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<blockquote data-quote="Mc115reed" data-source="post: 7510221" data-attributes="member: 61280"><p>Iv nothing too hide so I’ll post all my costs exactly... </p><p></p><p>270 ewes too lamb.. inside from the 14th of jan and lambing started 24th jan all lambed and turned out by 20th of March </p><p>Scanned 162% </p><p>18 Triplets ate £103 of corn </p><p>126 singles ate £325 of corn </p><p>126 twins ate £1086 of corn </p><p>I used 24 120x90x7ft bales of hay I’d imagine they’ll be £60 a piece but not had the bill yet so £1560 </p><p>15 120x90x8ft bales of hay again not had the bill yet but probably £60 a bale so £900 </p><p>A girl helped me for 3 weeks 8hours a day 4 days a week and cost £1400 </p><p>The value of my hurdles is £1400 </p><p>The value of my walk through feeders is £560</p><p>£70 on hydrated lime </p><p>Shed rent was £1000 for 2 months start to finish </p><p>Cost me £300 get somebody come with a bob cat muck it out at the end </p><p>I spent £600 on drugs treating bad feed and bad lambings ect... </p><p>spent £150 on water pipe fittings, and pipes and a few second hand troughs</p><p>Can’t find anything else Iv wrote down as costs so that must be it So in total it cost me too lamb inside this year (I already had hurdles and walkthrough troughs but includes there value for if I had too go out and buy them fresh)</p><p></p><p>£9450 all in [emoji15] but... it was nearly a foot of snow for the whole first week of lambing, and I doubt nc mules and suffolk crosses would lamb outside that early without plenty of pain... also my land is scattered all over the place...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mc115reed, post: 7510221, member: 61280"] Iv nothing too hide so I’ll post all my costs exactly... 270 ewes too lamb.. inside from the 14th of jan and lambing started 24th jan all lambed and turned out by 20th of March Scanned 162% 18 Triplets ate £103 of corn 126 singles ate £325 of corn 126 twins ate £1086 of corn I used 24 120x90x7ft bales of hay I’d imagine they’ll be £60 a piece but not had the bill yet so £1560 15 120x90x8ft bales of hay again not had the bill yet but probably £60 a bale so £900 A girl helped me for 3 weeks 8hours a day 4 days a week and cost £1400 The value of my hurdles is £1400 The value of my walk through feeders is £560 £70 on hydrated lime Shed rent was £1000 for 2 months start to finish Cost me £300 get somebody come with a bob cat muck it out at the end I spent £600 on drugs treating bad feed and bad lambings ect... spent £150 on water pipe fittings, and pipes and a few second hand troughs Can’t find anything else Iv wrote down as costs so that must be it So in total it cost me too lamb inside this year (I already had hurdles and walkthrough troughs but includes there value for if I had too go out and buy them fresh) £9450 all in [emoji15] but... it was nearly a foot of snow for the whole first week of lambing, and I doubt nc mules and suffolk crosses would lamb outside that early without plenty of pain... also my land is scattered all over the place... [/QUOTE]
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