Shearing cost

[Nithsdale]

Aye, but I'm not even a contractor. I just shear with a friend and we do both farms between us. Usually just chip off batches of 140-150 a day.

One fella won't even tell me how many he has to do, but expected me to just drop things and do his today (and it's raining here now), so I'm not even considering. Another farm I owe a few days labour, so have said I will do theirs once ours are done... but I reckon the shearers' will get to him before I do at this rate.

Shearing in the evening is nice, but nobody wants to help at that time of day

 

[irish dom]

For some reason i decided to bring in 100 hoggs before i had my tea last night i never got in until 11.30pm. So i feel your pain. @Nithsdale Farmer .

Thought it was just me at that shite. 200 of my own still to do and its looking like everyone else is gonna get done before mine. If i dont answer the phone during the day there is an endless amount of local guys who like to call when you are sitting down with your dinner. That carry on does not speed up me or anyone else up. God i love impatient farmers. Glad my sheep are patient cos its gonna be a wee while yet

 

[ewefool]

waiting for dry day hopefully tommorrow to do sixteen for someone outside fank ewes not lambed pets fat as anything but he supplies sandwiches and juice forty pound plus i get the wool as he is not registered with the wool board good fun but wouldnt want too many that size

 

[Jon.S]

I was summoned to do the father in law's 4 pedigree suffolks last night. Lambed in January and none of this new fangled "low input" rubbish. Old school feed em til they can't eat no more.

If it wasn't a charity case I would have charged by the acre.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I was summoned to do the father in law's 4 pedigree suffolks last night. Lambed in January and none of this new fangled "low input" rubbish. Old school feed em til they can't eat no more.

If it wasn't a charity case I would have charged by the acre.

By the acre lol