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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 8146268" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>I used to farm Lims. Many a time I had to go in to the yard with a teleporter to pick up a dead calf!</p><p>Deer farming is a lot less hassle. It fits in with the arable really well too. </p><p>They live out their entire lives. Calving will peak about 7th June. I have 2 busy days in September, weaning the calves and setting out the 3 rutting groups. A 4th group of older mostly baron hinds looks after the weaned calves. The breeding stags are de-antlered a few days later by using general anaesthetic and wake up with about 30-35 hinds waiting for them in a paddock, it being the start of the Rut.</p><p>The only other busy day happens about a week before they go. The venison stags are de-antlered in a special crush and tagged and the hinds are tagged. This happens at between 15 months and 18 months old.</p><p>Deer won’t put any weight on in winter when day length shortens. The trick is to get them as heavy as possible during the summer and try to stop them losing weight during the winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 8146268, member: 44728"] I used to farm Lims. Many a time I had to go in to the yard with a teleporter to pick up a dead calf! Deer farming is a lot less hassle. It fits in with the arable really well too. They live out their entire lives. Calving will peak about 7th June. I have 2 busy days in September, weaning the calves and setting out the 3 rutting groups. A 4th group of older mostly baron hinds looks after the weaned calves. The breeding stags are de-antlered a few days later by using general anaesthetic and wake up with about 30-35 hinds waiting for them in a paddock, it being the start of the Rut. The only other busy day happens about a week before they go. The venison stags are de-antlered in a special crush and tagged and the hinds are tagged. This happens at between 15 months and 18 months old. Deer won’t put any weight on in winter when day length shortens. The trick is to get them as heavy as possible during the summer and try to stop them losing weight during the winter. [/QUOTE]
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