Sheep forum?

Conmaicne Mara

Is there scope for a sheep sub forum? Might just be me, sheep related threads seem to get pushed down the list kind of fast. Maybe a sub forum would generate more sheep discussion?

foxylock

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Is there scope for a sheep sub forum? Might just be me, sheep related threads seem to get pushed down the list kind of fast. Maybe a sub forum would generate more sheep discussion?

Yeah I'd welcome that....... Thats two anyway!!!

AntrimGlens

foxylock wrote: »

Yeah I'd welcome that....... Thats two anyway!!!

Just like an oul ewe I'll follow. Yea those post 15 dairy boys can have their own chat.

sea12

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Just like an oul ewe I'll follow. Yea those post 15 dairy boys can have their own chat.

Yea I agree. Every time we set up a post it gets taken over by cattle stories

Lastin

Count me in

arais

I milk a few cows as well, but count me in

sea12

arais wrote: »

I milk a few cows as well, but count me in

You see. Started with sheep and talking about cows already.!!!!!!


Only messing

Cran

Ye agree I'm in

iverjohnston

yeah, me too

epfff

Cran wrote: »

Ye agree I'm in

I'm trying to get out of them
but count me in

Richk2012

yes indeed

Lastin

if we get Rancher and razor8 and we have the full set.

premier10

Here's another one

Conmaicne Mara

Lastin wrote: »

if we get Rancher and razor8 and we have the full set.

Not forgetting Username John.

Prop Joe

i'd vote 4 it

Salmonman

Salmonman is on board

tabby aspreme

+1

Username John

Yeah, good idea - count me in.

Mac Taylor

Count me in too.

Bleating Lamb

Would be welcome,have tried to initiate sheep chat a few times with poor response.

letterkenny man

Baa am in

Glenco.

epfff wrote: »

I'm trying to get out of them
but count me in

I'm trying to get into them so count me in.
Posted a new thread about lleyn sheep and it was gone to page 4 in a few hours.

eire23

Count me in as well, although dont post much i would if there was a seep forum

horsemad

Count me in its good to hear from people in the know

Conmaicne Mara

arais wrote: »

Since rancher is on of the few full time sheep farmers and has a vast knowledge I propose he be mod of the forum.... where do go we from here about getting this up and running?

might head for roscrea in a while,

@ Glenco , speak to Mike Harty at the mart he may be able to arrange transport

AFAIK, that's not how it works. I started this thread to gauge interest here from actual sheep farmers. Next step is to put in a formal request in the proper forum.

Leave this thread run another day or two maybe and then I'll do that and provide a link tot hat thread as we'll need supporters to post "+1" in that thread. Needs 25+ members to unconditionally support (meaning "+1", not "+1, but only if condition X,Y&Z are met" it, then there's a 6 week window of consideration for the admin who will say yes or no. It's most likely that the existing F&F mods would also mod a new sheep sub forum.

See if we can get a few more on board in this thread first then I'll open the formal one.

Conmaicne Mara

Some of ye wanting to vote for this might want to start posing in advance of a vote. Eligible voters need to have 50+ posts & be a member for 3+ months.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056317945

Bodacious

I don't have sheep at the moment but would plan to get 20 ewes in the future as they are a great job to clean up the ground ... so id follow the sheep forum for tips/advice

eorna

+1

glenkeo

+1

arais

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Some of ye wanting to vote for this might want to start posing in advance of a vote. Eligible voters need to have 50+ posts & be a member for 3+ months.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056317945

that's me out so, have 2 other boards accounts, I closed 1 beacause of an attempted breach through my e-mail , and I'm on a red card here on the other 1 :D ,


any how good luck

@ rancher ... your're looking well M8 , saw you in Roscrea earlier & intended popping over ... was waiting for a couple pens of hoggets i had marked out and when i turned around you had gone

glenkeo

only 9 more post togo then

moy83

+1
One of these days Im going to fence off a few fields with sheep wire and start a small flock myself . I'm awhile talking about it now though :rolleyes:

supersean1999

+1

shy_boy

+1

Rovi

I'm generally supportive of the proposed new forum/sub-forum and think it could well indeed work and generate more 'sheep' discussion, but some things need to be borne in mind:

I've done a quick countback, and I see a rough average of 1 'sheep' thread per page. 20 posts/page, so approximately 5% of threads have a sheep-specific title.
These are surprisingly similar to the forestry-thread numbers we were looking at almost 2 years ago, prior to the creation of the Forestry forum.
While far from being a hugely busy forum, the Forestry forum has been a modest success.
It's getting approximately 4-5 posts/day and 1 new thread/day, which is a lot more on the subject that when it was in the general Farming forum.
I suspect that 'sheep' discussion would similarly increase if it had its own space.

Bear in mind though, that the Farming patch here is just a tiny corner of the whole Boards.ie website, and the admins and site managers are looking at a much bigger picture.
New forums add workload to the hardware, software, and personnel of the site, so they need to shown to be potentially of benefit to the whole community.
The raw numbers above by themselves do NOT make a case for the creation of a new forum; they are far from overwhelming and 'sheep' subjects in are no way threatening to dominate the Farming forum.

In order to have any chance of success, the forum proposal needs to make a good case that 'sheep' discussion is being drowned out at the moment, and would expand and grow if it was focussed into its own area rather than falling through the cracks in the fast-moving general discussion in the main Farming forum.


I'd also urge everyone to make themselves familiar with the Forum requests Charter and procedure BEFORE posting a proposal or reply.

Conmaicne Mara

Two things off the top of my head, sheep farming IMO will have more to talk about than forestry. I'd imagine firstly there are more sheep farmers than forestry owners, and there are also more subjects within sheep, plus discussion of individual animal cases, breeds & types, disease, dosing, nutrition, genetics, marts & factories, yadda & etc.

Second thing is, that sheep discussion is being lost in other farming discussion is precisely the problem from my POV. That, I think, lessens the input from sheep farmers as it gives the impression there are very few sheep farmers on here, or it's an unimportant topic. A dedicated sub forum will encourage more sheep related discussion given a chance.

All they can say is no, question is do they want sheep discussion to grow here, or elsewhere?

razor8

count me in too, agree with above, i didnt think we had as many sheep farmers on here which is encouraging

if the format was improved maybe it would also encourage more sheep farmers to join

solerina

Count me in too...don't post a lot but I do read all things 'sheep'

hedgecutting eddie

Id love a sheep forum 2

iverjohnston

Sheep are a bit more high maintenance than trees, and should provoke more discussion. Also lots of forestry owned by investors, managed by companies etc, so there should be enough folk with questions to support lively discussion.
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Conmaicne Mara

No time today to properly go through reading the procedures etc. got to move sheep, mind kids, then head off for a farm meeting. I'll get the formal thread on the road tomorrow if that's ok with everyone.

The stickys on the Forum Request forum will tell ye about proper procedure for voting etc. in the meantime

foyle

+1

Conmaicne Mara

Thread up and running lads & ladies.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86525055#post86525055

Marooned75

Well done

Conmaicne Mara

Please read the stickys in that forum before voting

clarenman

count me in ...............would love forum on "white plaque" (sheep)

Lastin

Follow the link above and +1

Rovi

Just making this thread 'sticky' for the duration of the new-forum-creation process.

Here's the thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86525055

rancher

Rovi wrote: »

Just making this thread 'sticky' for the duration of the new-forum-creation process.

Here's the thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86525055

Well done CM,

Conmaicne Mara

Take another few weeks before we know for sure. Many the slip between cup and lip.

Conmaicne Mara

That month wasn't long passing, two weeks until we get a decision on a sheep forum