Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I know of a lot of Swales that a treated like royalty. Half of them would die if ran on a hard hill.
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muleman
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'Look after them and they will look after you '
Is a good way to look at it i always think
- Location
- East Ayrshire
I know the 195 I bought certainly all prefer running towards the bike than running away, which probably tells a story ...
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Nah its just you they're after
Ours are well fed all winter and housed for at least a month before lambing, due to NE wanting them off the fell and allotments, they still make a decent job of their lambs when they get back to the fell in spring and summer
- Location
- East Ayrshire
No female ever ran after me when I was younger, they're hardly likely to start now!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Same story here. At least you've got one... I'm getting very successful at chasing them away
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Same story here. At least you've got one... I'm getting very successful at chasing them away
Don't give up hope mate. 17 years ago today she made an honest man out of me!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Don't give up hope mate. 17 years ago today she made an honest man out of me!
Congratulations.
Aye I'll muddle on... last ones still getting me a bit though. Thought I'd won the lottery when she said yes to going out
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Chin up! 
You'll be busy enough just now to not worry about it lol.
You'll be busy enough just now to not worry about it lol.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Only just starting. 1 pet in the shed as it's mum had the decency to have a fecked bag... and die 
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Crazy housing hill sheep to me but I know it’s not as simple as that.
10/12 years ago I would have said crazy housing them too, but pressure from NE to come off the fell and allotments for winter kind of pushed us into it, then that bad storm in spring of 2013 made the final decision for us. If we hadn't done it then we would probably have done it after 2018 spring. As it turns out having them housed at spring means we can keep another 150 ewes due to less pressure on spring grazing, doesn't cost us anymore to feed them, only real extra cost is straw which is partly offset with lower fuel cost, not having to trail around with the quad feeding sheep, the extra labour at lambing is kept to a minimum by taking on vet students.
And you have more muck for your inbye ground. We are similar where i shepherd, ewes come in for 3 months, grass grows and I can turn out onto plenty of parkland grass that’s rested.
- Location
- East Sussex
I know all you advanced sheep people have long ago finished scanning but down here is the deep south we finished yesterday.
A very good result overall with a slightly higher number of empties than usual which this year is certainly not a disaster.
From shearling Romney at around 140% to Texel X in the 170% with the main flock Romneys at 158% which with around 2% triplets is about a perfect result for an outdoor system.
The numbers will not be less than this as Scanning just before lambing is very difficult to see triplets.
With the weather looking good for the next couple of weeks it looks as if we can start our holidays now that the ewes are lambing!!!
A very good result overall with a slightly higher number of empties than usual which this year is certainly not a disaster.
From shearling Romney at around 140% to Texel X in the 170% with the main flock Romneys at 158% which with around 2% triplets is about a perfect result for an outdoor system.
The numbers will not be less than this as Scanning just before lambing is very difficult to see triplets.
With the weather looking good for the next couple of weeks it looks as if we can start our holidays now that the ewes are lambing!!!
We are about 11 months ahead of all our neighbours, which must mean that we are very advanced