these ewes for £105 in lamb in March 2022. All 1st croppers and gimmers. You could spilt neeps on their backs when they first arrived but by Christ they've been good ewes. Unfortunately the lad that sold them seems to have moved to cheviots

You couldn't ask for much better than that, great outfit.

 

[Optimus]

Sheep

We have a handling system made by rancher.they gave up but I think someone else took it on.if it's still of the same quality it's bloody good stuff.

 

[Optimus]

Don't do it. Calving cows is a mugs game

Sooner calve cows than lamb sheep!

 

[MF135]

Slight problem tonight.
Well after taking in two pairs of lambs in this atrocious rain, grabbed the "Umbrspray" can and did Navels. Now have green hands. Can has been oozing its contents.
Any ideas what will remove it.
Not just hands, jackets, door handles crook.
Now its dried, have tried Swarfega, washing up liquid and mrs c's nail varnish remover. She was quite miffed that it did not work.

Try “Pink Stuff” it's meant for cleaning bathrooms but I use it on my hands and it works wonders. Also apparently it's organic so no nasty chemicals.

 

[Gulli]

Sooner calve cows than lamb sheep!

I'd sooner have a real job at the moment!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I’m looking at putting a new fixed handling system in, any recommendations for who to buy components from? Looked at IAE/Bateman any others?

I hear Te Pari are after a new poster model. Bet they’d fit you up with everything if you asked nicely

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I haven’t looked at the spec for the cattle systems but I agree with your point, at least with sheep you know that you’re going to be in with them whereas cattle is a completely different scenario.

Whilst the grant money is available I’m thinking to put a system in (if it suits where I want it) that is a 30yr investment, so I don’t want to skimp on stupid cost savings that I’ll regret for years to come. Might as well invest the profit this year rather than give it to the tax man

Be careful buying from Ron Finney then. Some of his gear is great, then the next lot looks exactly the same but weigh 1/2 as much… these hurdles we’ve got are grand things, but in the 10 hurdles there’s 3 different weight grades even though they all look the same!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Calling a cost saving idea “stupid”… abit of the arable farmer coming out there me thinks. No dedicated sheep farmer would ever view a cost saving as “stupid”

 

[livestock 1]

Be careful buying from Ron Finney then. Some of his gear is great, then the next lot looks exactly the same but weigh 1/2 as much… these hurdles we’ve got are grand things, but in the 10 hurdles there’s 3 different weight grades even though they all look the same!

And he doesn’t know when to shut the fuk up
That fella could talk a glass eye to sleep

 

[Anymulewilldo]

And he doesn’t know when to shut the fuk up
That fella could talk a glass eye to sleep

Yes, the constant hard selling technique did wear thin very quickly.

 

[DieselRob]

Calling a cost saving idea “stupid”… abit of the arable farmer coming out there me thinks. No dedicated sheep farmer would ever view a cost saving as “stupid”

Over a 30yr lifespan? Would be pretty stupid to skimp on a few quid if it meant I didn’t have to repair/replace

 

[DieselRob]

And he doesn’t know when to shut the fuk up
That fella could talk a glass eye to sleep

It does concern me that he’s always got a deal on, a clearance or a cancelled order

 

[DieselRob]

I hear Te Pari are after a new poster model. Bet they’d fit you up with everything if you asked nicely

Had a chat with the current poster boy the other day, I think he’s doing a grand enough job without my intervention

 

[JockCroft]

Petrol

Have tried thinners as well. Not much good.
Don't know if it's the spray or things been trying to get it of, but fingers feel like skin is a size to small.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Had a chat with the current poster boy the other day, I think he’s doing a grand enough job without my intervention

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[DieselRob]

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Are they good enough to go out of your way to get info/pricing? I sent an enquiry for a handler a few weeks back but nothing come of it

 

[JockCroft]

How has everyone managed with the deluge of rain yesterday evening?
Lucky in only just started lambing but got two fresh lambed pairs into shed before dark, Son was getting one to three day olds to shelter, picked one chilled lamb up and on heat has come round. Think have one lamb missing.

No fresh lambed on first light round, off out again now as looked to be a few picking good spots. (Not dry spots as probably 40mm rain last night ).

 

[Anymulewilldo]

It does concern me that he’s always got a deal on, a clearance or a cancelled order

There’s never a cancelled order… it’s all bulls**t.

 

[DieselRob]

There’s never a cancelled order… it’s all bulls**t.

What were those Facebook bargains you bought the other week? Were they sledge hurdles rather than fixed?