roosky wrote: » I have sheep on rented land for the last few winters , I have this land on a yearly rental basis.....take silage in the summer off it and graze sheep on it in the winter...I have a neighbor that set hedging along the boundary of their house now i have it sheep wired and it’s stock proof but the pricks put their heads through the wire and ate the hedging......again this year !! The neighbor is fit to be tied, what are my options I was thinking chicken wire bit it will cost me €200 to do that so that’s not an attractive option !
ganmo wrote: » For me...their hedge their problem, if they want to put up chicken wire or the green scaffolding wind break stuff let them at it.
Buford T. Justice VI wrote: » What kind of shed would you be using spaced sheeting on? In a lean-to with a low roof and high numbers, there should be enough airflow to reduce the rain coming in the spaces but I wouldn't be keen on it in a shed with a large airspace and low numbers. I don't think there would be enough upwards pressure to minimise rain coming in. It would be OK with sheep slats, I imagine, but not so much with straw bedding?
DJ98 wrote: » Not really sheep related, but just wondering what do people feed there working dogs?
Young95 wrote: » How have lads mid season ewes scanned this year so ? Scanned my own today and a good scan at 2.1 compare to last year which was 1.6 ! Just trying to figure out why such a jump in scanning rate ?
Hard Knocks wrote: » If I was to let hoggets mix with ram, would I be having June lambs or is the season over?
Lano Lynn wrote: » im straw bedded and a high roof not a bother. it is a bit weird if there is heavy rain and not many in the shed but they dry out quick enough.for a low roof a very good option ..have housed wet sheep and they dried out in a couple of days with no problems
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Probably splitting hairs here but was wondering if the time of day matters when you feed sheep. We’ve ewes and their lambs outside and 30-odd replacement ewe lambs in the shed finishing off hay (and saving grass). Both groups are getting meal once a day. The options are to feed them at 7.30am or 5.30pm, so I can work around the off-farm job a few days a week. But I’d like to keep the routine the same for on-farm days too. Does it make any difference?
wrangler wrote: » Was anyone at the sheep conference in Kilkenny on thurday. I thought John O'Connells figures were very good, way ahead of anything he'd get from sucklinghttps://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/from-milking-cows-to-chasing-sheep-switching-it-up-to-suit-the-land-type/
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » I saw some coverage on Twitter during the week alright. Would I be right saying he went from producing 9 lambs/Ha to 20 lambs/Ha?
Farmer_3650 wrote: » The article wont load for me but id believe it as hes an exceptional farmer. He also rears a lot of heifers for teagasc in athenry.
roosky wrote: » Hi all, has anyone here had a shee welfare scheme inspection I have one this week and I just want to know what level I need to go to as in is it just for 2019 or for 2017,2018 and 2019 And do they look at registrar and remedies like the Bord Bia inspections
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Had one here 2 weeks ago. We're doing the lameness and scanning actions. The inspector just wanted to see the SWS booklet with the details filled in on the required pages. No mention of remedies info or anything like that. He just took pictures of 2019 but I had 2018 and 2017 ready as well. If you have one year written up, it only takes 10 minutes to follow the same format for the other years and have them done.
razor8 wrote: » Had inspection few weeks ago for scanning & minerals post tipping. Scanned 30 ewes ear tags and took pictures of 2019 booklet. Pretty simple but Have been over and back since Scanning docket said delivery docket so that had to be changed to invoice. Herd number had to be on it as well and stamped paid
