Sheep Photo Thread

razor8

Thought i would start one of these


Used for Breeding Mules
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Some of The Ewes
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Ewe Lambs
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Bring the camera with ye next time your out

Conmaicne Mara

Nice one Razor, I had been thinking of this earlier today but had no new photos to show Liking the blackies

Just after noticing the long tails?

razor8

they came with them!

Conmaicne Mara

razor8 wrote: »

they came with them!

Was the one on the right tipped at all or did you use no raddle the first week?

razor8

3 days to go before first cycle complete so fingers crossed!

premier10

razor8 wrote: »

Thought i would start one of these


Used for Breeding Mules
Blackface Hornys.jpg

Some of The Ewes
Ewes.jpg

Ewe Lambs
Ewe Lambs.jpg

Bring the camera with ye next time your out

Smashing sheep there razor, was looking at the ewes today and was thinking i should've of brought the camera with me, they were lining themselves up nicely. Definintely will get a few pics. I like your Cha ram, fine sheep

sea12

premier10 wrote: »

Smashing sheep there razor, was looking at the ewes today and was thinking i should've of brought the camera with me, they were lining themselves up nicely. Definintely will get a few pics. I like your Cha ram, fine sheep

I put this on another thread earlier but seen as it's up it suits this better. My new Charolais ram lamb getting ready for his big day. Didn't take him long to figure out what to do.

Cran

Rams went out yesterday here, some pics

First charollais ram lamb bought this year
2nd hogget charollais and Lleyn ram lamb
3rd 6 home bred rams 4 full brothers in the pic

sea12

Cran wrote: »

Rams went out yesterday here, some pics

First charollais ram lamb bought this year
2nd hogget charollais and Lleyn ram lamb
3rd 6 home bred rams 4 full brothers in the pic

Are they all going to different flocks or are they all out together.

rancher

Cran wrote: »

Rams went out yesterday here, some pics

First charollais ram lamb bought this year
2nd hogget charollais and Lleyn ram lamb
3rd 6 home bred rams 4 full brothers in the pic

Are the ram lambs for sale

eire23

Cran wrote: »

Rams went out yesterday here, some pics

First charollais ram lamb bought this year
2nd hogget charollais and Lleyn ram lamb
3rd 6 home bred rams 4 full brothers in the pic

Fine sheep cran. Bought our first charollais this year, there fairly lively arent they? or our fella is anyways.

What breeding is behind the lleyn ram lamb if ya dont mind me asking? pm if ya want.

Cran

eire23 wrote: »

Fine sheep cran. Bought our first charollais this year, there fairly lively arent they? or our fella is anyways.

What breeding is behind the lleyn ram lamb if ya dont mind me asking? pm if ya want.

Thanks Eire, ye have mainly used Charollais for years since early 90s hard to beat them for factory lambs. Have a small pedigree flock here now started up over past couple of years. The Lleyn is from Michael Keegan's flock he's jumped out of it since coming here.

Rancher none of the rams pictured are for sale, the Charollais lamb was champion at premier this year. I've sold hoggets up to now last one went to customer last week, but have this years lambs April born to run into Hoggets. I actually let out one with some ewes yesterday he's got super figures and a huge lamb but mouth isn't perfect so going to keep him. Also running one April born with some pedigree ewe lambs, he's top for production figures across Charollais 2013 lambs.

Sea12 I manage my own flock plus fathers & uncles, all in 18 rams out yesterday. Most together was 6 into field of 300 ewes.

supersean1999

Ya lose an wrote: »

Thanks Eire, ye have mainly used Charollais for years since early 90s hard to beat them for factory lambs. Have a small pedigree flock here now started up over past couple of years. The Lleyn is from Michael Keegan's flock he's jumped out of it since coming here.

Rancher none of the rams pictured are for sale, the Charollais lamb was champion at premier this year. I've sold hoggets up to now last one went to customer last week, but have this years lambs April born to run into Hoggets. I actually let out one with some ewes yesterday he's got super figures and a huge lamb but mouth isn't perfect so going to keep him. Also running one April born with some pedigree ewe lambs, he's top for production figures across Charollais 2013 lambs.

Sea12 I manage my own flock plus fathers & uncles, all in 18 rams out yesterday. Most together was 6 into field of 300 ewes.

Cran do ya lose many rams when you mix them. In big numbers. With fighting.

Bleating Lamb

Cran wrote: »

Thanks Eire, ye have mainly used Charollais for years since early 90s hard to beat them for factory lambs. Have a small pedigree flock here now started up over past couple of years. The Lleyn is from Michael Keegan's flock he's jumped out of it since coming here.

Rancher none of the rams pictured are for sale, the Charollais lamb was champion at premier this year. I've sold hoggets up to now last one went to customer last week, but have this years lambs April born to run into Hoggets. I actually let out one with some ewes yesterday he's got super figures and a huge lamb but mouth isn't perfect so going to keep him. Also running one April born with some pedigree ewe lambs, he's top for production figures across Charollais 2013 lambs.

Sea12 I manage my own flock plus fathers & uncles, all in 18 rams out yesterday. Most together was 6 into field of 300 ewes.

That must be a fairly big field!;)

Cran

supersean1999 wrote: »

Cran do ya lose many rams when you mix them. In big numbers. With fighting.

The 6 spent the summer together, plan all along was to let them out together. Think only 2 rams went out in one field that hadn't been together, be a little wary if not use to each other .

iverjohnston

supersean1999 wrote: »

Cran do ya lose many rams when you mix them. In big numbers. With fighting.

I bought a few sheep from a lad up in North Co. Dublin last week. He was telling me that his father runs a flock of 1000 ewes. Passing the house on the ay home, there was a paddock with about 30 rams in it . Wouldn't like to see a fight in there.............

Username John

Moving the girls at the weekend



Got this lad as a replacement, lleyn lamb ram. Will put him out this week.
Its not a great pic, will try to get a better one...

iverjohnston

thats the kind of fencing I aspire to!

Username John

iverjohnston wrote: »

thats the kind of fencing I aspire to!

Don't let that fool you into thinking the whole place is like that Iver - I could take plenty pictures of ditches with bits of bushes blocking holes in them

supersean1999

iverjohnston wrote: »

I bought a few sheep from a lad up in North Co. Dublin last week. He was telling me that his father runs a flock of 1000 ewes. Passing the house on the ay home, there was a paddock with about 30 rams in it . Wouldn't like to see a fight in there.............

Survival of the fittest :-)

supersean1999

iverjohnston wrote: »

I bought a few sheep from a lad up in North Co. Dublin last week. He was telling me that his father runs a flock of 1000 ewes. Passing the house on the ay home, there was a paddock with about 30 rams in it . Wouldn't like to see a fight in there.............

Survival of the fittest :-)

iverjohnston

supersean1999 wrote: »

Survival of the fittest :-)

And not just the Rams..
Was an Ad. on donedeal, arranged to meet at a local village pub in north Co. Dublin. Now the lad had specified cash only acceptable.
So waiting at the pub and this motorcyclist pulls up, full face helmet, and tells me to follow him. So we are heading down this boreen and I suddenly got a bit nervous, too much Love/Hate, I suppose.
Have you ever tried to hide a couple of grand cash in a jeep while trying to get a wheel brace from under the seat while following a lad on a motor-bike down a back road?:D

Anyway, was 100%:)

supersean1999

iverjohnston wrote: »

And not just the Rams..
Was an Ad. on donedeal, arranged to meet at a local village pub in north Co. Dublin. Now the lad had specified cash only acceptable.
So waiting at the pub and this motorcyclist pulls up, full face helmet, and tells me to follow him. So we are heading down this boreen and I suddenly got a bit nervous, too much Love/Hate, I suppose.
Have you ever tried to hide a couple of grand cash in a jeep while trying to get a wheel brace from under the seat while following a lad on a motor-bike down a back road?:D

Anyway, was 100%:)

Haha classic

sea12

supersean1999 wrote: »

Haha classic

I know allot of people only want cash as security but Out of curiosity. How do u put this through your accounts if it's all cash or were they short kept?

iverjohnston

when withdrawing the cash get the bank to mark it as "3O lambs" or whatever to show up on the statement. together with the page from the other lads sales book should cover you.

Cran

Found this while out tonight. She's one of the ewes picked to bred replacements lucky not picked for intelligence

iverjohnston

Its important not to breed from the really bright ones, otherwise they Will soon be smarter than us .

tabby aspreme

Cran wrote: »

Found this while out tonight. She's one of the ewes picked to bred replacements lucky not picked for intelligence

the ram may not have liked the look of her and put the bucket on her when doing the business

Mac Taylor

tabby aspreme wrote: »

the ram may not have liked the look of her and put the bucket on her when doing the business

True, but you don't have to look at the mantle piece when poking the fire!!

AnFeirmeoir

I dont think rams worry too much about the mantle piece.
My fella seems to favor the one eared hog-mouth. I was never fussy but had better standards than that!

rancher

This is my ''wet area''
Dipping bath with guillotine gate
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Footbath...don't like footbathing mid mating but it was a case
of having to be done
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Footbath holds 40 ewes and needs 2 bags zinc sulphate to get 10% solution
We use a hydrometer to test the solution and a lot of people have asked about it since our Grassland Association farm walk last year.
Fill a 1litre mineral bottle from the footbath with a jug and drop the hydrometer into it and read it at the level of the water
The hydrometer costs about €5+p+p Here's a pic and the zinc sulphate measurement is on the right of the hydrometer and the website to buy it is at the top

Muck kills formalin whereas zinc sulphate works even if the water is dirty so we can leave it for weeks if it doesn't rain too much

sea12

Nice looking sheep rancher. What are u crossing them with?

Bleating Lamb

Were the ewes clipped fairly late?....don't seem to have much wool on them....great strong wide sheep.

rancher

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Were the ewes clipped fairly late?....don't seem to have much wool on them....great strong wide sheep.

Always shear crossbreds end of august, it's easier to organise the shearing when they haven't lambs with them, Have to put Clik on them in june, so it costs that bit more.
We shear the pedigrees in May, but they're weaned by then too

Sea, the ewes are texel/lleyn cross, I find it a good combination

sea12

rancher wrote: »

Always shear crossbreds end of august, it's easier to organise the shearing when they haven't lambs with them, Have to put Clik on them in june, so it costs that bit more.
We shear the pedigrees in May, but they're weaned by then too

Sea, the ewes are texel/lleyn cross, I find it a good combination

Oh I meant what ram are u crossing them with for the season ahead

rancher

sea12 wrote: »

Oh I meant what ram are u crossing them with for the season ahead

Sorry, they're out with vendeen rams,

sea12

rancher wrote: »

Sorry, they're out with vendeen rams,

Did u ever cross them with suffolks. Would image ud have lovely lambs out of them.

rancher

sea12 wrote: »

Did u ever cross them with suffolks. Would image ud have lovely lambs out of them.

Vendeens are very easy lambed and quick to get up and that's worth a lot with the numbers here.
Also don't like the ''black at both ends'' scenario with suffolks.

sea12

rancher wrote: »

Vendeens are very easy lambed and quick to get up and that's worth a lot with the numbers here.
Also don't like the ''black at both ends'' scenario with suffolks.

Yea know what u mean. Got rid of 2 suffolks this year and replaced them with Charolais. Have one dug golf left but this is his last year.

Neddyusa

Anyone here shear ewe lambs before mating?

Ram into his last fortnight with ewe lambs here and not so happy with the numbers tipped thus far.
They were sheared mid-october, a bit later than planned. Most are off a Belclare ram and they can have big awkward fleeces at lambing if not sheared. Could it be that the cold wet conditions since Oct have slowed down oestrus onset with some of them?
Appear to be thriving well and all wormed and mineral dosed.

razor8

Neddyusa wrote: »

Anyone here shear ewe lambs before mating?

Ram into his last fortnight with ewe lambs here and not so happy with the numbers tipped thus far.
They were sheared mid-october, a bit later than planned. Most are off a Belclare ram and they can have big awkward fleeces at lambing if not sheared. Could it be that the cold wet conditions since Oct have slowed down oestrus onset with some of them?
Appear to be thriving well and all wormed and mineral dosed.

dont shear here every year but sheared 50 ewe lambs end of september, first week only 5 tipped, 19 after 3 weeks and only 7 left saturday which was 3 weeks, always find its the second to third week that they take off

Neddyusa

razor8 wrote: »

dont shear here every year but sheared 50 ewe lambs end of september, first week only 5 tipped, 19 after 3 weeks and only 7 left saturday which was 3 weeks, always find its the second to third week that they take off

Sound for that Razor - yeah I expected the slow start alright, this week bein week three should see a bit more action then hopefully!

Do you use ram effect to get them cycling or is it just straight in with rams?

razor8

got a ram done this year but didnt go according to plan, got infection, should be ok for next year though. so was straight in with ram

rancher

Neddyusa wrote: »

Anyone here shear ewe lambs before mating?

Ram into his last fortnight with ewe lambs here and not so happy with the numbers tipped thus far.
They were sheared mid-october, a bit later than planned. Most are off a Belclare ram and they can have big awkward fleeces at lambing if not sheared. Could it be that the cold wet conditions since Oct have slowed down oestrus onset with some of them?
Appear to be thriving well and all wormed and mineral dosed.

Fine big sheep anyway, should have no problem going in lamb.
We always put a ram other side of the fence for a fortnight before putting together'
Always shear them too, huge advantage at lambing.

sea12

We always put a ram other side of the fence for a fortnight before putting together'


I only leave them in a paddock beside the ewes for for48 hours for the ram effect.

Username John

Pic of the Lleyn lamb ram with the ewes. He looked bigger before I put him in with them
He is in now coming up to 2 weeks, and he has only tipped a few it seems. So maybe the Hampshire did a lot better job that I thought in the first 2 weeks... We'll see come scanning time I guess... There are a few that don't look to have any raddle on em, which worries me a small bit... But it could be the yellow raddle I was using first, which was very faint on some of em...



Pic of the lawnmowers, not exactly hard at work

Conmaicne Mara

I'd kill for land as good as that

Cran

Username John wrote: »

Pic of the Lleyn lamb ram with the ewes. He looked bigger before I put him in with them
He is in now coming up to 2 weeks, and he has only tipped a few it seems. So maybe the Hampshire did a lot better job that I thought in the first 2 weeks... We'll see come scanning time I guess... There are a few that don't look to have any raddle on em, which worries me a small bit... But it could be the yellow raddle I was using first, which was very faint on some of em...



Pic of the lawnmowers, not exactly hard at work

Love the hampshires don't see them very often anymore

Cran

Another couple of purchases this year, or as my old man says my waste of money he's probably right

Username John

Cran wrote: »

Another couple of purchases this year, or as my old man says my waste of money he's probably right

Charolais I assume Cran? Nice looking, although The last one looks particularly wicked, even for a Charolais :P

razor8

Username John wrote: »

Pic of the Lleyn lamb ram with the ewes. He looked bigger before I put him in with them
He is in now coming up to 2 weeks, and he has only tipped a few it seems. So maybe the Hampshire did a lot better job that I thought in the first 2 weeks... We'll see come scanning time I guess... There are a few that don't look to have any raddle on em, which worries me a small bit... But it could be the yellow raddle I was using first, which was very faint on some of em...



Pic of the lawnmowers, not exactly hard at work

Lawn is a job I hate with a passion, are the Hampshire’s ewes or rams ?

if you had a ram lamb of your own about I wouldn’t hesitate to let him in, a lamb is better than none come the spring even if quality not great