Sheep Photo Thread

ganmo · 21-04-2019 1:03am

From earlier today

davidk1394 · 01-05-2019 8:31pm

I thought we were finished with sheep fencing

White Clover · 01-05-2019 9:56pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

I thought we were finished with sheep fencing

Nice! What model is the new Claas ?

davidk1394 · 02-05-2019 9:13am

White Clover wrote: »

Nice! What model is the new Claas ?

Same tractor as always

davidk1394 · 02-06-2019 2:31pm

I had to buy this t-shirt

davidk1394 · 12-07-2019 4:18pm

Some of the single lambs being picked out for the factory. Ewes being shorn next week

wrangler · 14-07-2019 8:09am

Some pics from the hobby farm

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Ewes are all over condition score three so only have to maintain them at that now

razor8 · 14-07-2019 11:57am

My help shearing yesterday let me down

Dinzee Conlee · 14-07-2019 1:12pm

wrangler wrote: »

Some pics from the hobby farm

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Ewes are all over condition score three so only have to maintain them at that now

Fine lambs... some a bit dirtier than I would have expected for such dry weather - but I think you said you FEC samples and they didn’t need a dose?

Curious as to why they’d be that bit dirty?

Dinzee Conlee · 14-07-2019 1:16pm

razor8 wrote: »

My help shearing yesterday let me down

Ha ha, he’s right too, dose of a job... let the old boy at it

God - I remember when I was young and if the job involved any bit of dirt at all, you’d have to wear wellingtons, even in the hottest of days cos you had no proper boots...

wrangler · 14-07-2019 6:53pm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Fine lambs... some a bit dirtier than I would have expected for such dry weather - but I think you said you FEC samples and they didn’t need a dose?

Curious as to why they’d be that bit dirty?

There's five or six with a story, mother died when they were 3wks, 2ewes with mastitis etc etc, they're very dirty and the rest got a bit dirty when they went on aftergrass a week ago, FEC yesterday was 250 and advice is to dose at 500

davidk1394 · 18-07-2019 1:37pm

First load sent off

Dinzee Conlee · 29-07-2019 9:57pm

You know the thistles are bad when the sheep are using them to scratch against

Green farmer · 18-08-2019 7:37pm

Rounded up lambs today for dosing. Happy overall at how their coming on.

RobinBanks · 20-08-2019 8:39am

Green farmer wrote: »

Rounded up lambs today for dosing. Happy overall at how their coming on.

Lovely setup there for holding them. Would lambs ever jump out across it them gates? I bought store lambs myself and was thinking of buying something like this to gather them into the corner of the field.

Green farmer · 20-08-2019 10:38am

RobinBanks wrote: »

Lovely setup there for holding them. Would lambs ever jump out across it them gates? I bought store lambs myself and was thinking of buying something like this to gather them into the corner of the field.

Depends on the height of your penning. I have older cormac hurdles that are abit low. Each year you’ll always get one or two lambs (Lleyn x) that can jump them. But the hurdles in the picture, are a newer hurdle made by someone else. Their a few inches higher and none have escaped yet. I’ve come to the conclusion with sheep, the higher the hurdle the better, that’s why I’ve bought the walk through gate, so I don’t have to throw the leg over anymore.

Homer jay · 20-08-2019 11:17am

Green farmer wrote: »

Depends on the height of your penning. I have older cormac hurdles that are abit low. Each year you’ll always get one or two lambs (Lleyn x) that can jump them. But the hurdles in the picture, are a newer hurdle made by someone else. Their a few inches higher and none have escaped yet. I’ve come to the conclusion with sheep, the higher the hurdle the better, that’s why I’ve bought the walk through gate, so I don’t have to throw the leg over anymore.

If you don’t mind me asking where did you buy the hurdles, have the cormac ones myself but find the odd ewe jumps out.

Green farmer · 20-08-2019 1:58pm

Homer jay wrote: »

If you don’t mind me asking where did you buy the hurdles, have the cormac ones myself but find the odd ewe jumps out.

the gates in the pic are o’donnell. Their a stronger gate. afaik the cormac ones are the lowest on the market, so every other gate would be higher. Also the walk through gate is a ritchie.

Homer jay · 23-08-2019 8:05pm

Green farmer wrote: »

the gates in the pic are o’donnell. Their a stronger gate. afaik the cormac ones are the lowest on the market, so every other gate would be higher. Also the walk through gate is a ritchie.

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Buford T. Justice XIX · 24-08-2019 3:11pm

Mod note: I moved the couple of posts about weights and prices over to the spring lamb prices thread, if you're wondering where they went.

Buford T. Justice

charolais0153 · 29-08-2019 11:43pm

The hoggetts bought for the year, 20 more than last year wrongly or rightly

:pac::cool:

DJ98 · 30-08-2019 12:24am

charolais0153 wrote: »

The hoggetts bought for the year, 20 more than last year wrongly or rightly:pac::cool:

Can I ask what the average cost of those sheep were. Fine bunch of ewes.

Dickie10 · 06-09-2019 11:48am

Ewe lambs for breeding this year bred on farm Lleyn x and a few stores I kept

Lambman · 07-09-2019 5:05am

Purchased this fella yesterday that's my spending done for the year.

Lambman · 07-09-2019 5:23am

Couldn't get 2 till upload together

Ard_MC · 07-09-2019 7:19am

Lambman wrote: »

Purchased this fella yesterday that's my spending done for the year.

I was lookin at lad on DD myself but didnt even get round to ring about him. Great ram. Best of luck with him.

390kid · 07-09-2019 9:02am

Lambman wrote: »

Couldn't get 2 till upload together

Fine ram best a luck with him

Lambman · 07-09-2019 2:53pm

Yea he is a good one alright. Lifting him after the 25th as he's been used for AI that day on the mans purebred flock. He's only about 3 mile anyways.

Lambman · 25-09-2019 10:38am

Anybody any experience with this on ewes?

davidk1394 · 07-11-2019 11:25am

Some of the lambs were finishing

razor8 · 07-11-2019 7:15pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Some of the lambs were finishing

Are you feeding them inside Adlib?

davidk1394 · 07-11-2019 8:29pm

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

kk.man · 07-11-2019 9:12pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

Do you feed the straw in troughs?
How do u adlib them as in type of troughs?

davidk1394 · 07-11-2019 10:08pm

kk.man wrote: »

Do you feed the straw in troughs?
How do u adlib them as in type of troughs?

I'll post pictures in the morning

Base price · 07-11-2019 11:04pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Yes, straw and nuts. On a bed of pea and bean straw. Mainly because it's cheaper but they also enjoy foraging for peas in the straw which keeps them entertained. I shaved a stripe down the middle of all their backs which was a big help in preventing them sweating in mild weather. Majority of these lambs were inside for only 3 weeks and were sold today and yesterday

Years ago we tried using OSR and pea/bean straw as bedding under calves but we found that it was very dusty and some of the bales had green mould running through them.

Large squares of OSR are great as a base in a dry bedded well ventilated shed.

davidk1394 · 08-11-2019 4:08pm

Base price wrote: »

Years ago we tried using OSR and pea/bean straw as bedding under calves but we found that it was very dusty and some of the bales had green mould running through them.

Large squares of OSR are great as a base in a dry bedded well ventilated shed.

It took a few years to get it right but we have the pea straw nearly right. I'd agree with you about it being dusty. Weather permitting I try leave the straw on the ground for 2/3 days. Rake it together about 4/5 hours before baling and chop the straw as it's going into the baler. I fit more into the bale and it makes it easier to spread and it brakes down quicker in the dung. Its spread using the digger

davidk1394 · 23-01-2020 11:08am

Foot bathing some of the sheep yesterday while bedding their shed

Lano Lynn · 23-01-2020 9:17pm

jayus that is a steep slope

Green farmer · 23-01-2020 9:27pm

Grand healthy looking stock

davidk1394 · 28-01-2020 1:05pm

Lano Lynn wrote: »

jayus that is a steep slope

The pen I'm standing in doubles as a holding pen after dipping. The slope is there for the water to run back into the tank through a channel. It's also handy when cleaning out the footbath because I can divert that water down a drain

Farmer Dan · 23-02-2020 12:06pm

First of the blue texel lambs.
Be interesting to see how they turn out.

farawaygrass · 23-02-2020 12:26pm

Farmer Dan wrote: »

First of the blue texel lambs.
Be interesting to see how they turn out.

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Farmer Dan · 23-02-2020 12:29pm

farawaygrass wrote: »

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Rouge x

Farmer Dan · 23-02-2020 12:32pm

farawaygrass wrote: »

What type ewe did you let the blue ran out to?

Rouge x

farawaygrass · 23-02-2020 1:49pm

Nice shape too then. You have great grass for them too

wrangler · 08-03-2020 11:30am

Drinking whiskey and watching lambing last night

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Cameras are twenty years old, hence the poor quality

Tileman · 08-03-2020 11:54am

wrangler wrote: »

Drinking whiskey and watching lambing last night

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Cameras are twenty years old, hence the poor quality

Still working well for 30 years old wrangler. Is that just on tv or can u get it on the phone aswell

wrangler · 08-03-2020 12:44pm

Tileman wrote: »

Still working well for 30 years old wrangler. Is that just on tv or can u get it on the phone aswell

20 years
No, not on phone, it doesn't transmit through the thick old walls of the house either so the reciever is in the attic and then wired down to three televisions. Even the four cameras had to be wired to a transmitter in the shed
Huge advance in technology since they were made.

each camera shows in rotation for five seconds and then the four together.
Can be very frustrating trying to concentrate on one ewe

wrangler · 21-03-2020 12:02pm

Remember this little lamb
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This is her on the first anniversary to the day of her surgery

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gg4peia70gl5v61/Bella%20Video.mp4?dl=0

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Just shows in the middle of all the hassle, life goes on

ganmo · 25-03-2020 7:10pm

Moving animals on the road is handy these days

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