Slackjawedyokel
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£300 cull ewes sounds mighty fine. What about £40 cull ewes in a more normal year?
What were you up to today
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Multi-power
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I will buy them those years and sell on the £300 years
Slackjawedyokel
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Pffft
. Can only say I’ve never sold any cast ewes for anything like £300. Half that is good going for a fat texel.Annoyingly this is the first year I’ve not had any cast ewes as everything left the farm last August (and got replaced with clean young stock).
Multi-power
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As for no cull ewes to sell , you may recall I offered EXCELLENT pre breeding advice, you and @FatBelinda choose to ignore itPffft
Annoyingly this is the first year I’ve not had any cast ewes as everything left the farm last August (and got replaced with clean young stock).
She could have been enjoying fine wine by the pool in the south of France, but no, she chooses the sheep field, probably had a pool as well mind you
FonterraFarmer
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Rock collecting???Favourite job:
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I have the feeling that I’ve just wrecked the (shallow) drains in this field again, as this doozie took some extracting and was just about where the drain went
FonterraFarmer
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Picture of the pool or its not true....
Slackjawedyokel
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Yeah. It’s one of my little hobbies.
FatBelinda
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@Multi-power doesn't lie.
Taken last week before I lambed that hogg, then went rolling.
All bought and paid for by cull yows
Alicecow
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I love how they are all standing in alignment with the shed, and therefore the feed barriers!
opininionated
On final warning
Took the tribe for a stroll
My Woods looking nice, Its cool and peaceful, I should spend more time down here.
Bluebells in full bloom
But signs of dampness on some of my headlands, which is a shame
But the spring wheat is looking good, shoukd have been winter wheat though
My Woods looking nice, Its cool and peaceful, I should spend more time down here.
Bluebells in full bloom
But signs of dampness on some of my headlands, which is a shame
But the spring wheat is looking good, shoukd have been winter wheat though
FatBelinda
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Was all set for some pub grub today, but as every livestock farmer knows, nothing ever goes to plan 
Dead ewe for no apparent reason. 3 weeks lambed, so enlisted the kids to catch some orphans 
Sunday lunch was downgraded to KFC, but it was a good one, and they didn't balls the order up for once
Dead ewe for no apparent reason. 3 weeks lambed, so enlisted the kids to catch some orphans
Sunday lunch was downgraded to KFC, but it was a good one, and they didn't balls the order up for once
Alicecow
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Yesterday turned out busy.
Morning. Shut 2 in ahead of moving one. Kicked 2 out ahead of calving, her due date was yesterday and she was showing signs.
Afternoon, dosed 1 and 2 halfs. Neighbour arrived to help with the dosing and to move them (Cookie needs holding!)
After everything was do I checked the cow and saw a hoof sticking out. Moved her to the better field for calving (next to the one she was in, by the house, less foxes). Went in for dinner. Came out half an hour later and calf was there. Getting dark , yard and shed dirty, field clean, cow not a people person, so left them to it.
Went to check them this morning and 2 calves present! All seem happy enough, so that's a relief.
Morning. Shut 2 in ahead of moving one. Kicked 2 out ahead of calving, her due date was yesterday and she was showing signs.
Afternoon, dosed 1 and 2 halfs. Neighbour arrived to help with the dosing and to move them (Cookie needs holding!)
After everything was do I checked the cow and saw a hoof sticking out. Moved her to the better field for calving (next to the one she was in, by the house, less foxes). Went in for dinner. Came out half an hour later and calf was there. Getting dark , yard and shed dirty, field clean, cow not a people person, so left them to it.
Went to check them this morning and 2 calves present! All seem happy enough, so that's a relief.
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FonterraFarmer
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Returned from up north ,Omapere, had lunch at "The Boat Shed at Rawene on Sunday.
740km round trip and 8.5 hours driving.
No entirely sure that you could use any electric vehicle to cover the same distance in the same time frame.
740km round trip and 8.5 hours driving.
No entirely sure that you could use any electric vehicle to cover the same distance in the same time frame.
Choochter
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I would call them One Blob and Two Blob...
deere66
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Once had Two dots and two dot's mate. Pretty self explanatory descriptions
opininionated
On final warning
I do like an occasional road trip. Scotland beckons, just not sure when, its one of those things that keeps getting put off.
Bovrill
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I was going to have a road trip to Scotland last year for the tug of war British and Irish championships in Elgin, but went down with covid for the first time instead.
I had Ben Nevis planned for a bit of a run up on the way home, and maybe Scafell Pike too. I'll get round to it one day, but being in Elgin anyway would have made it easier.
FonterraFarmer
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The NC 500 is being considered to do probably next year.....
Going up through the Highlands was an epic road trip when I was younger back in 1991.
Don't just plan it, just do it!!!
4wd
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Usually they have a couple of good weeks in May or early June and the days are insanely long.
You need to think about midges in the west, it sounds like a joke but hit a bad spell and they are so intolerable you would consider using a nuclear bomb. Or going home.