Sheep Photo Thread

arctictree

sea12 wrote: »

Lovely stock and there on perfect grass. Were u not tempted to put them in lamb last oct

Thanks, yes, I was tempted but it was my first year lambing so I didn't want to be dealing with ewe lambs. All I need now is a nice ram!

Took some advice from this thread and didn't put them in lamb:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87006228

sea12

arctictree wrote: »

Thanks, yes, I was tempted but it was my first year lambing so I didn't want to be dealing with ewe lambs. All I need now is a nice ram!

Took some advice from this thread and didn't put them in lamb:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87006228

Ah yea if it was your first year lambing you made the right decision

Username John

A few boys and girls that went for their tour of the burger factory yesterday having their last supper... :P

Keen to find out how they did now... from what I found out, ICM Camolin don't give the kill out for spring lambs either...
So I wont know how each lamb did, which would be nice to know...

Oh - and one old ewe, who I was in two minds about selling (she has a good lamb every year, good milk, good feet - but she was a devil to contain, and I was sick of her jumping over wire, and carrying lambs with her) Even tho I know it was the right thing to do, kinda half sorry I sent her off now

sea12

Username John wrote: »

A few boys and girls that went for their tour of the burger factory yesterday having their last supper... :P

Keen to find out how they did now... from what I found out, ICM Camolin don't give the kill out for spring lambs either...
So I wont know how each lamb did, which would be nice to know...

Oh - and one old ewe, who I was in two minds about selling (she has a good lamb every year, good milk, good feet - but she was a devil to contain, and I was sick of her jumping over wire, and carrying lambs with her) Even tho I know it was the right thing to do, kinda half sorry I sent her off now

Were they the lambs born at Christmas john.

Know what u mean about the ewe. Better off without her though. Break Ure fecking heart.

Green farmer

Are they this years lambs ? Nice tight coats on them , you did the right thing getting rid of the problem hogget. She'd have broken your heart every chance she got

Username John

sea12 wrote: »

Were they the lambs born at Christmas john.

Know what u mean about the ewe. Better off without her though. Break Ure fecking heart.

There were the lambs born at Christmas yeah.

Green farmer wrote: »

Are they this years lambs ? Nice tight coats on them , you did the right thing getting rid of the problem hogget. She'd have broken your heart every chance she got

Yeah, but at the same time, I prob have ewes that don't have as good lambs

sea12

Username John wrote: »

There were the lambs born at Christmas

Jeez they look in great shape. Edit they looked in great shape john. U must have been feeding them meal were u john.

Ah they will be other sheep. No time for ewes breaking out or always breaking from the group.

How is the new job and baby going on in the background.

Username John

sea12 wrote: »

Username John wrote: »

There were the lambs born at Christmas

Jeez they look in great shape. Edit they looked in great shape john. U must have been feeding them meal were u john.

Ah they will be other sheep. No time for ewes breaking out or always breaking from the group.

How is the new job and baby going on in the background.

They were on creep all right... We'll see how they do now, I am a bit late with them, as the price dropped 30 cent in the last week
I should have sent em off last week, but I couldn't get a lad to take em...
The factory price is 6/kg now. That's 120euro...
I'd say they have ate 50kg of creep each... :eek: So that's about 18euro gone of the 120. :mad:

The young fella is good thanks Sea, getting bigger every day
And the new job is going well too, settling into it now a bit more...

Green farmer

Makes you wonder, mine were born in April, no meal and hopefully 100 each in august !!!. Is early lambing worth it ? No fun in a cold shed in December ?

Cran

Green farmer wrote: »

Makes you wonder, mine were born in April, no meal and hopefully 100 each in august !!!. Is early lambing worth it ? No fun in a cold shed in December ?

Hard to see it, I brought the cull pedigree January lambs last week with last load of hoggets. Lambs made 130, hoggets made 135 due to being allowed larger carcase. Lambs mothers were housed, lambed over new year and lambs creep feed - versus hoggets lambed out in April probably got same amount of feeding as lambs. I know hoggets carried lot longer but these were the scrag ends most gone earlier.....be hard to justify early lambs I think based on those numbers

Username John

Green farmer wrote: »

Makes you wonder, mine were born in April, no meal and hopefully 100 each in august !!!. Is early lambing worth it ? No fun in a cold shed in December ?

Cran wrote: »

Hard to see it, I brought the cull pedigree January lambs last week with last load of hoggets. Lambs made 130, hoggets made 135 due to being allowed larger carcase. Lambs mothers were housed, lambed over new year and lambs creep feed - versus hoggets lambed out in April probably got same amount of feeding as lambs. I know hoggets carried lot longer but these were the scrag ends most gone earlier.....be hard to justify early lambs I think based on those numbers

I can only see it being worth it in a high stocking rate situation.

You cant argue with getting 100euro for a lamb, when they are around for only 4 months IF you have a later lambing flock coming afterwards to rear cheaply on grass. Plus you can then use the ewes from the early flock to clean out paddocks.

Is it justifiable if you had access to early grass - if you were selling grass for silage / hay from April onwards. So have the grazing for the early lambs up until this...
This is something I was considering previously....

jt65

Green farmer wrote: »

Makes you wonder, mine were born in April, no meal and hopefully 100 each in august !!!. Is early lambing worth it ? No fun in a cold shed in December ?

we have circa 160 of late january lambs sold averaging €118 per head hope to get another 150 in the next 3 weeks

as i said in another thread if we were to give up early lambing we would have to cull about 50% of the flock

to answer your query & I have asked my self this a couple of times in the last month

December lambing is deffo a no go I have found that out many moons ago ......however lambing in Jan & creating an extra €30k to 35k cash flow at this time of year ????

the jury is still out but I think I'll give it one more shot

sea12

the jury is still out but I think I'll give it one more shot [/quote]

The immortal words of every sheep farmer

Conmaicne Mara

sea12 wrote: »

the jury is still out but I think I'll give it one more shot

The immortal words of every sheep farmer[/QUOTE]

Never quit today when you can put it off until tomorrow, procrastinators shall inherit the earth.... eventually.

moy83

Does anyone keep last years later lambs and sell them around now or earlier just to keep a bit of money coming in early in the year ? Or is it too costly to feed them over the winter ?

sea12

moy83 wrote: »

Does anyone keep last years later lambs and sell them around now or earlier just to keep a bit of money coming in early in the year ? Or is it too costly to feed them over the winter ?

I had a couple moy sold them at Xmas. Made around 110 I think from memerory. There was a few real tail ends that didn't go at that stagel. All were ewes so I said I would keep and sell them as breeding hoggets. However when the price was €6kg I sold them and they made 122. I think there are others here who keep stores but have them on beer tops etc.

It's the usual story. Done years you do well other years you lose money.,

Green farmer

I kept a few and sold them last week . Did well out of them but meant keeping one field open through winter and extra hay and silage. As long as you've surplus fodder then their ok. They can get stunted very fast as well if you don't put enough into them.

sako 85

sea12 wrote: »

Were they the lambs born at Christmas john.

Know what u mean about the ewe. Better off without her though. Break Ure fecking heart.

Sent a few to Camolin on Thursday myself John, Averaged 19.83kg and €118.47 was happy enough at that

jt65

sea12 wrote: »

the jury is still out but I think I'll give it one more shot

The immortal words of every sheep farmer[/QUOTE]

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

The immortal words of every sheep farmer

Never quit today when you can put it off until tomorrow, procrastinators shall inherit the earth.... eventually.[/QUOTE]

remember when sheep were literally 2 a penny back in the 80's or there abouts

a fellow said to me "it's very easy to get into sheep but it's almost impossible get out of them"


I reckon most mid or late season lambing flock are most likely leaving more profit than us but early suits our system and works in with the dairy herd ,

aldi are stocking all spring lamb from next monday so hopefully the hooget trade will dry up

rangler1

Username John wrote: »

sea12 wrote: »

They were on creep all right... We'll see how they do now, I am a bit late with them, as the price dropped 30 cent in the last week
I should have sent em off last week, but I couldn't get a lad to take em...
The factory price is 6/kg now. That's 120euro...
I'd say they have ate 50kg of creep each... :eek: So that's about 18euro gone of the 120. :mad:

The young fella is good thanks Sea, getting bigger every day
And the new job is going well too, settling into it now a bit more...

Sold lambs last week to camolin, tag nos are on the docket

rangler1

My lleyn lambs before the rain last week

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eire23

rangler1 wrote: »

My lleyn lambs before the rain last week

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Nice lambs rangler, they look to be doing very well. What sort of age would they be?

rangler1

eire23 wrote: »

Nice lambs rangler, they look to be doing very well. What sort of age would they be?

Average age is nine weeks, the grass really drove them on this year.

Nekarsulm

Hi rangler, are the ewes in the foreground texel?

rangler1

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hi rangler, are the ewes in the foreground texel?

The ewes are all about 75% texel 25%lleyn, we don't want to go too pure so we just keep crossing back and forth

Nekarsulm

Phew! was afraid as I pressed the submit key, that I was mistaken.

rangler1

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Phew! was afraid as I pressed the submit key, that I was mistaken.

I don't want to go pure Lleyn......or texel

Green farmer

I've a few ewes like that rangler. They've so much grass inside them , they look pregnant again !!! Amazing what a small bit of fertiliser can do.

gazahayes

Still lambing a big enough lamb had to give just a little pull as the tongue was starting to swell. Texel x lleyn hogget.

sea12

A couple of lambs from today. About 5 to 6 weeks old at this stage. Growing nicely. Also pictures of the paddock they grazed out and the next paddock with the grass they are going into.
Grass growth improved over weekend