Sheep Photo Thread

razor8

davidk1394 wrote: »

Some of the lambs were finishing

Are you feeding them inside Adlib?

davidk1394

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

kk.man

davidk1394 wrote: »

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

Do you feed the straw in troughs?
How do u adlib them as in type of troughs?

davidk1394

kk.man wrote: »

Do you feed the straw in troughs?
How do u adlib them as in type of troughs?

I'll post pictures in the morning

Base price

davidk1394 wrote: »

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

Years ago we tried using OSR and pea/bean straw as bedding under calves but we found that it was very dusty and some of the bales had green mould running through them.

Large squares of OSR are great as a base in a dry bedded well ventilated shed.

davidk1394

Base price wrote: »

Years ago we tried using OSR and pea/bean straw as bedding under calves but we found that it was very dusty and some of the bales had green mould running through them.

Large squares of OSR are great as a base in a dry bedded well ventilated shed.

It took a few years to get it right but we have the pea straw nearly right. I'd agree with you about it being dusty. Weather permitting I try leave the straw on the ground for 2/3 days. Rake it together about 4/5 hours before baling and chop the straw as it's going into the baler. I fit more into the bale and it makes it easier to spread and it brakes down quicker in the dung. Its spread using the digger

davidk1394

Foot bathing some of the sheep yesterday while bedding their shed

Lano Lynn

jayus that is a steep slope

Green farmer

Grand healthy looking stock

davidk1394

Lano Lynn wrote: »

jayus that is a steep slope

The pen I'm standing in doubles as a holding pen after dipping. The slope is there for the water to run back into the tank through a channel. It's also handy when cleaning out the footbath because I can divert that water down a drain

Farmer Dan

First of the blue texel lambs.
Be interesting to see how they turn out.

farawaygrass

Farmer Dan wrote: »

First of the blue texel lambs.
Be interesting to see how they turn out.

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Farmer Dan

farawaygrass wrote: »

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Rouge x

Farmer Dan

farawaygrass wrote: »

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Rouge x

farawaygrass

Nice shape too then. You have great grass for them too

wrangler

Drinking whiskey and watching lambing last night

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Cameras are twenty years old, hence the poor quality

Tileman

wrangler wrote: »

Drinking whiskey and watching lambing last night

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Cameras are twenty years old, hence the poor quality

Still working well for 30 years old wrangler. Is that just on tv or can u get it on the phone aswell

wrangler

Tileman wrote: »

Still working well for 30 years old wrangler. Is that just on tv or can u get it on the phone aswell

20 years
No, not on phone, it doesn't transmit through the thick old walls of the house either so the reciever is in the attic and then wired down to three televisions. Even the four cameras had to be wired to a transmitter in the shed
Huge advance in technology since they were made.

each camera shows in rotation for five seconds and then the four together.
Can be very frustrating trying to concentrate on one ewe

wrangler

Remember this little lamb
Hospital lamb.jpg

This is her on the first anniversary to the day of her surgery

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gg4peia70gl5v61/Bella%20Video.mp4?dl=0

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Just shows in the middle of all the hassle, life goes on

ganmo

Moving animals on the road is handy these days

Bleating Lamb

ganmo wrote: »

Moving animals on the road is handy these days

Someone needs to tell them they aren’t following the sign;)

Tileman

This is the lamb born last November. Turned into a super ewe lamb. Outside for the full winter in a dry sheltered field. just a few nuts every day.

ganmo

Sneaking up on sleeping lambs

Dickie10

Lleyn hogget with two Hampshire Down lambs

wrangler

I put these photographs together for someone this morning, our handling unit for the reduced flock

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u23xvisngvwmvnp/AADt6FwFjL6bqzdaLEY30Nsqa?dl=0

kk.man

wrangler wrote: »

I put this together for someone this morning, our handling unit for the reduced flock

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u23xvisngvwmvnp/AADt6FwFjL6bqzdaLEY30Nsqa?dl=0

Excellent setup there Wrangler.

What went into the footbath in terms of how did you make it?

wrangler

kk.man wrote: »

Excellent setup there Wrangler.

What went into the footbath in terms of how did you make it?

It's Cormac stuff, probably worded it wrong, it's photographs i put together for someone this morning

Dickie10

Lleyn ram , someone wanted a pic. This guy has produced about 60 ewes the last 3 seasons , another 18 this year comin on. Probably his last season here.hes 6 year old bought him as 3 year old

Kevhog1988

Living their best life

IMG_20200512_180035 by Kevin Hogan, on Flickr

Buford T. Justice XIX

New boss ram arrived just now, 5 star maternal and terminal.