Sheep Photo Thread

Nekarsulm

eire23 wrote: »

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/eire23/FullSizeRender1_zpse32f8985.jpg
Some of the triplets, getting close now.

Nice looking girls, there, Eire. Be great if the snow cleared before they are turned out.

Green farmer

I thought my eyes were deceiving me at first.

Nekarsulm

Green farmer wrote: »

I thought my eyes were deceiving me at first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is5jqDKYLYU

ganmo

Green farmer wrote: »

I thought my eyes were deceiving me at first.

Double decker feeding!!

AntrimGlens

A few of the pure bred earlies at the trough. Using a clipping gate as a creep gate.

davidk1394

Fee sheep enjoying the few sweedes last Sunday in the sun

razor8

fup thats dry looking

davidk1394

Haha ahh its good ground alright

Nekarsulm

Froze some cow's beestings today. Hunting through the kitchen presses, decided to try the wife's silicon bun trays.
Worked a treat, easy to pop out the frozen discs from the moulds, and just keep in a plastic bag in the freezer then.
Place the silicon tray on a flat spot in the freezer before you pour in the milk!

fanadman1

First of my ladies are in tonight for lambing

tom_k

First lamb here today. This lady caught me a bit by surprise this afternoon, herself and one other had visited the ram a bit early last year and I wasn't expecting her to lamb til next week. One small but very lively ewe lamb.

Cran

tom_k wrote: »

First lamb here today. This lady caught me a bit by surprise this afternoon, herself and one other had visited the ram a bit early last year and I wasn't expecting her to lamb til next week. One small but very lively ewe lamb.

Lleyn cross Tom by any chance? My Lleyn cross Mules look very similar when born

tom_k

Cran wrote: »

Lleyn cross Tom by any chance? My Lleyn cross Mules look very similar when born

No, Texel sire in this case but I see what you mean alright. Lad I know has Llewelyn X Mules (I think) and his lambs are similar to this one.

gazahayes

Tunnel nearly ready for plastic

Connemara Farmer

gazahayes wrote: »

Tunnel nearly ready for plastic

Used a space heater when stretching plastic on my tunnel, two would have been better.

gazahayes

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Used a space heater when stretching plastic on my tunnel, two would have been better.

Have a gas one here alright don't think the weather wants to play ball tho.

Connemara Farmer

gazahayes wrote: »

Have a gas one here alright don't think the weather wants to play ball tho.

No, you want a pure calm "dead" day in regards to wind, any ripple of a breeze will cause problems. The day we did the cover there were "isolated showers" for Connacht, and all of them fell in the field we were in :rolleyes: It still stretched very well though was done in November I think.

gazahayes

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

No, you want a pure calm "dead" day in regards to wind, any ripple of a breeze will cause problems. The day we did the cover there were "isolated showers" for Connacht, and all of them fell in the field we were in :rolleyes: It still stretched very well though was done in November I think.

Too gusty here today to get it done. Have lots of help tho after making homemade pizza for them.

rangler1

gazahayes wrote: »

Too gusty here today to get it done. Have lots of help tho after making homemade pizza for them.

I think you'll have a lot of pizzas fed before the weather settles this time

Arrow in the Knee

Beltex lamb 10 days old

Username John

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

Beltex lamb 10 days old

Jesus, serious lump of a lamb for 10 days...

eire23

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

Beltex lamb 10 days old

Hes half reared!

sea12

You might have him ready for Easter yet!
Some lamb

Connemara Farmer

One word, finally!

Water system not fully set up yet, so am bucketing for the moment.

rangler1

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

One word, finally!

Water system not fully set up yet, so am bucketing for the moment.

If they're not eating the straw, they're having a damn good look at it anyway....looks lovely straw

Connemara Farmer

rangler1 wrote: »

If they're not eating the straw, they're having a damn good look at it anyway....looks lovely straw

One b*tch was having a damn good look at the net through the fence too!

They done a good bit of picking at it (it being the straw), I think they were more bewildered I hadn't let them out after feeding them.

Will keep an eye on them, it's nice straw when shook out alright, that's the first bale I opened. Another man who got part of the same load was down to me looking to buy a few of mine.

ihatewinter

Connemara, looks a nice set up. Your ewes are in good condition, hope all goes well with the lambing

Connemara Farmer

ihatewinter wrote: »

Connemara, looks a nice set up. Your ewes are in good condition, hope all goes well with the lambing

I've still to figure out a satisfactory solution to rain being blown inside, may buy cheap tarps to attach to fence when needed. Roof lights proved to be very expensive €40 and €63.50 for ten feet corrugated and box profile respectively.

Connemara Farmer

I may have a solution to the wind blowing in rain. I had clear polytunnel plastic left over from the previous cover. As it happened the pieces I trimmed off that cover happened to be nearly a perfect fit for the gap. So I nailed some to a 2x1 and am testing the prototype. It's easy to remove and roll up. The top gap allows air in, but the gutter outside and above it excludes rain.

rangler1

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

I may have a solution to the wind blowing in rain. I had clear polytunnel plastic left over from the previous cover. As it happened the pieces I trimmed off that cover happened to be nearly a perfect fit for the gap. So I nailed some to a 2x1 and am testing the prototype. It's easy to remove and roll up. The top gap allows air in, but the gutter outside and above it excludes rain.

Who made the lovely gate at the front of picture

Nekarsulm

Con, can you collect the rainwater that falls on the tunnel covering?

Connemara Farmer

rangler1 wrote: »

Who made the lovely gate at the front of picture

I made it but it's not my design, I saw similar for sale on Donedeal, in Carlow I think they were.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Con, can you collect the rainwater that falls on the tunnel covering?

I can and am, but it's very slow, mostly because it hasn't been raining :pac: I just ran the gutter longer than the tunnel, put a down pipe section on it and put the flow exit over the open IBC tank.

I've a regular down pipe on the other side but I think I will put a tank there too.

fanadman1

con if you don't mind me asking was it much cheaper than a similarly sized shed?

Connemara Farmer

fanadman1 wrote: »

con if you don't mind me asking was it much cheaper than a similarly sized shed?

I haven't added it all up yet tbh.

It certainly was more expensive than anticipated.

My initial thinking was to build a shed, but I hadn't the money at the time.

fanadman1

im very curios about it now after seeing yours i was thinking on building a shed on raised slats for feeding lambs im kinda curios of the tunnel now. looks a mighty job

Connemara Farmer

fanadman1 wrote: »

im very curios about it now after seeing yours i was thinking on building a shed on raised slats for feeding lambs im kinda curios of the tunnel now. looks a mighty job

Build the shed if you can afford it would be my advice

The "net" on the side of the tunnel is pure useless, if this solution works to keep water out then it'll be grand.

You have to be careful around the cover. I was moving 14ft timbers inside today and 6m half pipe troughs, one wrong move and I'd be seeing sky lol.

Visit a few first.

fanadman1

any word of how they stick exhaust gases from tractors ? just thinking now about cleaning it out nobody has a tunnel up my way at all .

Connemara Farmer

fanadman1 wrote: »

any word of how they stick exhaust gases from tractors ? just thinking now about cleaning it out nobody has a tunnel up my way at all .

Only a quad here, I'd be looking to get some sort of pipe made up to redirect the exhaust gasses. Hot stuff and plastic cover won't mix well I imagine. Cover on my tunnel gets a bit softer when the sun comes out.

Nekarsulm

Put a 90 degree bend on the top of the exhaust pipe

Connemara Farmer

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Put a 90 degree bend on the top of the exhaust pipe

And be careful what way it's pointing.

rangler1

fanadman1 wrote: »

any word of how they stick exhaust gases from tractors ? just thinking now about cleaning it out nobody has a tunnel up my way at all .

I've a tunnel, it's fairly high, but the exhaust would be near it at the side when I'm cleaning it out, it doesn't do any harm, I suppose I wouldn't want to leave the tractor running in the one place though,
Like con said, you're better with a shed, but I needed something in a hurry and also don't intend to have sheep much longer:D

fanadman1

so what u are saying is save a bit batter on another year without and stick to concert and tin ha :L

Bullocks

rangler1 wrote: »

I've a tunnel, it's fairly high, but the exhaust would be near it at the side when I'm cleaning it out, it doesn't do any harm, I suppose I wouldn't want to leave the tractor running in the one place though,
Like con said, you're better with a shed, but I needed something in a hurry and also don't intend to have sheep much longer:D

Will you lease it out ? Would you like to see sheep still on the farm or would it bother you what type farming went next ?

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

I made it but it's not my design, I saw similar for sale on Donedeal, in Carlow I think the

Tasty looking timber work Con , did they work out much cheaper than buying them ?

Connemara Farmer

Bullocks wrote: »

Tasty looking timber work Con , did they work out much cheaper than buying them ?

Dearer in the finish by the time I have connectors put on them.

Bullocks

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Dearer in the finish by the time I have connectors put on them.

Hard to beat the scale the manufacturers of those things would have I suppose , do they sell the steel ones back your way ?

Connemara Farmer

Bullocks wrote: »

Hard to beat the scale the manufacturers of those things would have I suppose , do they sell the steel ones back your way ?

I made my own due to the funny sizes I wanted. Yeah they sell the steel ones in Recess.

AntrimGlens

Colostrum cupcake anyone? Last prep before the madness begins. Any lamb that looks like it hasn't suckled will be getting tubed this year, taking no chances as days off work will be few.

ganmo

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Colostrum cupcake anyone? Last prep before the madness begins. Any lamb that looks like it hasn't suckled will be getting tubed this year, taking no chances as days off work will be few.

Make sure everyone in the house knows exactly what they are! Remember taking out some 'milk' out of the freezer, thank Christ dad landed home before it thawed

On another note...colostrum when drying smells like toffee

eire23

Someone was looking for a picture of the homemade lamb feeder but i can't remember who......anyways this is all it is, have only one line set up at the moment.

Green farmer

My shed is open on a few sides, so I use some old heras fencing to keep fox out !!!