Weather

AnFeirmeoir

It was going grand but there's been no growth for over a week now and sheep have eaten Into most of the cover .

I was forced to move into land earlier than I'd have liked.

lamb thrive has to have taken a hit

razor8

AnFeirmeoir wrote: »

It was going grand but there's been no growth for over a week now and sheep have eaten Into most of the cover .

I was forced to move into land earlier than I'd have liked.

lamb thrive has to have taken a hit

Hopefully the ewes can milk off there backs till the weather comes

Read on another thread that a ewe can lose a condition score and lamb thrive isn't significantly hit as long as the grass eventually comes

Username John

razor8 wrote: »

Hopefully the ewes can milk off there backs till the weather comes

Read on another thread that a ewe can lose a condition score and lamb thrive isn't significantly hit as long as the grass eventually comes

I dunno how long that'd do for. I would imagine putting a ewe onto poor grass, while she is milking she wouldn't be long dropping condition...
I think some of my ewes have already dropped a bit since lambing. Normally I wouldn't be too worried, but I dunno if I'd like to leave em slip in condition too much more...

I think you said the forecast is poor for a week Razor?
If it doesn't pick up then, I'll be in trouble. And it's possible I might be in trouble anyways, just not fully realise it yet

eorna

Same here, Getting Tight too.. Not in trouble yet but not far off.. Fields grazed not coming back.. thinking of lashing more nitrogen in a couple of paddocks see if they bulk up fast so can get me out of trouble. .. Otherwise will be creep feeder out i am afraid if things dont change very fast..need to keep lambs thriving at this stage

razor8

I find the mules will milk off there backs when other breeds (not saying which) will go dry, any ewe if he good order til now should be ok for a week IMO.

grass here is bare but still green and I doubt they'd bother with silage if I put it out. According to accu weather it's supposed to hit the 20's after this week

Connemara Farmer

razor8 wrote: »

According to accu weather it's supposed to hit the 20's after this week

Hallelujah and praise the Lord.

sea12

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Hallelujah and praise the Lord.

Like a few more getting really tight now. No regrowth on paddocks grazes and only a few days ahead of them maybe a week. If the weather comes next week I'll be ok. Hard to pay for meal when u look at the pricing dropping every week.

rangler1

Username John wrote: »

I dunno how long that'd do for. I would imagine putting a ewe onto poor grass, while she is milking she wouldn't be long dropping condition...
I think some of my ewes have already dropped a bit since lambing. Normally I wouldn't be too worried, but I dunno if I'd like to leave em slip in condition too much more...

I think you said the forecast is poor for a week Razor?
If it doesn't pick up then, I'll be in trouble. And it's possible I might be in trouble anyways, just not fully realise it yet

Ewes in good condition will sticka bit of hardship, but once lambs get to five or six weeks old they need grass or meal

Green farmer

rangler1 wrote: »

Ewes in good condition will sticka bit of hardship, but once lambs get to five or six weeks old they need grass or meal

Which put's more pressure on the need for grass. It heavy drizzled here all yesterday, but there was no cold there, so hope it might drive the grass on sooner rather then later.

fanadman1

thought i would try and stretch the grass a bit only grazing the slightest green bud here
so put hay in the field with them tbh i would of been aswell of parking the van in the field because they never even looked at the hay just goes to show you that when there is any bud at all the sheep will be happy enough i think i know im still feeding meal and the creep is with the lambs but what can you do

Green farmer

Very humid here and raining with a small bit of thunder. I think the grass is about to take off if this weather keeps up.

Birdnuts

The dry spell is becoming a distant memory with ground conditions deteriating alot in the last week or so. Looks very wet again this week. Thankfully 2 good summers means plenty of fodder saved which I can fall back on to plug the gaps.

Dickie10

not much grass with me but luckily i didnt put out any cattle yet so cattle in for another week looking at the forecast. priority is the lambs and keeping them thriving, cattle be happier inside anyway this week the way things are going il b not finshing any of this years cattle under 30 months ! this weather has me even more convinced of the importance of keeping an economical and efficient ewe that will have good milk supply, the lleyn x ewe lambs are still flying milk wise with doubles on them