Sawdust to replace straw

[Derrick Hughes]

Not here it hasn't .

it will do .hasn't filtered through yet

 

[bobk]

it will .do .hasn't filtered through yet

I can lay my hands on 3000 quads , tomorrow

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I can lay my hands on 3000 quads , tomorrow

What price

 

[bobk]

What price

You've got my number .

 

[Davy Boy]

Is sawdust & wood shavings any good for bedding in-lamb ewes?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Is sawdust & wood shavings any good for bedding in-lamb ewes?

Probably the best type

 

[bigw]

Have been advised to clean out and start again. Apparently it goes like porridge eventually. I've been taking advice from the islanders up north! @bigw

We have just cleaned out along the feed fence for the first time @Chae1 hopefully it will a few weeks yet till we have to clean the whole thing out. Cattle are very clean on it still, how are you doing with it?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

We have just cleaned out along the feed fence for the first time @Chae1 hopefully it will a few weeks yet till we have to clean the whole thing out. Cattle are very clean on it still, how are you doing with it?

Is it just beach sand?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Is sawdust & wood shavings any good for bedding in-lamb ewes?

good quality shavings or sawdust would still cost more than straw .up to you to decide what's best

 

[bigw]

Is it just beach sand?

Yes

 

[GTB]

Is it just beach sand?

Yes

Is it legal to just drive down to the beach and fetch it or do you have a private beach?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Is it legal to just drive down to the beach and fetch it or do you have a private beach?

Why do you live near the sea...

 

[GTB]

Why do you live near the sea...

Just a few miles away. There are huge sand dunes near here but the land is managed by NRW

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Just a few miles away. There are huge sand dunes near here but the land is managed by NRW

Just take the bulbs out of your loadall...

 

[bigw]

Is it legal to just drive down to the beach and fetch it or do you have a private beach?

We buy it in

 

[GTB]

How much per ton is sand to buy in roughly?

 

[bigw]

We can get it for about £6.50 ton plus delivery

 

[GTB]

We can get it for about £6.50 ton plus delivery

So you put about 8" in at the start of winter then leave well alone until it turns to porridge then clean out and start again? Does the sand have any nutralising value? (as in ph) Could lime be used instead?

 

[GTB]

Just take the bulbs out of your loadall...

It's not somewhere you'd want to go in the dark (or when the tide's in )

 

[bigw]

We put in about a foot deep and going to clean out as needed. I think 5 ton of sand is about the same as a ton of lime