Going out of sheep

[ringi]

Well in March I shall be either doing field work, rebuilding a drystone wall (@£31.80 per metre), in the house doing paperwork but every 4 hours will go check the ewes in the lambing shed.

Don't give a monkeys what other people do, especially in New Zealand.

As you wish to be on site all day, its sensible to have ewes that give higher lamb prices in exchange for needing to be checked every 4hrs.

 

[glensman]

As you wish to be on site all day, its sensible to have ewes that give higher lamb prices in exchange for needing to be checked every 4hrs.

The problem in the shed is mismothering, that's why they need to be seen regularly.

 

[killie_cowboy]

Are you confusing hitch hiking and backpacking?

I don't know a lot on the subject, but is it not just going about with one bag and seeing where you end up? The two things sort of going hand in hand? Wandering about with no plan. Not for me, I love a good plan and schedule

Where you going? If nz or oz doubt you will have any trouble backpacking. It's not even backpacking. You just stay in hostels with a load of other young folk looking for a good time

One of the two anyway. Ahh probs quite right, probs do a wee bit of touristy things but main priority is bringing fat stacks home!

 

[ollie989898]

Hello all,
I have around 100 breeding ewes that run along side the family flock of 500 beltex ewes. I work off farm relief milking and odd full days calf rearing way from home making a decent wage for myself. But as I’ve hit the age of 20 I no longer have the inthusiasm to lamb ewes
Meaning I have to take a month off work to lose out on a good months wages to knacker myself and at the end of it to make nill. So I was wanting to know if I am to go out of sheep would it be worth buying some calves or stirks in to sell as stores or to Finnish. We are ex dairy so have a lot of shed space that doesn’t get used. It doesn’t have to make a fortune I just want something to run around to call my own. Thanks.

Breed replacement heifers for someone? If you're a good stockman and have some sensible buildings then a good dairy farmer won't mind paying you proper money to rear and look after them and do a good job of it. A lot of farms are unable apparently to rear young stock- look to make the most of your skills and strengths.

 

[Estate fencing.]

The problem in the shed is mismothering, that's why they need to be seen regularly.

Yes, you also have to keep the sheep moving through the system or it blocks up

 

[Rich_ard]

I don't know a lot on the subject, but is it not just going about with one bag and seeing where you end up? The two things sort of going hand in hand? Wandering about with no plan. Not for me, I love a good plan and schedule

One of the two anyway. Ahh probs quite right, probs do a wee bit of touristy things but main priority is bringing fat stacks home!

Fat stacks, do you mean exhaust pipes?

 

[killie_cowboy]

Fat stacks, do you mean exhaust pipes?

That would be a bonus as I hear machines out there don't have emissions guff, but no, I mean money.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

So I've been through the whole thing now... another depressing read through a typical TFF thread on advice for youth. Giving out the whole "don't do it, sell the lot" patter as if a career in British agriculture is akin to doing a belly flop off the Forth bridge.

Then ofc is kiwi Pete representing the typical line of the Aus/NZ members "ahh leave all your ewes to it, I don't care, I feed the worst ones to the dogs alive and then have a beer and do nothing all weekend. No wonder you need subsidies for daring to have any sort compassion towards your stock"

I'm 21 myself and always thought "ahh nah doesn't appeal to me this going abroad" but there's that many out just now, seeing Snapchats and videos then blethering to them what theyre up to and that and well it's appealing more to me. But I'm not going out expecting to learn anything. I'm just wanting to go out for a few months with a few pals, have some craic, drive some tractors, make some money then come home and blow the lot on machinery and north country cheviots...

Classic case of that came up yesterday.

Putting the bulls in with the heifers, now to me all the cattle should be free of their winter coats by now, it's spring, and I am thinking "these are low in copper" because the water is full of iron and moly, I'd expect that.

So I ring my "boss" and say:

"Hey, Andrew, these cattle are fat as butter and bulling like nothing I've seen, but they look ginger. What's your thoughts on copper?"

And he said, "it's up to you, what do you think?"

And I said "if the empty ones are the ones who need us to supplement them with copper, then it's a job well done I'd say"

And Andrew said "yip, that's why you're where you are and I'm up here having the time of my life, sounds good!"

There's no thread getting started about what's the best way to get copper into these animals, and our future herd has the opportunity to refine itself.
I just had to check with the boss that we're aligned with the responsibility thing - the stock are responsible for doing their job, and I am responsible for steering the ship

However, to say we don't care is incorrect.
We do. That's why we go after functional animals that don't need us to thrive, and get rid of deadweight in any way possible.
Having things "existing thanks to life support" is not living

 

[Hill Ground]

I don't know a lot on the subject, but is it not just going about with one bag and seeing where you end up? The two things sort of going hand in hand? Wandering about with no plan. Not for me, I love a good plan and schedule

One of the two anyway. Ahh probs quite right, probs do a wee bit of touristy things but main priority is bringing fat stacks home!

Is sta travel still a thing?

Backpacking for me in oz involved staying in backpackers hostels doing a select few touristy things, but mostly boozing and perusing women (mostly unsucessfully)

Book long the greyhound buses for transport, you can make a good plan, and then change it when you want too!!

You've got the rest of your life to earn fat stacks, have some fun while your free of responsibility!!

 

[Rich_ard]

Is sta travel still a thing?

Backpacking for me in oz involved staying in backpackers hostels doing a select few touristy things, but mostly boozing and perusing women (mostly unsucessfully)

Book long the greyhound buses for transport, you can make a good plan, and then change it when you want too!!

You've got the rest of your life to earn fat stacks, have some fun while your free of responsibility!!

Sta travel. Now that is something I have not seen in a long time.
What year were you raking about?

 

[aled1590]

Sta travel. Now that is something I have not seen in a long time.
What year were you raking about?

I booked through sta travel, before coming home from NZ, I flew to OZ and went on a 14 day contiki tours bus trip from Sydney up to Cairns. Organised itinerary going to some amazing places, and got pishd every night. Bloody good times

 

[Hill Ground]

Sta travel. Now that is something I have not seen in a long time.
What year were you raking about?

Winter 2008-2009 in oz, home for the summer, autumn 2009 in nz.

I booked it/ sorted visa on the phone, the woman recommended the ocean beach backpackers in fremantle, Perth as a starting point. Was epic there. Went back for Xmas after 3 months in the Bush working. Still probably my best xmas/new years ever!!

 

[Devil's advocate]

Sale Report - Tuesday 14th November 2023

Forward 801 Head of Stock comprising of 62 Cattle including 13 Calves, 32 Stores, 3 Prime Cattle, 12 OTM, 1 Cow with 1 calf at foot and 739 Sheep comprising of 441 Prime Lambs, 112 Ewes, 2 Tups, 1 Wether, 181 Store Lambs, 2 Breeding Rams.CALVES British Blue Steers to £400, Limousin Steers to...

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I think the one pen at £193 might have needed more attention at birth than the ones at £30!