Sheep Photo Thread

tomwaterford

rangler1 wrote: »

They use helicopters to spray off and reseed, don't they

I presume they have a place here....not been on any farms yet...

But you see a fair bit of reseeding going on....even no matter how steep....the land


There's literally hundreds of mountains like that of grass and as many more farms that are made of mini mountains and place dotted with sheep/beef cattle


What I did notice was some places have like a slurry sprinkler systems on the steeper parts....but couldn't get a descent pic from the bus going too fast.....a possible option for parts of Ireland I taught?

Username John

Pic of the ewe lambs enjoying the sun today...

They on stubble ground now for the last month, the ground is perfect underneath... couldn't be better...

Gave em a bale of silage today as I thought the stubble was getting very bare. Not sure they took much interest in it...

Green farmer

Username John wrote: »

Gave em a bale of silage today as I thought the stubble was getting very bare. Not sure they took much interest in it...

Cannt remember you feeding silage before. Where's the fodder beet ?

Username John

Green farmer wrote: »

Cannt remember you feeding silage before. Where's the fodder beet ?

There was bales of silage just beside where the lambs are, so was as easy to feed it now when the stubble is so dry. Will leave the other grass I have for another month or so if I can...

No beet this year - I saw last year the ewes were able to manage the beet fine. But twas too tough on the ewe lambs, when they were only cutting their teeth I guess... that's

We'll see how this one bale goes...

Anyone care to guess how long a bale of silage would last 60 lambs?

charolais0153

Username John wrote: »

There was bales of silage just beside where the lambs are, so was as easy to feed it now when the stubble is so dry. Will leave the other grass I have for another month or so if I can...

No beet this year - I saw last year the ewes were able to manage the beet fine. But twas too tough on the ewe lambs, when they were only cutting their. We teeth I guess...

We'll see how this one bale goes...

Anyone care to guess how long a bale of silage would last 60 lambs?

A week?

Green farmer

Username John wrote: »

Anyone care to guess how long a bale of silage would last 60 lambs?

I've 80 ram lambs on silage. Get just over 5 days out of a bale. They've a peck of grass as well. Guessing ewe lambs would eat abit less.

tomwaterford

charolais0153 wrote: »

A week?

I always presumed silage geos off once it's opened and they'll not eat it after 4-5 days

rangler1

Green farmer wrote: »

I've 80 ram lambs on silage. Get just over 5 days out of a bale. They've a peck of grass as well. Guessing ewe lambs would eat abit less.

what are you doing with them, will demand for them not reduce after christmas or is there any problem when they're run as rams only

Green farmer

rangler1 wrote: »

what are you doing with them, will demand for them not reduce after christmas or is there any problem when they're run as rams only

I've them tucked away to sell next march, then factory

rangler1

Green farmer wrote: »

I've them tucked away to sell next march, then factory

They'll be very heavy then by the time you get a decent fat cover. are factories happy to kill entire ram lambs in march......i dont know anything about the hogget trade

sea12

rangler1 wrote: »

They'll be very heavy then by the time you get a decent fat cover. are factories happy to kill entire ram lambs in march......i dont know anything about the hogget trade

Never had an issue with them taking ram hoggets in March. Depends on supply I suppose.

Username John

tomwaterford wrote: »

I always presumed silage geos off once it's opened and they'll not eat it after 4-5 days

Well, when I was up this morning, they hadn't hardly touched the bale I opened yesterday. So I'd say that bale will definitely go to waste...

They won't get another for 2 weeks now anyways...

Tis hard to know if there is enough of em there to go through a bale quick enough all right Tom...

Green farmer

sea12 wrote: »

Never had an issue with them taking ram hoggets in March. Depends on supply I suppose.

Never had any issues here either. Find they always came into better money then the ewe lambs as well, as they'd k.o nearer to the max

sako 85

Recent Purchase. All scanned in Lamb. I hear they're a great way to lose money :-)

Username John

sako 85 wrote: »

Recent Purchase. All scanned in Lamb. I hear they're a great way to lose money :-)

They set you back a bit Sako I'd say...

I like them now so I do (you might not find much love for the Suffolk on here though)

Best of luck with them.

sako 85

Thanks John, they weren't cheap but if it goes pear shaped it won't be the end of the world either. Bought them at a special in lamb sale in Blessington. I personally like Suffolks myself and for all the giving out about them Suffolk cross make up a fair percentage of the national flock.

charolais0153

sako 85 wrote: »

Thanks John, they weren't cheap but if it goes pear shaped it won't be the end of the world either. Bought them at a special in lamb sale in Blessington. I personally like Suffolks myself and for all the giving out about them Suffolk cross make up a fair percentage of the national flock.

Around here they're the only breed in town for the small farmers

Sheep breeder

Wouldn't like the 91 ewe with the black wool on her back, would be classed as a fault and she be knocked at a breed sale.

390kid

sako 85 wrote: »

Recent Purchase. All scanned in Lamb. I hear they're a great way to lose money :-)

Nice looking ones hope they do well for ya

sako 85

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Wouldn't like the 91 ewe with the black wool on her back, would be classed as a fault and she be knocked at a breed sale.

Fair point and i did notice it. I'm hoping to start breeding Rams for the commerial farmer, if it comes through in the lambs, hopefully it wont matter to them.

jd06

sako 85 wrote: »

Fair point and i did notice it. I'm hoping to start breeding Rams for the commerial farmer, if it comes through in the lambs, hopefully it wont matter to them.

Best of luck
There prob ambling early Jan?
Keep us posted

sako 85

jd06 wrote: »

Best of luck
There prob ambling early Jan?
Keep us posted

Should lamb around 28the Dec. I'll fire up a few photos of the (hopefully alive) lambs.

grassroot1

sako 85 wrote: »

Should lamb around 28the Dec. I'll fire up a few photos of the (hopefully alive) lambs.

Best of luck with your purchases and welcome to the madness of pedigree sheep farming

charolais0153

Housed till valentines at least any way.


Sheep on the way home

razor8

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/amazing-footage-of-australian-salesyard-with-close-to-70000-sheep/

Wouldn't want to leave a gate opened by mistake there

orm0nd

charolais0153 wrote: »

Housed till valentines at least any way.


Sheep on the way home

hopefully most of these will be out well before valentines, sorry for poor pic no lights on in shed just using infra red on the ip cam

White Clover

orm0nd wrote: »

hopefully most of these will be out well before valentines, sorry for poor pic no lights on in shed just using infra red on the ip cam

Fine sheds there Ormond and charolaois.
May I ask for a few details?
Size of pens Lxw?
Slatted floor, depth of tank?
Stocking rate per pen?
Cheers

charolais0153

White Clover wrote: »

Fine sheds there Ormond and charolaois.
May I ask for a few details?
Size of pens Law?
Slatted floor, depth of tank?
Stocking rate per pen?
Cheers

6 pens in 3 18ft bays . 2 ft walkway in middle of each bay.concrete slats 4ft deep except for agitation points which are 6ft (?I think its that ,will ask old lad) 17-18 in each pen with 1 or 2 less in the trebles pen.the length of walkway is about 23/24ft long (I'm not100%)
Only problem with slats is cleaning them afterwards and putting the silage into the walkways which is time consuming

White Clover

charolais0153 wrote: »

6 pens in 3 18ft bays . 2 ft walkway in middle of each bay.concrete slats 4ft deep except for agitation points which are 6ft (?I think its that ,will ask old lad) 17-18 in each pen with 1 or 2 less in the trebles pen.the length of walkway is about 23/24ft long (I'm not100%)
Only problem with slats is cleaning them afterwards and putting the silage into the walkways which is time consuming

Thanks charolaois. So pens are roughly 23/4ft x 8ft? What do you mean by cleaning the slats? Agitating?

charolais0153

White Clover wrote: »

Thanks charolaois. So pens are roughly 23/4ft x 8ft? What do you mean by cleaning the slats? Agitating?

All the **** doesn't go down the slits iykwim and with bits of silage being dragged in it really sticks so you have to scrape it to get it off

White Clover

charolais0153 wrote: »

All the **** doesn't go down the slits iykwim and with bits of silage being dragged in it really sticks so you have to scrape it to get it off

Would you scrape them down often?

charolais0153

White Clover wrote: »

Would you scrape them down often?

After they go out

rangler1

We're promoting the green image somewhere they don't speak ENGLISH

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razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

We're promoting the green image somewhere they don't speak ENGLISH

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Without knowing what the hell there on about it still comes across well, is it german?

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

Without knowing what the hell there on about it still comes across well, is it german?

Thanks
Yea,german, they were here in july, they were really into the hedges we sowed and the traceability.
Just got the magazine in the post today

razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

Thanks
Yea,german, they were here in july, they were really into the hedges we sowed and the traceability.
Just got the magazine in the post today

What's the handheld about?

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

What's the handheld about?

The wand connects to a reader, we tie it in the scales and it reads the lambs electronic tag, the reader transmits the number to the scales by bluetooth and the scales records the number and weight.
The handheld wand can be used in a pen either,just wave it near the lambs head and it'll only record a number once, no duplicating.
Then of course all the information can be downloaded into the computer

rangler1

Nice this morning in the tunnel and the wind and rain outside
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and my modified cattle shed
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sheepfarmer92

rangler1 wrote: »

Nice this morning in the tunnel and the wind and rain outside
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and my modified cattle shed
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They look very contented on the straw and meal diet! Once you house them, do you start them straight away on the straw and meal?

rangler1

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

They look very contented on the straw and meal diet! Once you house them, do you start them straight away on the straw and meal?

Yea, the ewe lambs would be trained how to eat meals while on grass, so they'd only have to be trained to straw when they go in,
Ewes that got straw and meal before would be straight in on it

sea12

Lovely set up rangler. The tunnel is much taller than I expected. Plenty of room for tractor for clearing out after. Your flock look in very good condition.

razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

Nice this morning in the tunnel and the wind and rain outside
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and my modified cattle shed
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They look very uniform as a breed, not many flocks as consistent unless you cross the water.

Have a multiple of crosses here

charolais0153

Texel x lleyn,?They're a beautiful sheep. What will u cross them with to breed replacements?

rangler1

sea12 wrote: »

Lovely set up rangler. The tunnel is much taller than I expected. Plenty of room for tractor for clearing out after. Your flock look in very good condition.

Thanks, erecting it on two foot walls made a job of it, both for height and pushing against when cleaning out

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

Texel x lleyn,?They're a beautiful sheep. What will u cross them with to breed replacements?

They're over half bred Lleyn so I'm crossing them back now to maternal texels for replacements,
They're not really big enough to be crossing with maternal breeds.
I use vendeen on the ones that aren't breeding replacements

charolais0153

rangler1 wrote: »

They're over half bred Lleyn so I'm crossing them back now to maternal texels for replacements,
They're not really big enough to be crossing with maternal breeds.
I use vendeen on the ones that aren't breeding replacements

Big enough as in size and length ?. What do you mean maternal texels ? I presume you mean more feminine heads,longer, less muscly? Have you all sheep in now for (march?)Lambing .

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

Big enough as in size and length ?. What do you mean maternal texels ? I presume you mean more feminine heads,longer, less muscly? Have you all sheep in now for (march?)Lambing .

Yea, all of that plus 4 and 5 star maternal .......even though I've no faith in the stars.
And yea, march lambers in, April lambing ewe lambs still out, It's looking like good weather next week, so they'll be out another while. they're getting .5kg meal

razor8

Few picture of Romney x ewe lambs

390kid

razor8 wrote: »

Few picture of Romney x ewe lambs

How do you find the Romney? Are you tipping them this year or letting them lie on until next year

razor8

First year breeding them, looking forward to lambing them and seeing how they perform

they all should be in lamb hopefully, ran them with a charlaois ram