I am new to sheep and have a flock of 20 ewes on 14 acres (split into 3 fields)
I was looking at the Productivity small grant scheme and wondering what to get....if anything!
I live on site so trailer systems are not vital
I am on my own so working on the animals can be tricky...especially injections...dagging
I intend to breed so could be at 60 sheep through parts of the year.
My main issues so far seem to be getting all of the sheep in a pen. The greedy ones are easy...others not so much. I could do with a better means of working on the sheep and doing vaccinations etc..
Maybe I should just make some better pens from hurdles and netting? Create my own race with simple footbath..
I have no hard surfaces so a fixed handling system looks out..they insist it is call concreted in
Would a combi clamp be worth the money as it doesn't help with looking at feet??
What would people suggest? I dont want to buy stuff for the sake of it but I am very inefficient at the moment..
I was looking at the Productivity small grant scheme and wondering what to get....if anything!
I live on site so trailer systems are not vital
I am on my own so working on the animals can be tricky...especially injections...dagging
I intend to breed so could be at 60 sheep through parts of the year.
My main issues so far seem to be getting all of the sheep in a pen. The greedy ones are easy...others not so much. I could do with a better means of working on the sheep and doing vaccinations etc..
Maybe I should just make some better pens from hurdles and netting? Create my own race with simple footbath..
I have no hard surfaces so a fixed handling system looks out..they insist it is call concreted in
Would a combi clamp be worth the money as it doesn't help with looking at feet??
What would people suggest? I dont want to buy stuff for the sake of it but I am very inefficient at the moment..