Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Not what you want on your birthday
Lamb killing weather
- Thread starter Grassman
- Start date
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Apparently the weather is due to improve next week. Winds coming up from Spain predicted. Meant to get mild to hot !!! Up to 20 degrees
cattleman123
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- Location
- devon
I had this 18 years ago..lost a stack of lambs..its a bit late coming warm next week...those that have lost lambs will be feeling sick,i know I was
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
one extreme to the other , cold wet killing lambs , to nemo and maggots
I’m trying to focus on the positives. Has been a shocking spring. I went around picking dead lambs off the field last week after torrential rain. At least the heat will make the grass grow and we might see an end of this misery. A lot of lads on their knees around here. I’m in the west of Ireland and their importing silage/haylage from England. lads are queuing up for it. Paying €90 for a 8x4x2 bale. The way it’s working is their ordering 5 bales and lucky to get 2.
cattleman123
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- Location
- devon
Cant like that...feeling very sorry for you all
Don’t think you can still get those mythical maidens anymore
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Can’t wait for the heatwave next week and get rid of this damp foggy depressing weather.
It’s been a long time coming.
It’s been a long time coming.
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Let's hope it lasts more than two days
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
Almost forgetting what the sun looks like!
Trouble is every time you look at the forecast the dry weather seems to have been put back another couple days
Paddington
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- Location
- Soggy Shropshire
Thinking weather forecasters are like politicians, they tell you what you want to hear, but you never actually get it.
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Lambs look cold this morning.
Horrible cold wind. 5 degrees and drizzle.
Horrible cold wind. 5 degrees and drizzle.
Almost forgetting what the sun looks like!
Trouble is every time you look at the forecast the dry weather seems to have been put back another couple days
My own personal weather lady, the Carol Kirkwood of Telford no less, said much the same this morning. Last weekend, she promised me dry weather by Wed afternoon.... I'm still waiting :-(
Thank you darling wife
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Greythundercloudys
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Another day of cold east winds and mist, can't wait for this good weather to arrive, lambing is slow but fast enough in this pure hellish weather, ewes are not milking great despite having thousands of pounds of cake etc over the lastb7 weeks spend on them. Hope this time next week things will be better
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
I dont want to p on the parade , but early indications for the fortnight after , is same old wet cold northerly , poss snow over pennines and welsh hills
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Oh ffsI dont want to p on the parade , but early indications for the fortnight after , is same old wet cold northerly , poss snow over pennines and welsh hills
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
P!ss offI dont want to p on the parade , but early indications for the fortnight after , is same old wet cold northerly , poss snow over pennines and welsh hills
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Never caked ewes before post lambing just stick rumivites out but feeding a kilo per ewe plus rumivites this year, saved a lot of ewes and lambs this year with it I think. Things still don’t look too flash mind you!