Briefly sunny here this morning, it's going to go down hill rapidly again.whens this rain gonna stop, its day after day month after month
Quite depressing really.
f**k Up Fortnight
- Thread starter yellowbelly
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Quite depressing really.
Its bloody shite this weather now one day its nice next its pissing it down . Then its warm then its cold again just seems a constant battle all the time
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Slushy snow yesterday and rain overnight, cold wind as well
Running out of lambing pen space
Running out of lambing pen space
We've had a 1/4 of our sheep lamb in the first 2 days so we've run out of room . Gunna have to turn sone singles out next to the fa rm today to make some space
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
We had a really slow start , put 10 ewes and lambs out in sunshine the other day, yesterday was manic, pens all but full now
Seems never ending this rain
Brutal weather last night. 1inch of rain/sleet/snow and temps down to just above freezing.
clear skies at 5am fur couple hours but now hammering it down again
hills above me are white, and thru arnt high hills and only a few miles from the coast
I fully expected to pick up dead lambs this morning but so far all ok. Just two lots of doubles to check.
Ground is sodden. Ewes look miserable. Lambs huddled up in what shelter they can find.
Fed up…
clear skies at 5am fur couple hours but now hammering it down again
hills above me are white, and thru arnt high hills and only a few miles from the coast
I fully expected to pick up dead lambs this morning but so far all ok. Just two lots of doubles to check.
Ground is sodden. Ewes look miserable. Lambs huddled up in what shelter they can find.
Fed up…
Glorious morning here, as I look out at the vast new puddles that had accumulated overnight on the fields.... Another 1/2", just to keep us topped up!Weatherman said, last night, there was 'a band' of rain to pass through overnight - must have been a bloody wide band 'cos we've had another great dollop of rain again here
Just won't stop, I were talking to an 80 year old other day and he said it's wettest he's ever known, we're in a wet area as it is . But everywhere as been same this timeWeatherman said, last night, there was 'a band' of rain to pass through overnight - must have been a bloody wide band 'cos we've had another great dollop of rain again here
It certainly is depressing and we're all ready for a settled period now
Knacker man came yesterday, made my eyes water, was hoping not to see him again anytime soon. All but a few of my ewes and lambs are out, going for a look around soon, could do without another bad day.
Had a major re-jig this morning. Even looking at my machinery shed now...! Room for 30-40 ewes and lambs if necessary with minimal work as overspill... Lovely morning turning grim, howling wind and much colder and sun gone away so not going to turnout....
Earlier turnouts looking miserable this morning, but dry from a flatbed trailer with roof sheets on it, and the trusty, upturned diesl tank! Think I'll have to litter underneath !
In best FuF fashion, lost a mahoosive triple late last night, No,2 coming backwards last night, I thought I had got it breathing, but..... Steph gutted as she was lambing it, but I just said well done, and move on... Other two bright as a berry this morning. So not a fail by any means.
Ours the same, 3-4 days+ wait for sheep at the moment...
That's the thing, there are few areas in the country getting any respite.
Spring sowing looks weeks away too for everyone, as all but the lightest land will need a good week-10 days drying out! Only top dressed about 1/3rd my grassland.. But at least the mowing Westerwold is looking good, so I can free up all the PP for grazing.... as and when!
Ewes and lambs will need more supplementing than I am comfortable with, I fear!
At least teh nuts are a little bit cheaper.
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Got chilled, and run out of steam I guess? Bleak on the poor buggers.
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primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
There's two 9 year olds here who'm still going strong. Thankfully, each has a single this time. Both ewe lambs automatically on the keeper list ~ until proven otherwise.
Not sure if one will be here next year, but the other carries her years lightly.
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Overnight, and today so far, well over an inch of rain (ditches alongside the lane have been running torrents), hail, thunder, brief sleet, and strong southerly. Everything that's out has a North facing hedge for shelter, and were fed along them. I don't know which flag is white, grey, green, white in horizontal stripes, but that's the pattern of new blackthorn blossom, assorted, yet-to-spring-to-leaf twigs and shrubs, green herbs/grass, and sheep at the hedge bottom in one field.
At least with older girls there's no ring womb, tight lambings or idiots standing there looking at their lambs with the WTF look on their faces.