Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[livestock 1]

Nothing died today, must be 7 weeks since that happened. Had a good clear up on Sunday mind.

Yes Sunday night we heaped them up on the farm roadside it looked a quite impressive effort
Sadly the wagon was here by 8 am so not long enough to upset the neighbours

 

[livestock 1]

We have lost as few ewes though the winter as I can ever remember but have lost a good few since our due date

 

[Estate fencing.]

We have lost as few ewes though the winter as I can ever remember but have lost a good few since our due date

Same here.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Sheep are never a problem. It's people that are the issue.

Have you never farmed Herdwicks? I can assure you, they are definitely the problem. Drop them in 4 inches of Cheshire dairy grass, fully sheep fenced and the twits will climb the gate and slip through the top two bars to escape

 

[Blue.]

there must be money in sheep , cus the grief on here and what i see on you tube you lot must be mad

It takes a certain sort of nut job to love sheep.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Gave our knackerman a bit of a bollocking this morning. Fingers crossed he’s here tomorrow to clear up, it’s f**king depressing having to see the dead bins full to overflowing

 

[Anymulewilldo]

It takes a certain sort of nut job to love sheep.

It’s an addiction

 

[Blue.]

Have you never farmed Herdwicks? I can assure you, they are definitely the problem. Drop them in 4 inches of Cheshire dairy grass, fully sheep fenced and the twits will climb the gate and slip through the top two bars to escape

Or swim the river like ours would,and I’m not talking a small river.

 

[Skintagain]

Or swim the river like ours would,and I’m not talking a small river.

We had some Jesus wept they were a nightmare one could climb netting

others would swim for Olympics

they could just walk up walls

and can they get fly strike

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Or swim the river like ours would,and I’m not talking a small river.

Someone else’s swam a decent river to get in with a bunch of my blackies. We were laughing about it and saying “well it serves you right for buying bloody herdwicks”

A week later a ruck arrived here on a wagon

 

[Estate fencing.]

We had some Jesus wept they were a nightmare one could climb netting

others would swim for Olympics

they could just walk up walls

and can they get fly strike

You said “had”.

 

[Blue.]

We had some Jesus wept they were a nightmare one could climb netting

others would swim for Olympics

they could just walk up walls

and can they get fly strike

 

[Anymulewilldo]

We had some Jesus wept they were a nightmare one could climb netting

others would swim for Olympics

they could just walk up walls

and can they get fly strike

Some got onto our dairy neighbours, (and I know for a fact they’re on here) I went for them back and they just ran straight up the barsteward wall and home

 

[Skintagain]

You said “had”.

It was ‘had’ within 2 minutes of letting them in field

 

[Anymulewilldo]

It was ‘had’ within 2 minutes of letting them in field

I’m so f**king glad it wasn’t just me!!!!

 

[ritchiekirkland]

I was once told it was a sign of potash deficiency, caused by poor take up when it's cold for too long. Desperately needing sun/warmth to get going.

I've a 6 AC field on a bit of a bank. The top half lies drier and catches the sun (or what there is of it), the bottom part has lied wet all winter and is shaded by a wood.
Currently, the bottom of the field is purple while the top part has been grazed tight and coming back again.

It is on wetter bits of the field right enough, sticks out as they haven’t grazed it as hard as other bits .
Thought I should maybe start a golf course with my Kentucky Blue grass !

 

[Skintagain]

I’m so f**king glad it wasn’t just me!!!!

Utter utter twaaat bags

they used to find a field with a view

 

[Estate fencing.]

I’m thinking of getting rid of mules and getting shedders, at least then I won’t have the biggest best sheep looking sheep in the flesh house. . Why do everyone else’s sheep look like you would be glad to see them dead but mine look nice fit sheep.

 

[Blue.]

Some got onto our dairy neighbours, (and I know for a fact they’re on here) I went for them back and they just ran straight up the barsteward wall and home

I can’t remember his name to tag it’ll come to me because I’ve talked with him in a pm before.

 

[livestock 1]

I’m thinking of getting rid of mules and getting shedders, at least then I won’t have the biggest best sheep looking sheep in the flesh house. . Why do everyone else’s sheep look like you would be glad to see them dead but mine look nice fit sheep.

I’ve just put a U plus store beast out for collection managed to get stuck in a feed barrier I thought the same it looked probably the best thing on the wagon