- Location
- North of Perth
Cant be, he'd of also ploughed 50 acre by lunch.
Lambing staff
- Thread starter Chris123
- Start date
- Location
- Yorkshire
One for cooking, one for cleaning, one for the bedroom?
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
He’s a part timer
ollie989898
Member
If you want willing labour at lambing (or calving time), advertise in the local vet schools or online!
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
- Location
- Yorkshire
I remember seeing a picture on hereYou haven't seen the poor lads.
cheviot53
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
400 chev & chev mule almost finished after 3 wks , 800 hill northies just started . Plus 35 cows calving , 2 old men both past retirement
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There’s a couple of people lambing 1500-2000 ewes per shepherd, don’t think they do a lot more than winch the dead ewes into a truck as they don’t pull a trailer.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
They aren’t lambing them really are they. They are just knackerman. I know a similar outfit.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I’d struggle to keep arsing on with two separate lambing flocks I’d had to choose one or the other or none
5500 ewes a no penning up ewes or pet lambs. You know what the death rate must be like. Make fast genetic improvement though, only the strong live to breed from.
Also try Harper Adam’s I did two Easter holidays lambing, the only involvement I’ve ever had with animals really, quite enjoyed it. First was small farm near Sennybridge, just boss and me, second was 4 students 2 each 12 hour shift plus Shepard that was well organised.
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
750 ewes inside. Myself, full timer plus a student. One night lamber for the first cycle only.
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Disgrace to the industry really, imagine if the great GP latched on to that one, farming’s been getting a bit of positive press coverage recently, we don’t want bad husbandry jeopardising that. We all get tarred with the same brush whenever something like that is publicised
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Sounds about right imo. If you can’t afford that it’s a bad job imo
It’s the first year doing it, restrictions on the amount I can lamb indoors has forced me to… although Iv linearly finished the outdoor batch and I’m seriously considering moving everything too outdoor in April now after my schmellanberg troubles in January …
Downtrodden Dad
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- Location
- Cumbria
That about sums up the lambing I’ve had this year
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- Location
- Devon
They're not always willing. And can be clueless. Remember it's compulsory for even the ones that never intend going anywhere near large animals again.
That said, there are some really good ones.
- Location
- Devon
Have cut back here. Easier this year with a bit under 500.
Most we did ourselves was 800. All outdoors.
Me and Mrs who takes a couple weeks off work. Do have a chap come in couple days a week to clean out cattle and help catch up.
Few mention other workload. We always seem to end up with some major job needs doing during lambing, whether it's fencing, building a chicken polytunnel, some major repair or whatever.
50 sucklers and all followers, broiler chickens, and daughter has pigs and layers (which always seem to need my help somehow
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Most we did ourselves was 800. All outdoors.
Me and Mrs who takes a couple weeks off work. Do have a chap come in couple days a week to clean out cattle and help catch up.
Few mention other workload. We always seem to end up with some major job needs doing during lambing, whether it's fencing, building a chicken polytunnel, some major repair or whatever.
50 sucklers and all followers, broiler chickens, and daughter has pigs and layers (which always seem to need my help somehow
)
ringi
Member
Is there much risk of schmellanberg for next few years due to high immunity in ewes?