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Sheep Photo Thread

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  • #1292
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭Cran


    Middle of lambing here so some pics & couple of Jan lambs


  • #1293
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Cran wrote: »
    Middle of lambing here so some pics & couple of Jan lambs

    What weight are they....they must be pushing 40?


  • #1294
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭Cran


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    What weight are they....they must be pushing 40?

    Over it 11th march 3 best ram lambs & 2 ewe lambs over 40


  • #1295
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    Are they out of your French ram ?


  • #1296
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭Cran


    Green farmer wrote: »
    Are they out of your French ram ?

    Due to youthful inexperience have only 3 January lambs by him, all April ewes in lamb to him though. One of the heavy ewe lambs by him, best ram & ewe lamb in pic with ewe by ram lost end of last year & rest by 3 year old ram bought in north as a lamb with an other flock but they've dispersed


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  • #1297
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,743 ✭✭✭ganmo


    I've never seen our sheep graze down a patch of grass like this before!


  • #1298
    sheepfarmer92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭sheepfarmer92


    Few pics of sheep and lambs out


  • #1299
    connolly18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭connolly18


    i have a lamb and his leg has swollen up like a balloon never seen it before what would be my best option


  • #1300
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    connolly18 wrote: »
    i have a lamb and his leg has swollen up like a balloon never seen it before what would be my best option
    Pemstrep??


  • #1301
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    Pulled a lamb with swollen head out Sunday morning. Sure she was dead. tubed and fed it . This is the lamb this morning.


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  • #1302
    Ard_MC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭Ard_MC


    Green farmer wrote: »
    Pulled a lamb with swollen head out Sunday morning. Sure she was dead. tubed and fed it . This is the lamb this morning.

    Great result..those 1 makes you forget all the bad results!


  • #1303
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    sheepfarmer92 wrote: »
    Few pics of sheep and lambs out

    They're fine looking fields... And stone walls... They look fine and dry - are they?


  • #1304
    sheepfarmer92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭sheepfarmer92


    Username John wrote: »
    They're fine looking fields... And stone walls... They look fine and dry - are they?

    Thanks john, Yes theyre great for shelter, theres a lot of stone walls around this area, all dry built, The lads that built them have no headaches anyway!


  • #1305
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    6034073
    Only put the ewes into this field and they were looking to go again.:rolleyes:
    6034073
    Put up the creep gate this morning and there was twenty of them gone through by evening. Only thought 5 or 6 would go through as usually they are a lot slower to go through


  • #1306
    DJ98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭DJ98


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    6034073
    Only put the ewes into this field and they were looking to go again.:rolleyes:
    6034073
    Put up the creep gate this morning and there was twenty of them gone through by evening. Only thought 5 or 6 would go through as usually they are a lot slower to go through

    The pics won't open/load!!


  • #1307
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    6034073
    Only put the ewes into this field and they were looking to go again.:rolleyes:
    6034073
    Put up the creep gate this morning and there was twenty of them gone through by evening. Only thought 5 or 6 would go through as usually they are a lot slower to go through


  • #1308
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    Lovely grass, and nice healthy looking sheep .


  • #1309
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Green farmer wrote: »
    Lovely grass, and nice healthy looking sheep .

    Weren't too healthy when the going went tough !!


  • #1310
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


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    DSC00849%20-%20Copy_zpsmula5aje.jpg

    DSC00848%20-%20Copy_zpsbr8yz10j.jpg


  • #1311
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭charolais0153


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    Why do they graze so close to the electric fence. ?


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  • #1312
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    A few of the beltex lambs off the ewe lambs. Their all a little under a month old now
    IMG_20170426_172555_zpsxjtlne83.jpg

    In the corner is one of the field old Suffolk mountain cross ewes doing some photo bombing

    IMG_20170426_172536_zpsr31vifkv.jpg
    IMG_20170426_172528_zpsgsqjus0x.jpg


  • #1313
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭Cran


    davidk1394 wrote: »
    A few of the beltex lambs off the ewe lambs. Their all a little under a month old now
    IMG_20170426_172555_zpsxjtlne83.jpg

    In the corner is one of the field old Suffolk mountain cross ewes doing some photo bombing

    IMG_20170426_172536_zpsr31vifkv.jpg
    IMG_20170426_172528_zpsgsqjus0x.jpg

    How did you find the Beltex, much lambing issues with them?


  • #1314
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    Cran wrote: »
    How did you find the Beltex, much lambing issues with them?

    Found them fine. Had 1 c.section due to schmallemberg, 1 came backwards and 2 others had to be assisted. Other that there was no issues. Their hardy little fellas


  • #1315
    razor8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭razor8


    davidk1394 wrote: »
    A few of the beltex lambs off the ewe lambs. Their all a little under a month old now
    IMG_20170426_172555_zpsxjtlne83.jpg

    In the corner is one of the field old Suffolk mountain cross ewes doing some photo bombing

    IMG_20170426_172536_zpsr31vifkv.jpg
    IMG_20170426_172528_zpsgsqjus0x.jpg

    Nice job, what's do the black ewes bring to the table?


  • #1316
    IH784man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭IH784man


    Zwartble cross with a Suffolk or texel is as good as any ewe,milky and square growthy lambs out of them I find


  • #1317
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    IH784man wrote: »
    Zwartble cross with a Suffolk or texel is as good as any ewe,milky and square growthy lambs out of them I find

    They are excellent mother's. We'll probably by another ram this year


  • #1318
    sheepfarmer92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭sheepfarmer92


    Putting a few bunches through the footbath today, they flew in with their mothers, using zinc


  • #1319
    rangler1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭rangler1


    For those of you that didn't see johnny Bells quad at the sheep conference on thursday

    https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18342578_1519717018100760_5177313874049643107_n.jpg?oh=eab3831e453c56dcca5a4d71b8a68018&oe=59AD9CB5


  • #1320
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


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    DSC01149_zpsjjhpujt7.jpg


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  • #1321
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    mid March ewe lamb to be kept as replacement


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