Bullocks wrote: » I bought ewe and lamb ration in Galway aswell today . In fairness I'd say mills must be up the walls now Do we import grain for feed stuffs usually or are we self sufficient ?
Green farmer wrote: » All I can tell you is they travelled down and that’s what the teagasc man told me when I chatted to him.
farawaygrass wrote: » No problems with nuts in my part of Galway and I’m not far from Athenry.
Green farmer wrote: » Went in to buy sheep nuts in limerick this morning. They put up price €15 a tonne over the weekend. I asked why and they said supply and demand. Said they cannt keep it made. Teagasc from athenry were there. Had to travel down this distance to get nuts as none to be bought in Galway. Left me with a right bad taste in my mouth.
farawaygrass wrote: » Really?
sea12 wrote: » Are they on straw or slats
charolais0153 wrote: » Texels are more prone to mastitis too
roosky wrote: » Texels, crossbred but mostly texel. IS it mastitis between mating and lambing that healed up or is it some other condition, I even had it in first time lambers last year!
charolais0153 wrote: » What breed?.
roosky wrote: » I have 95% of the ewes lambed in two weeks with 7% losses since scanning so im happy with that! What im not happy with is the number of ewes i have with 1 tit ! I tag everything that gives trouble at lambing so nothing would have been kept since last year and I check the bags of ewes at weaning and again pre mating so nothing went to the ram that was dodge. The ewe lambs with a big bag of milk but the teat wont work, some have a thread or a pea in them others have a hard udder. I would have approx 8% of my ewes gone to grass with 1 lamb because of it. What is it, whats causing it and what can I do to prevent it happening, also its a young flock as ewes are sold that are old.
wrangler wrote: » First round grazing, it's definitely not coming back after grazing off:. Have about a week more like that and then.......:eek:
kk.man wrote: » I've a lot of triplets here...in fact very few singles. What's the best advice (leave them on the ewes or sell them as pets) ?
MeTheMan wrote: » That ewe squeezing out a fart? Well jealous of that grass.!
wrangler wrote: » You have to live with them at lambing....then you have no regretsAttachment not found.
Western Pomise wrote: » Lambing outside in fields near yard...was tempted to get settled and watch MOTD but on last check in daylight I thought one ewe looked a bit on edge. Out on the quad for a quick check and same lady had water bag out...got her caught and took two nice lambs from her...both coming backwards ....so glad I missed half of MOTD:)
arctictree wrote: » Well I have about 60 ram lambs and 30 ewe lambs. Not sure why. I've nearly run out of blue management tags.
Lambman wrote: » Lambing slow till take off here despite a large number off ewes covered in the first week and raddle changed after 9 days there was that many covered... hopefully pick up soon tonight's the busiest so far... noticing a lot off rams being born especially twins with 20 sets off twins on the ground 16 is 2rams and the other 4 one off each.
Green farmer wrote: » Any sheep events around the country this year where all the manufacturers will be displaying the handling equipment, Gates etc ? Other then the ploughing ? Athenry doing anything this year ?
