Sheep Photo Thread

Green farmer · 07-09-2015 10:51pm

I don't know about everyone else, but was able to go bring tractor back on fields today. First time in a long while the ground was fit for travelling. Hopefully will allow lambs to start putting on weight again.

EAFC_rdfl · 09-09-2015 12:31pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Cran, Is that Hugh Henry judging the ewe lambs?

Is he from Derry?

AntrimGlens · 13-09-2015 11:06pm

EAFC_rdfl wrote: »

Is he from Derry?

No, he's from Larne, Antrim

westman1 · 18-09-2015 10:29pm

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sea12 · 19-09-2015 11:01am

westman1 wrote: »

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Well done. Super looking sheep

AntrimGlens · 21-09-2015 9:05pm

For the sum total of £24 to get them killed this will hopefully keep us going in lamb through the winter. 2 char x mules, one a ewe lamb and one a ram lamb to see if any difference in taste both killed into cold weight of 19.8kgs. Cut up and bagged by myself. Had chops this evening from ram lamb and very tasty.

Green farmer · 28-09-2015 8:58pm

Some homebred replacement ewe lambs.

rangler1 · 28-09-2015 9:30pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Some homebred replacement ewe lambs.

Nice, will you put the ram with them this year

Green farmer · 28-09-2015 9:36pm

rangler1 wrote: »

Nice, will you put the ram with them this year

They'll be no passengers carried here :pac: . They'll be put into a nice small paddock with a frisky ram around the 1st November, separate to main flock. They'll have to earn their keep.

Willfarman · 28-09-2015 9:40pm

What's their breeding? They look big sheep.

Green farmer · 28-09-2015 9:52pm

Willfarman wrote: »

What's their breeding? They look big sheep.

To be honest they're the best of what I got this year, texel x and llyen x . Unfortunately I've a good few that wouldn't be as good as that and won't be bred off but kept as stores instead.

Cran · 10-10-2015 3:32pm

Few January lambers in for scanning today, don't lamb to many at this time but always have people who only want ram lambs

Bonedigger · 21-10-2015 7:28pm

I don't know me sheep breeds to be honest lads, so can you tell me what the sheep on the far right is in the picture below? The shape of the face is very distinctive looking, and have only been seeing them in recent years - are they a recently introduced breed? If I'm being honest I don't know what the other breeds are either!

Kovu · 21-10-2015 7:44pm

From right to left- Texel, suffolk, charollais, suffolk again.....and then I'm lost.

Limestone Cowboy · 21-10-2015 7:49pm

Kovu wrote: »

From right to left- Texel, suffolk, charollais, suffolk again.....and then I'm lost.

Id say the other two are a belclare and a blue de Maine x texel not having a notion about sheep!

Kovu · 21-10-2015 7:57pm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Id say the other two are a belclare and a blue de Maine x texel not having a notion about sheep!

Aye, the right lad could be a belclare with the eyeliner eyes! 2nd from the right doesn't look any way Texel to me though, his face is too wide and not short enough. Texels to me look like those flat faced cats- as if they ran into a wall at full speed :pac:

Green farmer · 21-10-2015 8:02pm

That's the thing about crossbred sheep. Could be bits of anything in them.

Bonedigger · 21-10-2015 8:10pm

To my untrained eye, the sheep on the far left looks quite similar around the eyes to the Texel on the far right, so maybe it is a Texel cross?

ganmo · 21-10-2015 8:11pm

the one on the right has a texel face, not that recently introduced, just becoming more popular(or rather suffolk becoming less popular)

for some strange looking sheep look up blue texels

Willfarman · 21-10-2015 8:11pm

As a well known auctioneer in my part would say when selling a ram of questionable parentage.. "Purebred non registered sheep"

ganmo · 21-10-2015 8:18pm

Bonedigger wrote: »

To my untrained eye, the sheep on the far left looks quite similar around the eyes to the Texel on the far right, so maybe it is a Texel cross?

i know of a highly educated person that specialised in sheep who mistook a belclare ram for a texel ram so even trained eyes get confused

Bonedigger · 21-10-2015 8:29pm

ganmo wrote: »

the one on the right has a texel face, not that recently introduced, just becoming more popular(or rather suffolk becoming less popular)

for some strange looking sheep look up blue texels

I just looked up images of Blue Texels and you certainly wouldn't mistake them for other breeds anyway!

Green farmer · 21-10-2015 9:31pm

I often look at the ears in x breed sheep for clues as to the parentage of sheep.

Cran · 03-11-2015 10:15am

Rams went out here Saturday, some pics of them on way out not great pics as taken in the trailer. Ram with nice cut head decided his friend all summer was in his way to first ewe........

Username John · 19-12-2015 9:36pm

Feeding beet today...

Had em in this morning to have a look at em, and a few of the ewes are thinner than I'd like...

Edit : apologies I didn't realise the image was so big...

razor8 · 20-12-2015 2:05am

Username John wrote: »

Feeding beet today...

Had em in this morning to have a look at em, and a few of the ewes are thinner than I'd like...

Edit : apologies I didn't realise the image was so big...

Uj, you have nice picking there for them and looks dry, if I had grass like that I wouldn't be worried about throwing them beet as well

Username John · 20-12-2015 9:53am

razor8 wrote: »

Uj, you have nice picking there for them and looks dry, if I had grass like that I wouldn't be worried about throwing them beet as well

Hi razor,
Tis dry all right, but they won't be long going through that too.
I find the beet good to stretch the grass then...

Although they'll have to manage without beet over Christmas, as I'll be up your side of the country...

Green farmer · 20-12-2015 11:34am

Grand healthy looking stock John.

rangler1 · 20-12-2015 12:36pm

Username John wrote: »

Feeding beet today...

Had em in this morning to have a look at em, and a few of the ewes are thinner than I'd like...

Edit : apologies I didn't realise the image was so big...

Good grass there, they won't be touching the beet for a while I'd say.
Trying to get the ewe lambs here used to meal before they go in too and there not too keen, even if left too long on a paddock so there must be a bit growing overnight still

Username John · 20-12-2015 1:02pm

rangler1 wrote: »

Good grass there, they won't be touching the beet for a while I'd say.
Trying to get the ewe lambs here used to meal before they go in too and there not too keen, even if left too long on a paddock so there must be a bit growing overnight still

Beet all gone this morning, but they don't get that much - the ewes that are used to the beet go mad for it. Some of the ewe lambs don't touch it tho. I think it does seem to get me longer from the grass...

There is ok grass in that paddock, but they only just in yesterday morning so that's why it looks very fresh.
I only have about 3 more paddocks left tho, and then a bit of stubble. So need that to get me to end Jan if I can...

Scan mid Jan, bring in ewe lambs around start feb, ewes in end feb / start March... (Lambing from St Patricks day on)

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