trying to make living

[will6910]

just quick update now Internet has returned, finally, been saving up during summer and have bought my first 15 sheep of my own and a ram to, have also worked out a deal with a relation of mine to have 16 aces of his ground starting from November, for first years rent he wants to pick out some ewe lambs and if were both happy by next year will make better plans, means even if new hen house goes up il still get to keep a number of sheep I'm happy with pic Is of my 15 hoggets

 

[grumpy]

you no stuck one on the auld man and said he is a twonk and you want to live yer own life?where is the bedding?

 

[will6910]

I told him I'm getting the sheep I wanted to try and he let me, mostly cause I went and picked them myself and arranged it all, that's a pen where the sheep race is. bed it with bales of rushes keeps it dry and clean just doesn't look it

 

[DrWazzock]

Good on yer mate.

 

[will6910]

thanks

 

[llamedos]

Well done Will, hope you go from strength to strength with your new flock

 

[will6910]

thanks, having trouble keeping new ram in so he should produce lots of lambs for me when time comes. I hope

 

[newholland]

you can drive a tractor and you can use the internet - open the farmers weekly job page and email a contractor in newzealand. It is easier being abroard than being at home - I am not joking.

- all your contracting team will feel the same as you - all foreign, all new, no idea where anything is, all shite scared. They will have no idea who you are - you can be who you want to be.

Send some pictures home and your Dad will be proud

Its your life - live it, your a long time dead.
sell your sheep, get a plane ticket off internet and go.

Let them know a month beforehand that your having time away.

Drive a tractor abroard and you will have a sun tan, £10k in your back pocket.

You will never get another chance.
When you live live on the edge, you dont have time to worry - you have to get on with it.

Don't say no when you mean yes - the best advice somebody gave me.

I was a tractor driver on £3.50 /hr working at nextdoor farm. I had never been on a plane before, never had a passport, never been further than a few miles from home. I opened the farmers weekly, emailed a contractor, had a chat on the phone, organised visa and he booked me a one way flight to newzealand. He collected me off the plane and I was driving a tractor that evening.

It was the single best thing I ever did

You would not have started this thread unless you wanted to do something - live your own life - its yours.

 

[spanners]

farming is shyte, Anyone who wants to make a living should go into the scrap buisness

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

farming is shyte, Anyone who wants to make a living should go into the scrap buisness

Depends if you want to work all day covered in oil / grease in a hi - viz jacket with not a tree or piece of grass in sight or you you want to enjoy your work .As the advert says 'Farming - it's a lifestyle choice ' .

 

[newholland]

Farming is the best job in the world.

 

[will6910]

what if u enjoy being in countryside, seeing new life at lambing, caring for animals and them depending on u? even when it's sleeting down my neck I wouldn't change it for the world

 

[Sweepa]

Nice hoggets will, the shed looks fancy too, as for making a living i would say get in under all the young farmer schemes/grants possible. There is one where you can £1000 a year for 5 years if you are under 40, nice topup of money. Also btw i noticed you are from omagh, im from gortin myself.

 

[will6910]

sheds a old mushroom tunnel converted inside to sheep pens, will look into grants and stuff to see what I can find out thanks

 

[S J H]

Just go to NZ as said before, I'd have stayed there if we didn't farm.

You'll come back with no ties, and a different outlook, hopefully your family will miss and appreciate what you do and your opinions.

 

[Yale]

Farming is the best job in the world.

Yes it is.

But only if it offers a decent standard of living.

If it doesn't then it can be misery,poverty and divorce.

 

[Baling Hay]

Just go to NZ as said before, I'd have stayed there if we didn't farm.

You'll come back with no ties, and a different outlook, hopefully your family will miss and appreciate what you do and your opinions.

He won't go because of his medical condition.

 

[Guiggs]

Nice one @will6910 , remember the more you try for yourself the more you will learn and the more confident you will become, confidence in yourself will lead to others being confident in you! Nothing is more satisfying then looking around your stock and seeing it thrive and thinking" yeah, I did that"
And remember not all the answers can be found abroad!

 

[will6910]

as much as I struggle at times at home I could never see myself away from this place, a holiday would be nice in future tho

 

[Nell]

Nice looking hoggs, Will.