Back up at the shoot

[Qbgrey 4,269]

51 minutes ago, Stavross said:

I’ve had a few days/ evenings out when the midge have brought an end to the shooting early because I just didn’t want to shoot whatever I was after enough to put up with been eaten alive 

second on the list of horrible bastar*ds is when I’m out when they are combining and you get covered in the little weevil things, feels like your hole skin is crawling 

Hi Stav,I've been thinking about those ibc instead of 50 gallon drums.how do you make them work automatic,or do you just fill them and hand water the birds?

[Stavross 18,112]

7 minutes ago, Qbgrey said:

Hi Stav,I've been thinking about those ibc instead of 50 gallon drums.how do you make them work automatic,or do you just fill them and hand water the birds?

I’ve got them set up with large poultry drinkers in two pens and in the other little pen I have it going to a plastic 45 gallon drum, cut in half and fitted with a ballcock from an old cold water tank, to stop it overflowing, I just have the IBC’s above the drinkers and let gravity take over

[Qbgrey 4,269]

I see good set up.those red drinkers are great are,nt they.how many birds in that pen 200??

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Those naughty fallow Stav , come August we must try and drop one

 

[Stavross 18,112]

26 minutes ago, Qbgrey said:

I see good set up.those red drinkers are great are,nt they.how many birds in that pen 200??

The 2 main pens will take 400 poults the smaller one 250, this season we’ll just be using the 2 main pens 400 in each although the pens are not massive and the birds soon paddle them up, we have them out to wood in under a week, as soon as they know where they live

[Stavross 18,112]

32 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Those naughty fallow Stav , come August we must try and drop one

 

Yeah, I’ll be spending more time up there in the coming weeks so with a bit of luck I’ll get to see what’s about

[Qbgrey 4,269]

7 hours ago, Stavross said:

The 2 main pens will take 400 poults the smaller one 250, this season we’ll just be using the 2 main pens 400 in each although the pens are not massive and the birds soon paddle them up, we have them out to wood in under a week, as soon as they know where they live

Ok good stuff,they do flatten a overgrown pen quickly. Cheers for reply.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Got my first batch of birds today . So far so good . I think we are due a window of decent weather. They have started to cut a bit of hay and what looks like a field of wheat that is absolutely choked with black tail grass. So I’m out tonight . I’ve already OpenGL account with an unusual looking/ greyish dog fox , at a ridiculous distance, I wish I’d Mapulatored it . But I would say it’s about 250 meters which is my personal best with the night vision. But I spent so long looking for it in the long grass I forgot to measure it accurately Anyway here is a picture, with maybe more to follow….. who knows ???

[Stavross 18,112]

A good start to the evening, fingers crossed for a few more

[BenBhoy 4,706]

21 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

started to cut a bit of hay

You must have had better weather than us, and forecast.... ours is ready to chop but just way too wet & too much moisture in forecast. 

Good luck tonight 

[dytkos 17,935]

6 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

You must have had better weather than us, and forecast.... ours is ready to chop but just way too wet & too much moisture in forecast. 

Good luck tonight 

2nd cut here 

Cheers, D.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

We've cut silage weeks ago. 

Land of milk & honey down there though aren't you!! 

[dytkos 17,935]

2 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

We've cut silage weeks ago. 

Land of milk & honey down there though aren't you!! 

And rain do get a bit of sun mind.

Cheers, D.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Good start , hope you end up with a few .  Checked out a flattened barley field today , pigeons and blacks all over but its awkward to shoot because of its location as Joe public walks right past it. So it's a 4am start on Saturday to get a few hours in before the public are out and about.

[Dervburner 2,549]

Nearly there........