3175darren 1,102 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 It's work without doubt, I miss lambing, I used to look forward to it, now I wait for the first lambs at christmas to show up behind the house, missis still goes lambing every yr, it gets in the blood , good luck with them ant, all the best to you,ive done it on my mate farm for years and tbh I do like it (when I go home) lol Can not fault you mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 good for you them soays are evrything you say, but they are also wild as hawks, very primitive mentally (they dont herd to a dog for example) and amazing escape artists. get them used to being fed from a bucket, so you can at least egt them close enough to check them each day!! not trying to put you off though, best of luck and enjoy them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 What breed mate?.......they look a bit of a thing......they are tidy looking I will be keeping safe and boring and getting texels Hope you like pulling lambs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I am now officially a farmer! Lol They look well smart mate. There may well be a niche market for the meat once the flock has grown enough! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdog92 2,047 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 What breed mate?.......they look a bit of a thing......they are tidy looking I will be keeping safe and boring and getting texels Hope you like pulling lambs! Texels arent that bad to lamb really its a lot to do with what tup you use. If you put on a texel tup with a massive broad head and broad shoulders you will have problems. But if you used something like a charollais that have a narrower head and shoulders the will come out a lot easier. Thats the thing i dont understand with texel breeders they breed them to have massive heads witch does make them look better but its the 1st thing to go in the bin at the slaughter house so its not really necassery. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 What breed mate?.......they look a bit of a thing......they are tidy looking I will be keeping safe and boring and getting texels Hope you like pulling lambs! Texels arent that bad to lamb really its a lot to do with what tup you use. If you put on a texel tup with a massive broad head and broad shoulders you will have problems. But if you used something like a charollais that have a narrower head and shoulders the will come out a lot easier. Thats the thing i dont understand with texel breeders they breed them to have massive heads witch does make them look better but its the 1st thing to go in the bin at the slaughter house so its not really necassery. Just like dogs, many sheep breeds have been ruined by show breeders... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdog92 2,047 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 What breed mate?.......they look a bit of a thing......they are tidy looking I will be keeping safe and boring and getting texels Hope you like pulling lambs!Texels arent that bad to lamb really its a lot to do with what tup you use. If you put on a texel tup with a massive broad head and broad shoulders you will have problems. But if you used something like a charollais that have a narrower head and shoulders the will come out a lot easier. Thats the thing i dont understand with texel breeders they breed them to have massive heads witch does make them look better but its the 1st thing to go in the bin at the slaughter house so its not really necassery. Just like dogs, many sheep breeds have been ruined by show breeders... To true. The ozzie and kiwi sheep farmers laugh at the way we carry on with sheep and cattle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Do you think I'll need to build them a shelter of some sort as were supposed to be having a really bad winter? Although the sheep on corney fell seem to manage ok? Would I need planning permission to build a timber shed to put a small pen and a couple of round bales etc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdog92 2,047 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Do you think I'll need to build them a shelter of some sort as were supposed to be having a really bad winter? Although the sheep on corney fell seem to manage ok? Would I need planning permission to build a timber shed to put a small pen and a couple of round bales etc? I wouldnt bother building a shelter ant they will be fine without it im sure the winters in the hebridese are a lot worse. Aslong as they have a bit of hay to chew on they will be perfectly happy out in whatever weather gets thrown at them. Also it would be better for you if you could source some small square bales because you will get a lot less waste as it would take your small few sheep ages to eat a whole round bale and theres more chance of it getting wasted and if they have adlib hay they will tend to sort threw it to get the best bits and pull the rest out onto the floor and not eat it. The plus side if you did build a shelter you would have a dry place to work with them if its raining. If you need a few lal bales may have a few i could sort you out with. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 your a star mate, lad said he would worm them before dropping them of next week, and they were dipped not long ago so I wont need to worry about that till spring? does that sound right? theres 3 small fields to alternate them on so hopefully there should be plenty of grass for a while anyway, but I am gonna get a few bags of sheep nuts just get them coming to the bucket, but read somewhere that they a very sensitive to copper and something else? would there be copper in sheep nuts? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdog92 2,047 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 When you say nuts do you meen ewe rolls? I dont think there will be any copper in the feed but you can just check the label on the bag. If there copper sensitive you will want to use a copper free dose/drench/vitamin its nothing spechal a lot of sheep are sensitive to it. I would recomend using the carrs billington ewe rolls there mixed with crstalyx high energy treacle so you wont need to put a tub out just dont give them to much less than a hand full each will be enough for them. Regarding dipping if they have been dipped they will be fine for a while now bit im assuming you dont have a dipping tub so it would be easier for you to just jab them with zermex bearing in mind it has a withdrawl period of 104 days so you cant put them in to the food chain till after that time but its good stuff and a bit of ectofly pouron sprayed down there backs and that will keep ticks/blowfly/keds at bay Is it wettish ground what there on or is it pretty dry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 It's pretty wet most of the time but we are gonna put some land drains in some time next year? (Hopefully) that 104 day thing, would that count if I was to home kill/butcher as that's all I was planning on for now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdog92 2,047 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I was asking if it was wet because if it is you will deffinatly need to fluke them as well as worm because liver flukes thrive in wet lands so you will be best covering that as well. Yes it will count even if you home butch as thats how long it takes for it to get out of the sheeps system and zermex is not very nice to humans i dont think it would kill you but i wouldnt risk it. Did you check what age your ewes are? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 There's 4 ewes and there's 1 of each age range he said so I'm assuming 2, 3, 4 and 5? That have all lambed this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 And the lambs are 2 castrated males and 3 females Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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