Sheep 2018 Athenry

roosky

Is anyone going to this, is it worth going to?

charolais0153

roosky wrote: »

Is anyone going to this, is it worth going to?

Yes and yes

Ard_MC

Going for a look around alright.

gazahayes

Was up there this evening helping put up a stand looks to be good lot of information around it about everything so should be a good show

Green farmer

I’m going to head up later.

Nick100

roosky wrote: »

Is anyone going to this, is it worth going to?

On the way up now, looking forward to it

charolais0153

Great event,far better than beef 2018 in grange

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

Great event,far better than beef 2018 in grange

+1
And a lot of effort put into it.
Country side is a lot greener round there than here, weparked in the firtst carpark and there was 6 inches of lovely green grass being rolled into the ground by the cars....apparently that field was only rented in for the day......grassenvy

orm0nd

had my own mini athenry at home,

footbathed & cobalt all the lambs & about half the ewes

ran the ewe lambs through and culled 2 b1tches that were very wild and constantly trying to turn in the race ( they already had a yellow card from previous)

they will be heading for my freezer when clik withdrawal is up & no doubt there will be a couple less "fooks" in the sheep shed next spring

anything to note from athenry ?

see elsewhere the factories were spinning the usual sh1te re markets
(nothing new there)

Green farmer

orm0nd wrote: »

ran the ewe lambs through and culled 2 b1tches that were very wild and constantly trying to turn in the race ( they already had a yellow card from previous)


see elsewhere the factories were spinning the usual sh1te re markets
(nothing new there)

Just out of curiosity, what percentage of ewes that you give a yellow card to subsequently get a red a few month later? I’ve given up with the yellows and go straight red.

orm0nd

Green farmer wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what percentage of ewes that you give a yellow card to subsequently get a red a few month later? I’ve given up with the yellows and go straight red.

ewes get a straight red, these were e lambs, even getting them in they were testing the dog, all the rest are very tame, all lined up and walked down the race almost unaided

roosky

orm0nd wrote: »

ewes get a straight red, these were e lambs, even getting them in they were testing the dog, all the rest are very tame, all lined up and walked down the race almost unaided

I gave a huge amount of yellow cards at lambing, and then a few more during the summer, weaned yesterday and gave a few more........if they were reds I would have half the flock gone !