Shearing 2020

[Nithsdale]

Couldn't find a thread for this year.

So here we are... Has many started yet? How are they shearing?

I did my tups today.

Folks local are starting to shout wanting them done but I can't see them being great yet.

Sharpened a few friends gear over the weekend there and I'm supposed to start shearing in the valley floor on Monday... but I might nip off a group at home before this week is out to see what things are like.

 

[Skintagain]

Did half a dozen hoggs yesterday as they needed moving out of a neighbours paddock that was eaten up. They sheared nice. Going to get rest of rams and possibly ewe hoggs done this week. Fly sprayed all ewes tails last week as I have no intention of shearing them until mid June at earliest. They have been worked hard this spring.

 

[Yale]

Done 250,finished yearlings which sheared well.

First batch of 45 ewes which I’ve just done today were a bit mixed but were twins.

 

[scottish-lleyn]

We have done around 4000 so far hoggs for the most part are all flyers early ewes tje same anything else is still sticky. Got 7 days on ewes this week so see how we go. My own sheep wont be done until well into july as ive spent 1000nds of pounds putting clik om them now.

 

[Yale]

Next lot.

 

[Wishful Thinker]

All done and dusted 2 weeks ago. Though if I got the 1 before last near the start, the whole thing would have been in the market the following day. It was near impossible to shear, got loose on me, didn’t try to go round me just straight for my knee. It’s still purple. Had to do it and last one sitting on wheel of trailer. My wife learnt a few new swear words in the process

 

[neilo]

We did the (82) Tups last week, which sheared OK, but more ‘kicky’ than normal.
Then did the dry Charollais on Saturday. A few of the hoggs were very sticky still, having been shorn last September.
Will do 100 March lambers and the crossbred dry hoggs (the wool ones anyway) in ten days or so. I can’t imagine anything but dry & early lambers would be very much fun yet, round here anyway.

Had half a dozen with the first twitches of maggots when I was crutching, so I dare say the contractors’ phones will be red hot this week.

Pretty much everything else is Clik’ed and will be left until after weaning, as usual.

 

[Estate fencing.]

We started last week, did 2500 last week (2 shearers) that where really fit dry hoggs that where sticky but sheared 400 yesterday and today and they flew. My own ewes won’t get do until July because I clicked them.

 

[Tim W]

Staff tell me they are about 70% of the way through ---apparently there's no charge either?

 

[spin cycle]

Staff tell me they are about 70% of the way through ---apparently there's no charge either?

bitta texel in gal on the left?

 

[Tim W]

bitta texel in gal on the left?

Doubt it ---just solid measuring/recording/selecting in her background (sometimes think there should be more of this applied to the political classes??--definitely more culling )

 

[Nithsdale]

Doubt it ---just solid measuring/recording/selecting in her background (sometimes think there should be more of this applied to the political classes??--definitely more culling )

Would that be classed as Ethical cleansing?

 

[Green farmer]

Staff tell me they are about 70% of the way through ---

Feck off Tim ?, trying to drive us with woolly sheep mad ?. Get a move on and set up some breeders my side of the pond , who I can get a ram off

 

[spin cycle]

Feck off Tim ?, trying to drive us with woolly sheep mad ?. Get a move on and set up some breeders my side of the pond , who I can get a ram off

all you need is a coupla rams and breed your own shedders

 

[mixed breed]

The lads wound our few threw in good time today

Daughters enjoying her time off school

Waiting for mam at the hairdressers

 

[hendrebc]

Going to do the rams and make a start on the hoggs tomorrow. Then when everything is set up I'll do a few of the ewes when the lambs come in for a drench just to finish the day off but probably won't do them properly till well into June.
As usual not looking forward to it

 

[Green farmer]

all you need is a coupla rams and breed your own shedders

Yep already started with a easycare, but just as happy to use exlana when they've a few breeders over here. Here's a texel/lleyn ewe in the field who heard I was making the switch and didnt want to get left behind.

 

[beardface]

All done here apart from the rams. Usually shear in may. Main strike season may June here. Shearing being the best form of control. Most sheared fairly well with a lot of rise in one group. Weather's perfect for it too. Had to spray some and leave till June last year as weather was a bit cool, but not too fussed this year.

 

[Tim W]

Feck off Tim ?, trying to drive us with woolly sheep mad ?. Get a move on and set up some breeders my side of the pond , who I can get a ram off

Export of rams planned for this summer --- email [email protected] if you're interested

 

[Nithsdale]

Export of rams planned for this summer --- email [email protected] if you're interested

Exports?!?!?

1 step closer to world domination...