Magic tap

[JSmith]

Has anyone got a magic tap that I can turn off to stop these fudgin ewes lambing!! 150 individual pens all full turned fifty out this morning came back in the shed an hour a half later an only 14 pens empty!!? been going flat out all week now!! Some fecker must of been an sponged the beggars back in August when I wasn’t looking!! At least the weathers been right to tip them out, hope we don’t have to much sh1t tonight, I’m off to the DIY shop see if they’ve got any bungs to plug these ewes up for a couple of days???

 

[andyt87]

Ours have been steady away for a week lambing out and then stopped Thursday.... Just know they're all saving them for tonight and tomorrow with this weather coming in

 

[JSmith]

Slowed down a bit for a while thankfully, time for a brew an walk round the pens I reckon, spot any none doers! Hope they lie down an go to sleep!!


For a week???

 

[Ysgythan]

Has anyone got a magic tap that I can turn off to stop these fudgin ewes lambing!! 150 individual pens all full turned fifty out this morning came back in the shed an hour a half later an only 14 pens empty!!? been going flat out all week now!! Some fecker must of been an sponged the beggars back in August when I wasn’t looking!! At least the weathers been right to tip them out, hope we don’t have to much sh1t tonight, I’m off to the DIY shop see if they’ve got any bungs to plug these ewes up for a couple of days???

If I search will I find another post by you, possibly in another year, when you wish they’d just get on with it?

 

[Mc115reed]

Could be worse you could have bought 180 that were supposed too start lambing mid January and it’s now mid February and not had a bloody lamb! ??‍

 

[JSmith]

If I search will I find another post by you, possibly in another year, when you wish they’d just get on with it?

That was last week lazy slow timers!!?

 

[spin cycle]

Could be worse you could have bought 180 that were supposed too start lambing mid January and it’s now mid February and not had a bloody lamb! ??‍

have you 'spoken' to the vendor?......any bagging up?.....scanning could tell you

 

[Mc115reed]

have you 'spoken' to the vendor?......any bagging up?.....scanning could tell you

All bagged up and were scanned when I bought... funnily enough since putting that post iv had 4 lamb ??‍ still not very impressed 3 weeks later than I was sold... cost me a few pennies I didn’t need to spend in feed blocks early jan....

 

[Jim75]

All bagged up and were scanned when I bought... funnily enough since putting that post iv had 4 lamb ??‍ still not very impressed 3 weeks later than I was sold... cost me a few pennies I didn’t need to spend in feed blocks early jan....

Theu’ve turned into some dear sheep what with your codd problems too. How did that go in the end?

 

[Mc115reed]

Theu’ve turned into some dear sheep what with your codd problems too. How did that go in the end?

Tell me about it ??‍ had about 50 cases in total but went as fast as it came really once I got a handle on it... have 2 lame sheep in the whole flock now so hopefully that’s the end of it ... least I don’t have scab I guess [emoji23]

 

[Danllan]

Ours have been steady away for a week lambing out and then stopped Thursday.... Just know they're all saving them for tonight and tomorrow with this weather coming in

And did they...?

 

[andyt87]

And did they...?

Haha only 3 couples so nothing major, 2 sensibly under a hedge. Stupid shearling had her couple in the corner open to catching all the wind though. That was just before the main squall line came through so brought them in as the one was a tiny lamb but both lively this morning. They can go out the orchard for a few days after the wind drops then back out

 

[JSmith]

It’s amazing where a young lamb will find a bit of shelter, they don’t need much of an obstacle to get behind out of the wind, a good mole hill in the right place is all they need sometimes! Glad mine were in last night absolutely lashed it down here, only had one yearling lamb outside this morning, moved things round so can get the last eighty in tomorrow then they’re all under cover! The end is in sight?

 

[Paul E]

When you find the magic tap, can I have a few so I can stick them on my cows ar5e5, Middin full, and no prospects of spreading any time soon.........................................

 

[JSmith]

You need some of them big corks?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

You need some of them big corks?

I had to read that twice there

 

[JSmith]

I had to read that twice there

Big CORKS!! ?

 

[JSmith]

Taps started to drip again, had these four an hour ago, can’t really see on the pic I suppose but real good quad, be two nice doubles on other ewes, suffolk mule ewe to Charolais ram! Got about ten ewes lambed with 250 in the shed, got a thousand due in the next five weeks so gonna be all systems go in about ten days I reckon, at least I’ve gained a bit of extra help now the schools are shut, four children an the level of enthusiasm is let’s say variable to waning as the age of the child increases

 

[Bill dog]

Haha, good phrase . Variable to waning! Sounds like my 2 at the moment when I suggest they help me whack in steeples on the fence I’m putting up for the Aecs scheme .
Good luck with the lambing .!