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[It was already broken.]

But do you pay extra to use the fella you do use via nfsco? Could you not just find someone through Internet? Just not sure what they offer as a service? I just drop them off at my local bloke £23 ewe & £3 lamb

That sounds quite a bit to me @Man_in_black. My firm give me a plastic box with a lid, its like a forklift box, maybe half a tonne or so. £70 to empty. Put 3 dead gimmers in there a month ago and dropped 7 old laying hens in there tonight, got a couple of lame ewes that I will kill for the dogs shortly and drop their skins and bags in. Doesn't fill up very quick at this time of year.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

TS say that if you use a box then you have to empty it weekly.

 

[It was already broken.]

Well I would empty it if they were coming round! Had an inspection recently and they didn't pick me up on it. They were too busy telling me my disinfectant was out of date.

 

[Happy]

No he'll be less, I won't pay £23 a ewe though...I'll check, I won't have to go far through my receipts if I remember rightly the local guy won't use the nfsco he's independent

£14 ewe with my Nfsco collector.

 

[shearerlad]

NFU Scotland
Highland show
Nfsco
SRUC/SAC

 

[Man_in_black]

£14 ewe with my Nfsco collector.

 

[unlacedgecko]

£14 ewe with my Nfsco collector.

I drop off at the local hunt. £10/ewe and £5/bag of lambs.

 

[exmoor dave]

NFU, NSA
MVF shareholder (x2)
EHFN (awesome)
EFFG (discussion group)

 

[Al R]

FUW, NSA, FW, FG, CCF, FarmersFirst, PQL, SA, NFSCO, FWAG, RWAS, 2x local shows, NRoSO, AA(car not beer) and I would have thought quite a few others but can't remember now.

 

[neilo]

£14 ewe with my Nfsco collector.

£17 collected with ours, but discount on quantity.

DOLAV box is 32p/kg (£100 minimum) to empty, so cheaper to send decent sized ewes off individually. One collector told me that some will skin & gut before putting in the box, to save space/cost.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

£17 collected with ours, but discount on quantity.

The only discount you never want

 

[Al R]

£17 collected with ours, but discount on quantity.

DOLAV box is 32p/kg (£100 minimum) to empty, so cheaper to send decent sized ewes off individually. One collector told me that some will skin & gut before putting in the box, to save space/cost.

You are in Wales remember now @neilo ! Every penny a prisoner!
Around £16-17/ewe picked up I think? They take bags of lambs with no charge if there's 2 ewes aswell.

 

[neilo]

TS say that if you use a box then you have to empty it weekly.

A bit of a grey area, as I understand it. RPW inspector tried to tell me that, but couldn't come up with any legislation to support it.
Goes when it's full here.

 

[neilo]

You are in Wales remember now @neilo ! Every penny a prisoner!
Around £16-17/ewe picked up I think? They take bags of lambs with no charge if there's 2 ewes aswell.

Chucked in the back whilst they're busy loading the ewes? Dumpy bag or feed sack?

 

[Al R]

Chucked in the back whilst they're busy loading the ewes? Dumpy bag or feed sack?

No they take everything in themselves, 25kg feed bag full to the top, the odd lamb we've lost since which have been circa 16-20kg they havnt charged for either.. doesn't make much difference to them when there's a mountain of Holstein bull calves in their wagons.

 

[yellowbelly]

 

[Happy]

I drop off at the local hunt. £10/ewe and £5/bag of lambs.

That's good.
No such thing as the local hunt in most parts of Scotland.

 

[unlacedgecko]

That's good.
No such thing as the local hunt in most parts of Scotland.

I know a few in the SE.

Are fox destruction club hounds not flesh fed?

 

[Man_in_black]

I know a few in the SE.

Are fox destruction club hounds not flesh fed?

My local hunt said they wouldn't take any.....

 

[unlacedgecko]

My local hunt said they wouldn't take any.....

Aye it's a shame that so many have give up the flesh round. There will be one in your area that will though.

My "local" hunt is 45mins away. I've a couple of big wheelie bins I use as a dead box. Once full I put them in the stock trailer. May be less pleasant in summer though.