General sheep thread

wrangler

Ard_MC wrote: »

They averaged €581.

Fair to both farmer and breeder

Ard_MC

wrangler wrote: »

Fair to both farmer and breeder

Yeah for sure. Think ill be in the hunt for a texel myself this year myself. Id say Ryan's sale would be hard to beat but its a long drive from here.

Buford T. Justice XIX

A quick question, folks.

I have a bit of sheep fencing to do this Autumn and a neighbour has a couple of hundred meters of fox wire, high tensile, little damage done but easily sorted, that he might be willing to sell.

Seeing as new is coming in around 110 euro for 100m, what would be a fair price to offer him for it?

wrangler

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

A quick question, folks.

I have a bit of sheep fencing to do this Autumn and a neighbour has a couple of hundred meters of fox wire, high tensile, little damage done but easily sorted, that he might be willing to sell.

Seeing as new is coming in around 110 euro for 100m, what would be a fair price to offer him for it?

My dairy farming tenants pulled up a lot of my sheep fencing and the best I could get was half price on Done deal

Buford T. Justice XIX

wrangler wrote: »

My dairy farming tenants pulled up a lot of my sheep fencing and the best I could get was half price on Done deal

I was thinking of offering 50/100m, I don't want to fall out with him over it.

Dinzee Conlee

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

I was thinking of offering 50/100m, I don't want to fall out with him over it.

The one time I reused sheep wire, it didnt hold the strain the second time around and sagged very quickly.

Anyone else found this, or was it just I made a bags of putting it up that day :rolleyes:

wrangler

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

The one time I reused sheep wire, it didnt hold the strain the second time around and sagged very quickly.

Anyone else found this, or was it just I made a bags of putting it up that day :rolleyes:

I put up 200mtrs of my old sheepwire two years ago and still fine,
I'm putting up rolls at the moment that were rolled up two years ago and it still takes a pull with the tractor
Are you sure it's high tensile

Dinzee Conlee

wrangler wrote: »

I put up 200mtrs of my old sheepwire two years ago and still fine,
I'm putting up rolls at the moment that were rolled up two years ago and it still takes a pull with the tractor
Are you sure it's high tensile

No, tis high tensile all right, 8/80/15 stuff I had dividing a field and took down. And then when I put it back up, I thought it wasn't as good to take a pull...
But - I wouldn't ever claim to be the worlds best man at fencing, so it could well have been the operator at fault :P

orm0nd

wrangler wrote: »

What did they make, a neighbour wants me to go to Blessington with him for the drive, but he's concerned that there's only eight Chartex in the sale and will be too dear

https://www.donedeal.ie/sheep-for-sale/sheep/22870084

Lambman

Siamsa used 2 chartex rams this year he might post up pics. I have 1 chartex ram lamb kept he's bred purebred charollais ram x purebred beltex ewe bought off a friend 60kg off grass alone started till throw him a bitta meal this past week.

Siamsa Sessions

Lambman wrote: »

Siamsa used 2 chartex rams this year he might post up pics. I have 1 chartex ram lamb kept he's bred purebred charollais ram x purebred beltex ewe bought off a friend 60kg off grass alone started till throw him a bitta meal this past week.

I'll try upload a few pics later.

They're nice looking rams and were very active with the ewes. Plenty shape without being too big. Most of our ewes would be fairly maternal (Llyen, Belclare, mule-X), and some are a little leggy, so hopefully the Texel blood in the CharTex rams will add shape while the Charollais blood will help them lamb easier.

That's the theory but we'll know the reality around 10-Jan when lambing starts.

Jimbo789

How does a Blue Texel compare with a Texel? Would it be more similar to a Beltex?

Green farmer

Wrangler, Following on from where to vaccinate lambs in the neck, would this be the best location ? Don’t want to devalue any carcass

wrangler

Green farmer wrote: »

Wrangler, Following on from where to vaccinate lambs in the neck, would this be the best location ? Don’t want to devalue any carcass

That's where I do them anyway, I pull out the piece of skin, when I'm doing them.
OH just puts in the needle when she's doing them, both seem to work

Birdnuts

Anyone ever use Blue Texel rams and how have they preformed?? - just read a very positive write up about them on another platfrom

DJ98

What's the best ram to use on belclare ewes? Suffolk texel or charolais?

Bleating Lamb

Have not being following the factory protests story in last few days,are sheep for factories still being blocked from entry?....have come across a few late ewes for culling but no point trying to sell them in Mart if factory agent buyers won’t be there to buy them.Ewes from around here would generally go to Athleague.

Young95

Anyone here ever graze beet tops before? Have 10 acres too graze whenever it’s cut and am wondering how long you’d get out of it ? 100 ewes we’ll say ?

MeTheMan

We got lambs away to kildare on Thursday. Not sure about the other factories.

Ard_MC

Is the journal correct, no sheep processed in Ballyhaunis or Athleague last week and lambs are backing up?

joe35

Ard_MC wrote: »

Is the journal correct, no sheep processed in Ballyhaunis or Athleague last week and lambs are backing up?

We had lambs to go to ballyhaunis. The father rang to book them and was told not to send them.

Green farmer

Thinking about dosing lambs for fluke. Any other new fluke products on the market that would do the job, without the long withdrawal ? The changed withdrawal period on duotech, rules it out on near ready factory lambs.

Western Pomise

Green farmer wrote: »

Thinking about dosing lambs for fluke. Any other new fluke products on the market that would do the job, without the long withdrawal ? The changed withdrawal period on duotech, rules it out on near ready factory lambs.

Albex 2.5% has only 4 day withdrawal period.

DJ98

What does, minerals or other treatments do lads give to ewes prior to breeding?

Lambman

Just used turbo sheep twice last year had a very good scan with it and a compact lambing. Think they renamed it this year.. used till throw lick buckets till the horned ewes but it's a costly job.

razor8

Western Pomise wrote: »

Albex 2.5% has only 4 day withdrawal period.

Only does adult fluke

MeTheMan

This was one of the kill out sheets from this year. One lamb scored a 'p' and '1'..sure that's an error?

roosky

MeTheMan wrote: »

This was one of the kill out sheets from this year. One lamb scored a 'p' and '1'..sure that's an error?

he was some lamb to be a P1 and 23.2 kg dead !!!!......must be a mistake

MeTheMan

I notice there's a H at the end of the row. What does that mean??

Dinzee Conlee

MeTheMan wrote: »

This was one of the kill out sheets from this year. One lamb scored a 'p' and '1'..sure that's an error?

What did you get paid for that specific lamb?