Crimson clover?? Grazing??
- Thread starter Jerry
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- Location
- Essex
It's red clover
Maybe not so good for ewes then??
- Location
- Cheshire
Rock on, don’t put them on empty and they’ll be grand 
- Location
- Essex
Would be better if you had some store lambs to go on
- Location
- Cheshire
Don’t leave them on it right up to tupping, but to get them through this month and September for end of October tupping be grand
Tupping starts 20th Sept here, but OK, so a bit tight for a month clear and theyd never eat it all in that time 13 acres of it
I do have a couple hundred still here, but they would not dent it much I would think
- Location
- Cheshire
200 would make a fair dent? It’s not thick like grass?
I struggled to walk through it.
Prob best to strip graze it fur a few days to get them on it ok?
- Location
- Cheshire
I’d defo strip it regardless. It tramples too easy does that stuff. Just make sure their bellies are full when you get ready to go on. Should be grand
I’d defo strip it regardless. It tramples too easy does that stuff. Just make sure their bellies are full when you get ready to go on. Should be grand
The bellies full Before hand might be a problem.
This was the ewes this morning, lambs are on a bit better but not much.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Does bellies full of dust count 
- Location
- Cheshire
Got any hay you can fill them with? Empty bellies straight into clover rich feed is an excellent way to see lots of bloated lambs?
Got any hay you can fill them with? Empty bellies straight into clover rich feed is an excellent way to see lots of bloated lambs?
They have nice herbal ley haylage in with them since Thursday last week. Not really interested in it.
they will be fine you worry too much 
,looks good keep especially atm and did you see/hear the Red Arrows again today ?
,looks good keep especially atm and did you see/hear the Red Arrows again today ?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
FFS, you’ll be telling us next that the fella wants it grazed for free as well.
How many acres of it are there, and how soon does it need clearing?
I’d stick anything on it for a while tbh, but be wary of having breeding ewes on it for too long.
If you have enough store lambs, I’d let them into the lot and let them trample what they don’t eat. It’s not wasted if it’s returned to the soil. Store lambs will fatten on it like they’re on ad-Lib concentrates, so fill your boots.
As for strip grazing it…
1. How do you actually put a reliable fence up through that?
2. If you hold them on the first block, the rest is getting even further out of control/less digestible.
How many acres of it are there, and how soon does it need clearing?
I’d stick anything on it for a while tbh, but be wary of having breeding ewes on it for too long.
If you have enough store lambs, I’d let them into the lot and let them trample what they don’t eat. It’s not wasted if it’s returned to the soil. Store lambs will fatten on it like they’re on ad-Lib concentrates, so fill your boots.
As for strip grazing it…
1. How do you actually put a reliable fence up through that?
2. If you hold them on the first block, the rest is getting even further out of control/less digestible.
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- Location
- Ceredigion
Can't you mow it make haylage of it
FFS, you’ll be telling us next that the fella wants it grazed for free as well.
How many acres of it are there, and how soon does it need clearing?
I’d stick anything on it for a while tbh, but be wary of having breeding ewes on it for too long.
If you have enough store lambs, I’d let them into the lot and let them trample what they don’t eat. It’s not wasted if it’s returned to the soil. Store lambs will fatten on it like they’re on ad-Lib concentrates, so fill your boots.
As for strip grazing it…
1. How do you actually put a reliable fence up through that?
2. If you hold them on the first block, the rest is getting even further out of control/less digestible.
Yet to speak to the guy about what he wants. All I know is he was planning on topping it before the next crop. He just wants fertility built.
Too farm from home really fir that.