Sheep Photo Thread

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

390kid

They are a nice looking animal. I wouldn't know anything about them. Wat made u pick dem

razor8

There supposed to be very good foragers that do the business from grass only with low input

very popular in nz and U.K

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

There supposed to be very good foragers that do the business from grass only, very popular in nz and U.K.

Romneys are well proven alright, where did you source the ram, they look to be good weights.

razor8

Billy O'Kane in Antrim, they are averaging about 55kg, averaged 50kg before ram went out and have done well since

charolais0153

rangler1 wrote: »

Yea, all of that plus 4 and 5 star maternal .......even though I've no faith in the stars

Probably about 25ml more colostrum and .2% less lambing difficulty:rolleyes:

charolais0153

The reason I love texel. Was a surprisingly easy wnough pull. 8kgs at birth.

davidk1394

The girls are fairly content

Dylan collins

how much do u recon you would get for scotch cross cheviot lambs

IH784man

How long is a piece of string,what weight they,are they decent sorts?'What sort of flesh on them

Dylan collins

what are the quality off sheep of bog and will also be on good ground