This farming life

steveR

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Best thing that could happen for everyone concerned I reckon, someone was gonna get hurt there eventually, probably him!!

Have said before to Herself and the daughter, those bloody horns needed to come off. Saw a Longhorn open a lamb up like a knife... Horns were off inside a week.

Should maybe have kept the youngstock, but it sounded as if all winter feed was brought in... Cannot see that ever being viable?

Reminds me of a project on a couple of the smaller islands where Crofters collectively purchased a small round baler and wrapper, so they could make winter feed. But that place had nothing that could be mown? Tough old life...
 

puppet

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Yep surely he would of realised the bull was missing
It was on common grazings stretching for possibly thousands of acres. Need a helicopter to herd that land.
His winter feed bill at around £1000 per head seemed odd. They were only 150 miles from east coast supplies so easily within a day transport. I have had straw coming 5 hours away at average prices.
 

Rowland

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It was on common grazings stretching for possibly thousands of acres. Need a helicopter to herd that land.
His winter feed bill at around £1000 per head seemed odd. They were only 150 miles from east coast supplies so easily within a day transport. I have had straw coming 5 hours away at average prices.
10 k maybe there total feed bill ! They were on the way to being farmers with bending the facts to make it sound good like that 😂
 

toquark

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I often wondered what possessed them to think a croft with no soil and no in-bye as a suitable retirement small holding. My idea of a retirement small holding would be a nice bit of undulating land in mid Devon with a reasonable house and buildings.
I admit my knowledge of highland crofts is limited, but that one looks particularly difficult, at least 30% of the acreage appears to be rock. There's probably a reason it was a new house, steading etc., - no one in their right mind had tried to farm it in the past.
 

steveR

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Mixed Farmer
lacked handling system. Always looked too dangerous to me when they are chasing the stock around. This is the issue with having a small amount of stock you still need a decent system in place its just not viable.

Totally agree. The couple with the lively Whitebred bull were a case in point... Good handling and cattle and handlers are all safer and calmer...

My SiL has a few cattle and resisted even a crush for years,then a light bulb moment happened, I'll leave you to guess...! She now has a crush and something like a handling setup.
 

steveR

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Mixed Farmer
I often wondered what possessed them to think a croft with no soil and no in-bye as a suitable retirement small holding. My idea of a retirement small holding would be a nice bit of undulating land in mid Devon with a reasonable house and buildings.

Budget, budget and budget. He was selling some of his meat direct as I recall, but from I what I understand it is a bloody nightmare up there getting stock away to slaughter?
 

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