Lambing Live

razor8 · 22-03-2014 1:13pm #1

Is lambing live back on tomorrow?

farawaygrass · 22-03-2014 3:30pm

ya it is on bbc2 from 8 to 9, five episodes to come i think

Green farmer · 23-03-2014 9:16am

Excellent news

Salmonman · 23-03-2014 10:00am

razor8 wrote: »

Is lambing live back on tomorrow?

No,it starts on Tuesday night to fri

Salmonman · 23-03-2014 10:01am

razor8 wrote: »

Is lambing live back on tomorrow?

No,it starts on Tuesday night to fri

rancher · 23-03-2014 10:33am

Salmonman wrote: »

No,it starts on Tuesday night to fri

There's some sort of an introduction program tomorrow night, they're going back to some of the farms of other years

Salmonman · 23-03-2014 10:37am

rancher wrote: »

There's some sort of an introduction program tomorrow night, they're going back to some of the farms of other years

Ye, tonight it's on

Green farmer · 25-03-2014 9:06pm

Lads did ye see the lambing sheds on tonight's programme, ? would give the teagasc athenry shed a run for its money.

sea12 · 25-03-2014 10:00pm

Saw the second half. Think they are a week early or at least half a week early. Was interesting enough but noting major new on it.

Agree it's a fine shed,

Green farmer · 25-03-2014 10:16pm

For a programme that's aimed at the general public, it really does go into some detail about all the steps involved in sheep farming.

arctictree · 26-03-2014 9:38am

Saw it last night. Good level of detail I suppose for a general audience. Doesn't really go into specific problems though that you might encounter.

Salmonman · 26-03-2014 10:22am

I see they only worm dosed ewes that were thin .

rancher · 26-03-2014 10:58am

Salmonman wrote: »

I see they only worm dosed ewes that were thin .

Always only dose ewes at lambing here, we find that there's a lot less worms in the lambs early in the season if we do, but you won't find that in a teagasc book though

Nekarsulm · 26-03-2014 12:02pm

Salmonman wrote: »

I see they only worm dosed ewes that were thin .

Saw that, alright. Also they didn't appear to be marking the one's they dosed, nor the ones they give the bolus to.

AnFeirmeoir · 26-03-2014 1:13pm

You don't see really difficult births on it. Suppose it would horrify a lot of people.
Had a serious tug of war in the shed last night and was thinking if there were live cameras it would be time to cut to a commercial break. Successful outcome in the end though.

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 1:13pm

Nice to see them feeding in troughs outside.

rancher · 26-03-2014 1:31pm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Nice to see them feeding in troughs outside.

Did you see ''The Hill Farm'' yet on BBC2 Wales, 'twas rough last week digging out the ewes from the snow, didn't see last Tuesdays,..........was a bit sheepsick, didn't want more of them.. but I think it's recorded somewhere. I think its on every week is it

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/conwy-valley-farmer-gareth-wyn-6812132

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 1:33pm

rancher wrote: »

Did you see ''The Hill Farm'' yet on BBC2 Wales, 'twas rough last week digging out the ewes from the snow, didn't see last Tuesdays,..........was a bit sheepsick, didn't want more of them.. but I think it's recorded somewhere. I think its on every week is it

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/conwy-valley-farmer-gareth-wyn-6812132

No, I don't know how to view it, any tips?

Lads in the Twelve Bens and Maumturks reckon if a sheep doesn't know to start walking she'll be a goner with snow. Fairly high some of them mountains, and not bad grazing at all on top of the turks.

rancher · 26-03-2014 2:31pm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

No, I don't know how to view it, any tips?

Lads in the Twelve Bens and Maumturks reckon if a sheep doesn't know to start walking she'll be a goner with snow. Fairly high some of them mountains, and not bad grazing at all on top of the turks.

Have you free satellite, It's channel 971 or
You can see it on BBC Iplayer, but you have to hide your IP address,( If you search that on Google, it'll tell you how,......... you probably know how anyway)

sea12 · 26-03-2014 8:04pm

Reminder it's back on

Moonbeam · 26-03-2014 8:06pm

I saw the topic and thought one of you had set up a live webcam and was getting excited about showing the kids:)

Green farmer · 26-03-2014 8:18pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

I saw the topic and thought one of you had set up a live webcam and was getting excited about showing the kids:)

Us sheep boys are away in a world of our own , T'is all about the sheep alright

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 8:35pm

rancher wrote: »

Have you free satellite, It's channel 971 or
You can see it on BBC Iplayer, but you have to hide your IP address,( If you search that on Google, it'll tell you how,......... you probably know how anyway)

Have Sky here, used to know about the other craic, will have to look into it again.

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 8:39pm

Blackface at the top of the tree.

I hope ye all heard that now

Green farmer · 26-03-2014 8:42pm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Blackface at the top of the tree.

I hope ye all heard that now

I wouldn't half mind a few of his mules, those blue faced Leicesters might go well with your girls, Con

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 8:47pm

Green farmer wrote: »

I wouldn't half mind a few of his mules, those blue faced Leicesters might go well with your girls, Con

Have to house the soft fecker for tipping :pac:

Nekarsulm · 26-03-2014 8:50pm

Went out with a girl once, had a nose just like a Border Leister...............

sea12 · 26-03-2014 8:52pm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Have to house the soft fecker for tipping :pac:

Sur you will have Ure tunnel ready for that now as well.

the_syco · 26-03-2014 8:54pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

I saw the topic and thought one of you had set up a live webcam and was getting excited about showing the kids:)

Have a look through http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pxqv3

Was watching it whilst at the gym on the bike, instead of the usual crap.

Conmaicne Mara · 26-03-2014 8:59pm

Hope ye have all/any little people in the house watching LL

Green farmer · 26-03-2014 9:00pm

See difference between how easily the mule slipped out, compared to the texel one he'd to pull. Unfortunately I've a lot of texel in my own girls that are due to start lambing tomorrow

sea12 · 26-03-2014 9:03pm

Green farmer wrote: »

See difference between how easily the mule slipped out, compared to the texel one he'd to pull. Unfortunately I've a lot of texel in my own girls that are due to start lambing tomorrow

Yea I gave up texals a couple of years ago as too many needed to be handled. Lovely lambs when they were out though

sea12 · 26-03-2014 9:05pm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Hope ye have all/any little people in the house watching LL

Little one 3 yr old was watching it for a while. She loved coming down to the shed with me in the evenings to see is there any lambs.

Green farmer · 26-03-2014 9:06pm

Ya, what happens when your ewes have too much terminal breed in them , I'm off to get a maternal ram for replacements in the summer

rancher · 26-03-2014 10:47pm

That's the first farmer on Lambing Live I've seen using a glove, even kate doesn't use one

Green farmer · 26-03-2014 11:07pm

rancher wrote: »

Always only dose ewes at lambing here, we find that there's a lot less worms in the lambs early in the season if we do, but you won't find that in a teagasc book though

Do you dose before they lamb or after they lamb ?

rancher · 26-03-2014 11:51pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Do you dose before they lamb or after they lamb ?

3wks before, Teagasc claim they never need dosing,and probably worms don't do the ewes any harm but they do put out a lot of worms on the pasture after lambing

J.O. Farmer · 27-03-2014 12:18am

rancher wrote: »

3wks before, Teagasc claim they never need dosing,and probably worms don't do the ewes any harm but they do put out a lot of worms on the pasture after lambing

You may be on to something. I think generally with adult dogs they aren't routinely wormed the same way as pups. However a lactating bitch should be wormed and I think I read somewhere something about the pregnancy stimulating dormant worms or something like that being the reason. It could be similar with ewes.

solerina · 27-03-2014 10:47am

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Have Sky here, used to know about the other craic, will have to look into it again.

I have sky too and managed to add BBC2 Wales to other channels so I could watch it...I think I put the frequency to 10788, frequency I cant remember (but there are only 2 options) the next line down I switched to 5/6...give it a try when its on air and it should be easy enough to get it to appear...

AnFeirmeoir · 27-03-2014 11:05am

had some mules this year with a beltex ram, same as the guy on the show. most lambs look nice, except for the few that seem to have taken all the genes from the mother and none from the beltex !

MayoAreMagic · 27-03-2014 2:32pm

Those lads have some good quality blackface ewes. Could never understand why the lanark was bred so short in the leg though. You would think hill sheep would benefit from a longer leg.

Conmaicne Mara · 27-03-2014 8:37pm

Interesting piece on embryo transfer, disappointing how few held though.

Conmaicne Mara · 27-03-2014 8:50pm

Christ she's on about the "herd" of sheep again.

Conmaicne Mara · 27-03-2014 8:52pm

Easy walk that hill, want to bring them to this part of the world, mud, rock and bog and a gale of wind to keep them off balance :pac:

Conmaicne Mara · 27-03-2014 8:56pm

Love them lanarks, green here

Green farmer · 27-03-2014 9:01pm

That Man has some farm, and setup. Anybody else leave the sheep out all day and just put them in at night durning lambing ?

arctictree · 27-03-2014 9:10pm

Green farmer wrote: »

That Man has some farm, and setup. Anybody else leave the sheep out all day and just put them in at night durning lambing ?

I didn't really get this part. What about the ewes that lamb during the day? How can he guarantee that they all lamb at night?!

Green farmer · 27-03-2014 9:19pm

arctictree wrote: »

I didn't really get this part. What about the ewes that lamb during the day? How can he guarantee that they all lamb at night?!

I don't know, he must have a small paddock alongside house or something. I tried letting them out into an yard alongside shed one year but worked out terribly for me. When ever it rained the ewes got socked and then brought all the water back into shed in their fleeces and meant shed was very damp. The flip side is it you could master it, it would cut down straw and feeding needs of shed

tomwaterford · 27-03-2014 10:30pm

arctictree wrote: »

I didn't really get this part. What about the ewes that lamb during the day? How can he guarantee that they all lamb at night?!

maybe he lambs them out by day???
and brings the newborn lambs in according as they lamb.

he seems to have a good set up with quiet ewes...so should be well able to manage it

solerina · 27-03-2014 11:05pm

He certainly couldn't gather around here on his quad !!

Cran · 28-03-2014 9:23am

arctictree wrote: »

I didn't really get this part. What about the ewes that lamb during the day? How can he guarantee that they all lamb at night?!

I'd say he's set up to lamb out mainly, he doesn't seem to have space for 600+ ewes to lamb at the one time which is what he scanned. Would say its done for the show to a certain extent maybe????

Bringing in ewes at night and out again during the day is a disaster for pneumonia I'd say

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