f**k Up Fortnight

[Wood field]

Forecast said a run of dry days.., it’s raining and cold wind
My gift to you all .., I may run the moor ewes in to the shed as I am fed up with losing the lambs
Then there will be a heatwave !
@steveR you let us all down , get back to emptying sheds for your sheep

 

[steveR]

Forecast said a run of dry days.., it’s raining and cold wind
My gift to you all .., I may run the moor ewes in to the shed as I am fed up with losing the lambs
Then there will be a heatwave !
@steveR you let us all down , get back to emptying sheds for your sheep

Sorry chaps, I have emptied the sheds instead..... almost! One ewe lambed in 10 days... 4 to go. Down to you @Wood field

Very noticable that the ewes are running in every night though still. Their choice.

Better be finished by next weekend as I am off Saturday 27th for the day to watch Tigers play in Leicester.... Neighbours number will be put in Herself's mobile phone!!

 

[Wood field]

Just been round on the quad , wind and rain but no mishaps yet
Leaving the ewes out , kicking the crèche and 14 ewes that have crossed legs out once the rain stops today’s mission has changed from marking any moor lambs and sending them out, to gathering worming and moving 80 hoggs to some away ground.
It will give the two younger dogs a bit of work

 

[paul&mandy]

Try stringing one up by the wings so it flaps in the wind. Seems to work better

Yes done that. It looks like a horror movie out there

 

[paul&mandy]

Only 125 to go. Still going g fairly strong. Had 15 ewes lambed this morning already. Lost 2 lambs, a triplet I just couldn't keep breathing and found a twin with 2 heads out. Pushed 1 back in that survived the 1st to lamb again just couldn't keep going.

 

[steveR]

About to go do my rounds and walk the Mutts, the JRT's poked their collective noses ouside and said, "Nope!" Looks like that Northern weather has arrived here...

 

[steveR]

Only 125 to go. Still going g fairly strong. Had 15 ewes lambed this morning already. Lost 2 lambs, a triplet I just couldn't keep breathing and found a twin with 2 heads out. Pushed 1 back in that survived the 1st to lamb again just couldn't keep going.

Hate it when you get that "London Bus" syndrome, all coming at once.

 

[primmiemoo]

Just trying various things but having a bit of success with watery mouth by using straight electrolytes for a couple of days just mixed with water. No milk. Plus alamycin.

Yup, it seems to have worked with the one that was very poorly the other day. Now for him to put on some weight. I mixed some good live yoghurt in with one feed of milk/day since. He's on the ewe, too.

Touching wood the watery mouth fup here is now over, and likewise for you.

 

[Wood field]

Vet students last day , we decided to gather the hoggs , worm / fluke and send off to some away grass … true to the thread , you’ll all get the picture if I say ..









scanners coming Sunday

 

[AftonShepherd]

Vet students last day , we decided to gather the hoggs , worm / fluke and send off to some away grass … true to the thread , you’ll all get the picture if I say ..









scanners coming Sunday

Are you sure you aren't @spin cycle in disguise?

 

[BAF]

Nobody say a word or move a muscle! The s..u..n is shining. Shhh don't frighten it off! Still windy as a windy thing but if you van get out of the wind it's positively tropical this afternoon.

 

[spin cycle]

Are you sure you aren't @spin cycle in disguise?

thing is I've really 'cleaned up my act' last coupla years...but...irony...in the past .when my hoggs were 'banged up' by their brother/cousins they lambed no trouble.. this year I organised it 'properly' and it's been a 'shitfest'

 

[Wood field]

Are you sure you aren't @spin cycle in disguise?

I may be his northern cousin! Between us we aim for Sheepy domination

on reflection that could read very wrong

 

[Wood field]

In my defence… let’s see what the scanning says .otherwise it’s going to be blamed on my ex assistant or my son as neither are here to defend themselves

 

[Wood field]

Nobody say a word or move a muscle! The s..u..n is shining. Shhh don't frighten it off! Still windy as a windy thing but if you van get out of the wind it's positively tropical this afternoon.

What you say that for , the second I read sun it’s started raining again

 

[steveR]

Nobody say a word or move a muscle! The s..u..n is shining. Shhh don't frighten it off! Still windy as a windy thing but if you van get out of the wind it's positively tropical this afternoon.

Ground is drying out, just a bit.... Might get the HEAVY roll out tomorrow if still windy and push down a few @Wood field sized ruts (Toyota!) that I appear to have aquired after foolishly thinking I could travel far enough onto a field in a "dry spot! with the Kramer to put a treacle feeder out.

 

[steveR]

Vet students last day , we decided to gather the hoggs , worm / fluke and send off to some away grass … true to the thread , you’ll all get the picture if I say ..









scanners coming Sunday

Glutton for punishment some folks.... Just can't get enough of FuF!!!!

 

[steveR]

Glutton for punishment some folks.... Just can't get enough of FuF!!!!

Will wait the estimated lambing date with some trepidation I suspect, Dave????

 

[spin cycle]

Ground is drying out, just a bit.... Might get the HEAVY roll out tomorrow if still windy .

are you going to 'bat first'?

 

[Wood field]

Glutton for punishment some folks.... Just can't get enough of FuF!!!!

Having one of those year’s Steve, I have to keep on laughing about it all to get through
Sarah’s all but better now but she’s just heard her Dads got fist sized lumps in his glands , looks a bit grim so she’s off to stay and help her mum tomorrow
people ask why I make a joke of things , it’s my way of coping
Looks like a week of takeout ahead