What did you do today?

arctictree

Just an idea for a thread to see what lads are doing.

Today I gave my lambs their second injection of Heptavac P. Also dosed them with 2mls of Tramazole.

kk.man

I didn't do much today as it was raining...feel guilty but sure ya can't work every day!

Bscan86

Dosed all the lambs with cobalt today and treated any orf, got soaked but that's effectively it now for 3 weeks😊

razor8

Went to balmoral show with the wee lad and no rain all day, great livestock show

charolais0153

Sheared 80 ewes with a lad I do work for

ganmo

Tried to sort a fully prolapsed ewe, took one of her lambs and adopted it onto another ewe.

That and a bit of ground work for fencing

Inchilad

Sheared a few of the hampshires ewes.have access to a shed from the field theyre in to get out of the rain thats due here tomorrow night.also discovered my well is dry.bring on the rain.

DJ98

Bscan86 wrote: »

Dosed all the lambs with cobalt today and treated any orf, got soaked but that's effectively it now for 3 weeks😊

How did/do you treat orf? (Other than scabivax to prevent it)

arctictree

Got most of the hoggets in the pen as there was two that I wanted to dag. Would you believe that one of those two then escaped under the fence! Anyway, dagged the other one and dosed her. She was very dirty but no sign of flies/maggots so I'm hoping the other one will be OK. Have to get a dog...

AntrimGlens

Bought a new set of cutters and comb to dag dirty ewes at weekend, going to a Discussion group meeting this evening on sheep health (nemoradirus & coccidiosis). We're guessing the weight of lambs and filling dosing guns to match estimated weights and then putting them on the scales to see how inaccurate we were!!

Farm365

Inchilad wrote: »

Sheared a few of the hampshires ewes.have access to a shed from the field theyre in to get out of the rain thats due here tomorrow night.also discovered my well is dry.bring on the rain.

What are the Hampshire Downs like? Easy lambing? Vigour? Easy finish?

Inchilad

Farm365 wrote:

What are the Hampshire Downs like? Easy lambing? Vigour? Easy finish?

Hey.really easy lambed.had to handle one ewe lamb that was being fed and had a big lamb.rest work away themsleves.growth rates are good too.really under used breed imo.

Farm365

Inchilad wrote: »

Hey.really easy lambed.had to handle one ewe lamb that was being fed and had a big lamb.rest work away themsleves.growth rates are good too.really under used breed imo.

Thanks.Some say it's easy to get them to 37-38kgs but can be difficult to get them further.Have you ever found this? Thanks for info.

Inchilad

Farm365 wrote:

Thanks.Some say it's easy to get them to 37-38kgs but can be difficult to get them further.Have you ever found this? Thanks for info.

Have a few pedigree lambs that are well over 40kg.not done much to get them there.they have improved alot in the last 10 years here.

Hillman86

Dagged all the cheviot hogget.
Put the blackface mountain hoggets up to the hill
Did a bit of training with the year old bitch.
And then took shelter from the horrible western rain!

razor8

Went on a walk to Richard Bourns farm yesterday in Eyre Court, Galway. Didn't think there was farms as big in Ireland, great set up. We drove the bus around the 1400 acres. Sheep, bull beef, horses and tillage farm

O the envy!!

Username John

razor8 wrote: »

Went on a walk to Richard Bourns farm yesterday in Eyre Court, Galway. Didn't think there was farms as big in Ireland, great set up. We drove the bus around the 1400 acres. Sheep, bull beef, horses and tillage farm

O the envy!!

Were they featured on one of those farming shows a while back? Rare breed or one of those...

razor8

They were. Rare breed. His wife had an unfortunate accident with a horse and she's is wheel chair bound since. She manages the sheep enterprise with daughter in law

farawaygrass

Was that a private tour or open up public? I would love to see his place

razor8

a few knowledge transfer groups from Sligo and Leitrim joined together and went

he is looking for farmers to supply him direct with bulls 300-500kg weight. Reckons bulls from marts are to stressed and usually only weaned on the day and as a consequence take to long to get going again

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

Went on a walk to Richard Bourns farm yesterday in Eyre Court, Galway. Didn't think there was farms as big in Ireland, great set up. We drove the bus around the 1400 acres. Sheep, bull beef, horses and tillage farm

O the envy!!

Yea Chris and Richard are brilliant farmers on a lovely farm,
They had 300 ewes carrying triplets the year I was there.
They rent a good bit of tillage as well
Richards other son Andrew has a nice little place in america too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAGYndemOwA

Theres loads of youtube videos about bournes Galway farming as well

farawaygrass

I sure it's the same in a lot of counties but isn't there some difference in land type in Galway

Inchilad

Did a bit of work with the pup.making good progress

Kevhog1988

rangler1 wrote: »

razor8 wrote: »

Went on a walk to Richard Bourns farm yesterday in Eyre Court, Galway. Didn't think there was farms as big in Ireland, great set up. We drove the bus around the 1400 acres. Sheep, bull beef, horses and tillage farm

O the envy!!

Yea Chris and Richard are brilliant farmers on a lovely farm,
They  had 300 ewes carrying triplets the year I was there.
They rent a good bit of tillage as well
Richards other son Andrew has a nice little place in america too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAGYndemOwA

Theres loads of youtube videos about bournes Galway farming as well

Will wtch that tonight, thanks   im in uk working and sitting in is doing my nut in.

Kevhog1988

rangler1 wrote: »

razor8 wrote: »

Went on a walk to Richard Bourns farm yesterday in Eyre Court, Galway. Didn't think there was farms as big in Ireland, great set up. We drove the bus around the 1400 acres. Sheep, bull beef, horses and tillage farm

O the envy!!

Yea Chris and Richard are brilliant farmers on a lovely farm,
They  had 300 ewes carrying triplets the year I was there.
They rent a good bit of tillage as well
Richards other son Andrew has a nice little place in america too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAGYndemOwA

Theres loads of youtube videos about bournes Galway farming as well

Will wtch that tonight, thanks   im in uk working and sitting in is doing my nut in.

ganmo

Making a hole for a post while fencing yday and found a rabbit warren...5ft bar was about 8 inches above the ground when it stopped

Green farmer

Some heat there , going around topping fields in tractor at the moment, the head would be roasted off you.

Of the grazed paddocks I'm topping, might set one or two off aside for silage. How long after grazing could you take a cut ?

Siamsa Sessions

Green farmer wrote: »

Some heat there , going around topping fields in tractor at the moment, the head would be roasted off you.

Of the grazed paddocks I'm topping, might set one or two off aside for silage. How long after grazing could you take a cut ?

Depends on amount of fertiliser spread and weather. And how soon you want the paddock back in the rotation, I guess.

We're cutting a few paddocks here tomorrow - one was grazed a month ago (light enough) and another was grazed 6-7 weeks ago (nice cover)

Green farmer

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Depends on amount of fertiliser spread and weather. And how soon you want the paddock back in the rotation, I guess.

We're cutting a few paddocks here tomorrow - one was grazed a month ago (light enough) and another was grazed 6-7 weeks ago (nice cover)

Wouldn't be needing it back until the end of August, or mightn't put it back at all. Might just reseed it after cut. Was grazed hard a week ago. Just thinking to sheep dirt in the crop more the fert.

AntrimGlens

Green farmer wrote: »

Some heat there , going around topping fields in tractor at the moment, the head would be roasted off you.

Of the grazed paddocks I'm topping, might set one or two off aside for silage. How long after grazing could you take a cut ?

Baled one field a week ago that was grazed 18 days prior. Had a cover of 3200 on it wilted for 24 hours and took 6 bales/ac of it. Was a reseed last year though. Only got half a bag of 20-10-10.

ganmo

Green farmer wrote: »

Wouldn't be needing it back until the end of August, or mightn't put it back at all. Might just reseed it after cut. Was grazed hard a week ago. Just thinking to sheep dirt in the crop more the fert.

3 weeks would take care of most of the crap i reckon

davidk1394

Just finished weighing the oldest lambs. 27 heading for the factory and 4 into the butcher. Putting click on the lightest lambs and clickzin on the bigger fellas

White Clover

davidk1394 wrote: »

Just finished weighing the oldest lambs. 27 heading for the factory and 4 into the butcher. Putting click on the lightest lambs and clickzin on the bigger fellas

Good going there David. When were they born? Mostly singles?

rangler1

davidk1394 wrote: »

Just finished weighing the oldest lambs. 27 heading for the factory and 4 into the butcher. Putting click on the lightest lambs and clickzin on the bigger fellas

Philip creighton in athenry and ourselves are only averaging 280gms/day on grass only, we'll have to get a farm walk on your place to see how it's done.

razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

Philip creighton in athenry and ourselves are only averaging 280gms/day on grass only, we'll have to get a farm walk on your place to see how it's done.

Have you a link to the monthly report. Can never find it when I look. Need to bookmark it

Weighed all my own lambs Saturday and their averaging nearly exactly 300 not counting ewe lambs with twins

razor8

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Baled one field a week ago that was grazed 18 days prior. Had a cover of 3200 on it wilted for 24 hours and took 6 bales/ac of it. Was a reseed last year though. Only got half a bag of 20-10-10.

Was it baled with a McHale? That's a serious yield in the time

davidk1394

March born and a mixture of twins and singles. Creep fed for the last 2 weeks. Mainly easy care lambs that are fit. It'll be interesting to see how they go. Just in now from stacking bales. Mowed out 7ac of a paddock gone to strong for grazing. Highly clover sward so expecting good silage.

AntrimGlens

razor8 wrote: »

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Baled one field a week ago that was grazed 18 days prior. Had a cover of 3200 on it wilted for 24 hours and took 6 bales/ac of it. Was a reseed last year though. Only got half a bag of 20-10-10.

Was it baled with a McHale? That's a serious yield in the time

Fusion. Yeah I had a KT meeting on the farm that week and I couldn't believe it until we measured it.

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

Have you a link to the monthly report. Can never find it when I look. Need to bookmark it

Weighed all my own lambs Saturday and their averaging nearly exactly 300 not counting ewe lambs with twins

I get the teagasc newsletter, but i was talking to Philip on thursday and asked him, he always says it as it is. Just after seeing in the sheep pictures that david was feeding meals to the oldest....makes a difference, a neighbour has most of his creep fed march lambs gone too..
300gms/day is good growth, you must be reseeding a bit

charolais0153

davidk1394 wrote: »

March born and a mixture of twins and singles. Creep fed for the last 2 weeks. Mainly easy care lambs that are fit. It'll be interesting to see how they go. Just in now from stacking bales. Mowed out 7ac of a paddock gone to strong for grazing. Highly clover sward so expecting good silage.

How much creep were you giving p'er head

razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

I get the teagasc newsletter, but i was talking to Philip on thursday and asked him, he always says it as it is. Just after seeing in the sheep pictures that david was feeding meals to the oldest....makes a difference, a neighbour has most of his creep fed march lambs gone too..
300gms/day is good growth, you must be reseeding a bit

found it

davidk1394

charolais0153 wrote: »

How much creep were you giving p'er head

Ad lib. Have 3 jfc creep feeders in with them. Eating about 30kgs of meal a day

charolais0153

davidk1394 wrote: »

Ad lib. Have 3 jfc creep feeders in with them. Eating about 30kgs of meal a day

I see. We always go with 250-30O grams pr day

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

I see. We always go with 250-30O grams pr day

do you feed them in troughs

charolais0153

rangler1 wrote: »

do you feed them in troughs

Creep feeder for the ones that don't creep graze and trough for the ones that come out

davidk1394

Rang the butcher about the lambs. He was well impressed with their conformation. Well fleshed with a good fat cover.

charolais0153

davidk1394 wrote: »

. Well fleshed with a good fat cover.

Is that not the same thing:)

White Clover

davidk1394 wrote: »

Rang the butcher about the lambs. He was well impressed with their conformation. Well fleshed with a good fat cover.

What weight were they and how did they kill out?

rangler1

It paid well to creep feed lambs this year, but one year with another you'd be on a loser to feed lambs for sale end of june and the runts in the bunch will really screw ya.....bad enough on grass only

Hard Knocks

rangler1 wrote: »

It paid well to creep feed lambs this year, but one year with another you'd be on a loser to feed lambs for sale end of june and the runts in the bunch will really screw ya.....bad enough on grass only

Trend this year & last is to delay early lambing to Feb/ March & aim for Mid-end of June, add creep if need be

davidk1394

Finished putting click on all the lambs yesterday. Busy with fertilizer and topping today. Going grazing a newly reseeded grass field tomorrow. It was set around mid may.