diary of a comedy sheep farm

[yellowbelly]

two colostrums and now back to mum wearing this 'natty little number "

OK, so I guess it already has a name

If not, and it's a she-der, I'd like to nominate Laura (as in Ashley} due to the curtain offcut

 

[spin cycle]

OK, so I guess it already has a name

If not, and it's a she-der, I'd like to nominate Laura (as in Ashley} due to the curtain offcut

Laura it is ....as you can tell we're hard nosed cutting edged shepherds

 

[yellowbelly]

Looks like I'm going to have to venture out in the rain to pen this guy up.....

.....although there doesn't appear to be anybody attempting a 'hijack' at the moment and as it's in the singles pen (only 6 left in there) I might just hang fire for a bit while she's cleansed and Pink Floyd have finished playing Dark Side of the Moon.

 

[AftonShepherd]

OK, so I guess it already has a name

If not, and it's a she-der, I'd like to nominate Laura (as in Ashley} due to the curtain offcut

Curtains?

I thought it was the arse of Spin's best PJs

 

[spin cycle]

Curtains?

I thought it was the arse of Spin's best PJs

don't be silly....I wear a 'homer simpson' romper suit

 

[high plains drifter]

One ewe decided to hang it's self in the fence rather than go through lambing

 

[spin cycle]

day143....we edge further towards our due date with ,thankfully, no more disasters ..yet .........an early check round then back to bed for a coupla hours......the winter and it's travails caught up with me this week....i'm exhausted ....all i want to do is sleep......hardly the best scenario looking ahead to lambing......the only comfort is that we've come thru without debt....indeed doing the bills yesterday i could declare a state of 'micawber+'

tuesday....odd jobs and sheep fettlin....ewes all got good cover of fresh straw.....i wonder though if it contributed to the misfortune on wednesday....two ewes both with dead malpresented lambs.....blimey i was fed up.....you tell yourself it's par for the course but i find it difficult to take that view until there are some live lambs hitting the straw.....we get some colostrum of one ewe...the other not great and i ponder getting a cade for the good one....if i'd been sharper i'dve had 4 bought/home last week to mitigate the episode

got really cross about the sfi cap announcement......already cross about RT and AHDB recruiting an 'assurance advisor'.....i've written two letters of complaint re the latter....reply to first second silence....i don't know if i've the energy to continue to complain tbh.....i did grisel to our nfu sec yesterday about sfi capping and rt....she's arranged for me to talk to our council rep.....she 'spiked my guns on rt'....'i've had the red tractor crops chairman in my office for 3 hours this morning....i told him farmers needed a vote on it...he sat dumbfounded' she said

easter gives me the 'excuse' to rest a bit....HH coming home....kiddies party tommoz (after market)....family roast lunch sunday

 

[yellowbelly]

day143....we edge further towards our due date

Have you factored the leap year into your calculations?

I hadn't - just used my usual gestation tables.
Had a pair in the outside lambers yesterday morning and these guys, in the last batch of indoor lambers at 1am.

Thinking about it, as I wandered home to bed, everything should be a day earlier than the gestation tables say ...

.....and then there's the sheep bu99eration factor of 3 or 4 days either way.

 

[spin cycle]

Have you factored the leap year into your calculations?

I hadn't - just used my usual gestation tables.
Had a pair in the outside lambers yesterday morning and these guys, in the last batch of indoor lambers at 1am.
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Thinking about it, as I wandered home to bed, everything should be a day earlier than the gestation tables say ...

.....and then there's the sheep bu99eration factor of 3 or 4 days either way.

yes...Nov 5th to April 1st is 147 days...our tups went in Nov 7th so it's day 143 including leap day

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

day143....we edge further towards our due date with ,thankfully, no more disasters ..yet .........an early check round then back to bed for a coupla hours......the winter and it's travails caught up with me this week....i'm exhausted ....all i want to do is sleep......hardly the best scenario looking ahead to lambing......the only comfort is that we've come thru without debt....indeed doing the bills yesterday i could declare a state of 'micawber+'

tuesday....odd jobs and sheep fettlin....ewes all got good cover of fresh straw.....i wonder though if it contributed to the misfortune on wednesday....two ewes both with dead malpresented lambs.....blimey i was fed up.....you tell yourself it's par for the course but i find it difficult to take that view until there are some live lambs hitting the straw.....we get some colostrum of one ewe...the other not great and i ponder getting a cade for the good one....if i'd been sharper i'dve had 4 bought/home last week to mitigate the episode

got really cross about the sfi cap announcement......already cross about RT and AHDB recruiting an 'assurance advisor'.....i've written two letters of complaint re the latter....reply to first second silence....i don't know if i've the energy to continue to complain tbh.....i did grisel to our nfu sec yesterday about sfi capping and rt....she's arranged for me to talk to our council rep.....she 'spiked my guns on rt'....'i've had the red tractor crops chairman in my office for 3 hours this morning....i told him farmers needed a vote on it...he sat dumbfounded' she said

easter gives me the 'excuse' to rest a bit....HH coming home....kiddies party tommoz (after market)....family roast lunch sunday

Anything else you have planned?
Do I need "supplies"?

 

[spin cycle]

bad friday

two more bad lambings...one live lamb....vet out.....really just to salve my sanity and have a look round for problem i'd missed.....verdict ....nowt wrong just 'sh!t happens'

SO...i wanna run a little idea past 'the collective'....it occurs to me if i'd bought in some cades i would've had lambs to put on these ewes......but is it just good effort wasted after bad and a disease risk......what da reckon?

 

[yellowbelly]

SO...i wanna run a little idea past 'the collective'....it occurs to me if i'd bought in some cades i would've had lambs to put on these ewes......but is it just good effort wasted after bad and a disease risk......what da reckon?

Sod's law says, if you bought a load of cades you'd never need them and just make yourself more work.

Putting cades on doesn't always work
Got to be there at just the right time for a wet adoption, skinning them on is a faff - if it was me, I wouldn't bother.

 

[Suffolksucklers]

bad friday

two more bad lambings...one live lamb....vet out.....really just to salve my sanity and have a look round for problem i'd missed.....verdict ....nowt wrong just 'sh!t happens'

SO...i wanna run a little idea past 'the collective'....it occurs to me if i'd bought in some cades i would've had lambs to put on these ewes......but is it just good effort wasted after bad and a disease risk......what da reckon?

We try and foster on with the cows, usually fairly successfully especially if we have a skin from the dead one. Either buy one of a neighbouring dairy farm or steal one off a cow marked down to cull that year anyway. Had a bad start this year so ended up buying some, now have several possible candidates for taking a calf off but a better run of luck (which id rather).

 

[AftonShepherd]

Sod's law says, if you bought a load of cades you'd never need them and just make yourself more work.

Putting cades on doesn't always work
Got to be there at just the right time for a wet adoption, skinning them on is a faff - if it was me, I wouldn't bother.

Maybe I've had too much practice over the years but never thought of skinning a lamb as a faff!

 

[Hill Ground]

bad friday

two more bad lambings...one live lamb....vet out.....really just to salve my sanity and have a look round for problem i'd missed.....verdict ....nowt wrong just 'sh!t happens'

SO...i wanna run a little idea past 'the collective'....it occurs to me if i'd bought in some cades i would've had lambs to put on these ewes......but is it just good effort wasted after bad and a disease risk......what da reckon?

It's always the same, had a single slip yesterday. we always get disasters at the start and end.

The cull trade is a fair shot,make life easy and try not to dwell on it.

 

[AftonShepherd]

Finally someone has shown Spinny how to load bales properly!

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[spin cycle]

It's always the same, had a single slip yesterday. we always get disasters at the start and end.

The cull trade is a fair shot,make life easy and try not to dwell on it.

day144....early start to mart...shed all quiet thank feck...during journey thought on your words and ,of course you're right

Finally someone has shown Spinny how to load bales properly!

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how the feck does the suspension take it

anyhoo....back from mart....still quiet (again thank feck).....fettled round then off to step grandsons birthday party and time for a new alter ego 'tiger dj'........diversification into kids entertainer

3pm....do admirals shop....check round....still quiet (thank feck).....i'm feeling closer we can get to due date the better......home about 4:30 and i'm out on my feet so i crash out....earlier mrs spin just catches the 'sjt's' who drop in some cheese as a thank you for entertaining their aussie t'other week....not that it was any trouble

also why i slept....mrs spin (on nag duties)....spotted and penned up these little beauties

then final check round and 'luck money' has opened his account @Norfolk Hill Farmer

tommorow another day but i;m just glad to have had a couple lamb themselves today

 

[yellowbelly]

day144....early start to mart...shed all quiet thank feck...during journey thought on your words and ,of course you're right



how the feck does the suspension take it

anyhoo....back from mart....still quiet (again thank feck).....fettled round then off to step grandsons birthday party and time for a new alter ego 'tiger dj'........diversification into kids entertainer


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3pm....do admirals shop....check round....still quiet (thank feck).....i'm feeling closer we can get to due date the better......home about 4:30 and i'm out on my feet so i crash out....earlier mrs spin just catches the 'sjt's' who drop in some cheese as a thank you for entertaining their aussie t'other week....not that it was any trouble

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also why i slept....mrs spin (on nag duties)....spotted and penned up these little beauties

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then final check round and 'luck money' has opened his account @Norfolk Hill Farmer

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tommorow another day but i;m just glad to have had a couple lamb themselves today

So, the panther morphs into a tiger..

I'm guessing you played this...

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

day144....early start to mart...shed all quiet thank feck...during journey thought on your words and ,of course you're right



how the feck does the suspension take it

anyhoo....back from mart....still quiet (again thank feck).....fettled round then off to step grandsons birthday party and time for a new alter ego 'tiger dj'........diversification into kids entertainer


View attachment 1172838


3pm....do admirals shop....check round....still quiet (thank feck).....i'm feeling closer we can get to due date the better......home about 4:30 and i'm out on my feet so i crash out....earlier mrs spin just catches the 'sjt's' who drop in some cheese as a thank you for entertaining their aussie t'other week....not that it was any trouble

View attachment 1172842


also why i slept....mrs spin (on nag duties)....spotted and penned up these little beauties

View attachment 1172843

then final check round and 'luck money' has opened his account @Norfolk Hill Farmer

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tommorow another day but i;m just glad to have had a couple lamb themselves today

One more live lamb form ” lucky “ and he will be paid for. Dont know if that says more about the lamb trade or more about how cheap he was.

 

[britt]

bad friday

two more bad lambings...one live lamb....vet out.....really just to salve my sanity and have a look round for problem i'd missed.....verdict ....nowt wrong just 'sh!t happens'

SO...i wanna run a little idea past 'the collective'....it occurs to me if i'd bought in some cades i would've had lambs to put on these ewes......but is it just good effort wasted after bad and a disease risk......what da reckon?

The last time I brought in a cade it brought it's friend, orf, with it. I didn't have it until then and only had one outbreak since. That must be 30 years ago. Never brought one since, just not worth it.