Sheep Photo Thread

Conmaicne Mara

AnFeirmeoir wrote: »

Ah yes.. The pre lambing handbook - it'll be foked in the corner of the shed when the going gets tough in a few weeks when your trying to foster a triplet while fighting off the sionnach .
Does it mention how to get enough sleep while watching them 24/7 ? That's the chapter I want

I believe that is in the caffine pills and red bull chapter.

Never a set of my own trips on this farm, twins and singles.

Saw an interesting thing on the twitter machine re fostering. Cut a hole in the bottom of a bucket and put the ewes head through the bottom so she's inside the bucket. Not sure was it a wind up so said nothing :pac:

J.O. Farmer

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Saw an interesting thing on the twitter machine re fostering. Cut a hole in the bottom of a bucket and put the ewes head through the bottom so she's inside the bucket. Not sure was it a wind up so said nothing :pac:

Sounds like an extremely poor farmers (most farmers are poor) fostering crate. It would stop the ewe seeing the lamb. She'd still have to be tied though.

eire23

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

I believe that is in the caffine pills and red bull chapter.

Never a set of my own trips on this farm, twins and singles.

Saw an interesting thing on the twitter machine re fostering. Cut a hole in the bottom of a bucket and put the ewes head through the bottom so she's inside the bucket. Not sure was it a wind up so said nothing :pac:

If the ewe wont accept a lamb we do this at home. Let them off out in the field with it on. Done 3 with it last year and worked every time. After a few weeks take it off and away they go happy!

I persume its because she cant figure out which lamb is sucking her. Comical looking as well to see them going around with it on.

Conmaicne Mara

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Sounds like an extremely poor farmers (most farmers are poor) fostering crate. It would stop the ewe seeing the lamb. She'd still have to be tied though.

Jaysus the lads doing it didn't look poor to me, lol, maybe that's why Ewe wasn't tied in the photo either.

eire23 wrote: »

If the ewe wont accept a lamb we do this at home. Let them off out in the field with it on. Done 3 with it last year and worked every time. After a few weeks take it off and away they go happy!

I persume its because she cant figure out which lamb is sucking her. Comical looking as well to see them going around with it on.

Interesting stuff, horns be a problem here lol. I can imagine @ comical, seen a ewe lamb before with an empty paint tin on her head, horns kept it on so ended up cutting it off.

eire23

One of the ewes with the bucket in action, keeps the head dry on a wet day anyways:)

Username John

eire23 wrote: »

One of the ewes with the bucket in action, keeps the head dry on a wet day anyways:)

How's the bucket stay on Eire?

Green farmer

Will the ewe be able to eat grass with that thing on her ?

eire23

Username John wrote: »

How's the bucket stay on Eire?

Not all of the bottom of the bucket is cut out although it looks like it i that photo, cut enough to get it easily over her head and then her wool sort of keeps it in place if ya know what i mean? The bucket should be loose but not loose enough to come off.

Green farmer wrote: »

Will the ewe be able to eat grass with that thing on her ?

Why wouldnt she? Able to eat nuts out of a trough as well.

Conmaicne Mara

Gas craic, knock some talk out of lads at a STAP walk.

eire23

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Gas craic, knock some talk out of lads at a STAP walk.

Be good for getting a group talking alright, sometime the oldest solutions are the best and it beats letting a ewe off with a single;)

Green farmer

eire23 wrote: »

Be good for getting a group talking alright, sometime the oldest solutions are the best and it beats letting a ewe off with a single;)

Yep, the simplist solutions are often the best

Conmaicne Mara

Would it work to adopt ANY lamb onto any lamb, or only like one of her own she took a disliking to? Short version, is there a catch?

eire23

Had the two cases last year.
A single that wouldnt take to a pet that we adopted on to her and a ewe that rejected one of her own lambs after three days for some strange reason. Be intresting to see if she pulls the same stunt again this year

Conmaicne Mara

eire23 wrote: »

Had the two cases last year.
A single that wouldnt take to a pet that we adopted on to her and a ewe that rejected one of her own lambs after three days for some strange reason. Be intresting to see if she pulls the same stunt again this year

Is she on "the bucket list"?

eire23

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Is she on "the bucket list"?

I suppose she is!

Conmaicne Mara

Would the ewe not start turning around when she'd feel a lamb sucking on her? Or does she get fed up with the antics?

eire23

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Would the ewe not start turning around when she'd feel a lamb sucking on her? Or does she get fed up with the antics?

She does at the beginning but she wont be long stopping it. When the bucket goes on first leave her in an individual lambing pen for a short while till she gets used to the idea and there not much place for her to be twisting around when the lambs start sucking her.

You would think that she would be able to differentiate between the two lambs by smell but they obviously cant.

Lano Lynn

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Bit of light reading waiting to pick up the kids.

and now brother con will read from the good book:D

Conmaicne Mara

Lano Lynn wrote: »

and now brother con will read from the good book:D

The Gospel according to St David.

Conmaicne Mara

eire23 wrote: »

One of the ewes with the bucket in action, keeps the head dry on a wet day anyways:)

Here Eire, what're them stalky things behind the fence there

eire23

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Here Eire, what're them stalky things behind the fence there

A plant called the "rush". Planted to give shelter to lambs in bad weather.
Must put down some more in strategically placed spots in different fields.

Would you like some to try out?:pac:

Conmaicne Mara

A nice looking spot to be fair!

Nekarsulm

eire23 wrote: »

A plant called the "rush". Planted to give shelter to lambs in bad weather.
Must put down some more in strategically placed spots in different fields.

Would you like some to try out?:pac:

Con, to help you establish your own plantation, I can offer you special "starter kits" of 4x4 bales of quality seed. Ideal for bedding poly-tunnels also.
€15 plus haulage................:D

Conmaicne Mara

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Con, to help you establish your own plantation, I can offer you special "starter kits" of 4x4 bales of quality seed. Ideal for bedding poly-tunnels also.
€15 plus haulage................:D

With offers like that I might put in slats :P

Nekarsulm

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

With offers like that I might put in slats :P

:D:D

Talking of slats, was at a lads farm recently and he had converted a beef shed to sheep housing. Instead of bedding the slats, he made up grids consisting of 3/4 re-bar, cut to length to lie in the gap in the gang slat, and welded these to strips of flat iron running at 90 degrees to the re-bar. He was fattening stores on them, and said that there was surprisingly little lameness, and easy washed down etc. Just lift the grid up and remove if you want to use the shed for cattle.

Green farmer

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Con, to help you establish your own plantation, I can offer you special "starter kits" of 4x4 bales of quality seed. Ideal for bedding poly-tunnels also.
€15 plus haulage................:D

They must be good alright, otherwise fellas wouldn't bother flogging them on donedeal, they'd never be chancing their arms, now would they:D I personally think they also make great burning material, for keeping your field nice and cosy, just add petrol to your 4x4 bale

sea12

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Bit of light reading waiting to pick up the kids.

What's the book con?

Conmaicne Mara

sea12 wrote: »

What's the book con?

The Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers by David C Henderson, does a good lambing DVD too

Conmaicne Mara

Eventful day.

Digger just about made it through the pen.

Conmaicne Mara

Cleaning off and heaping the topsoil, sorting the rocks for foundation.

Green farmer

What's you building Con ?

Conmaicne Mara

Green farmer wrote: »

What's you building Con ?

Polytunnel for the sheepz z z z

Soil isn't deep and land isn't flat here like other places so can't just hammer in pegs and put on hoops I am afraid!

This was my I can't fupping believe they left the digger like that THERE moment :eek:

Conmaicne Mara

Then the allegedly 4wd dumper got bogged inside the gate with a load of fill. So it was pushed up out of the wet spot by the machine. Then it got stuck again so the Deutz and chain were pressed into action to pull the dumper uphill. The the wet spot was dug out and filled........ that's the sound of my wallet crying right there

Green farmer

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Then the allegedly 4wd dumper got bogged inside the gate with a load of fill. So it was pushed up out of the wet spot by the machine. Then it got stuck again so the Deutz and chain were pressed into action to pull the dumper uphill. The the wet spot was dug out and filled........ that's the sound of my wallet crying right there

All those stumbling blocks will be forgotten after you first successful lambing season has passed in the tunnel. Fine views there in the background

Conmaicne Mara

Then the dumper broke the side of my pen, ho-hum.........

Fup it, I will make it a drive thru pen now and take the corner out of it.

sea12

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Then the dumper broke the side of my pen, ho-hum.........

Fup it, I will make it a drive thru pen now and take the corner out of it.

Ah you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

It will be all worth it when it's finished. Keep the pictures coming always enjoy a construction job taking shape.

Conmaicne Mara

sea12 wrote: »

Ah you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

It will be all worth it when it's finished. Keep the pictures coming always enjoy a construction job taking shape.

Haha, I said I didn't mind about the pen, I don't mind if the pillar goes, but by God if my little shed is knocked ! :cool:

Back at it tomorrow, hoping for no rain overnight.

Username John

Looking good Con, keep the pics coming.

You have two machines in do you, plus dumper.. Wot be long adding up all right. But - as the previous posters said, when you have a bit of ease lambing, you will be glad of it all...

Conmaicne Mara

Username John wrote: »

Looking good Con, keep the pics coming.

You have two machines in do you, plus dumper.. Wot be long adding up all right. But - as the previous posters said, when you have a bit of ease lambing, you will be glad of it all...

Yeah, the smaller digger is more sort of borrowed than "working", will give the fella what he asks but it won't be on par with the other machine, which comes with dumper, I hope............

We had trouble getting the first machine in this morning, so tracking her back down to load the dumper, then back up to spread the fill wasn't an option, hence second machine.

Cran

Fair play Con looking forward to the next episode already tonight

Conmaicne Mara

No site photos today, too much going on, have to reign in the spend, was totting up earlier........ !

Progress being made though.

Lano Lynn

get your rocks off.
good luck with the build.
will ya be growing tomatoes for the summer?:D

Conmaicne Mara

My neighbour reckons he'll be growing tomatoes in it lol, maybe I should rent it out for the Summer, indoor allotments, got the topsoil and all, can make up some raised beds

This time next year Rodney...................

Lano Lynn

heaton buckley in sligo has sleepers at 20e this week:)

Conmaicne Mara

Ground conditions from early in the day, pure ploughing, things are much much worse now . Deutz was getting it hard to pull the dumper. In good conditions two hours would shift all we had for shifting. That's my sisters field, inside my gate, well put it this way I'll save on fert this year :eek: :pac:

Green farmer

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Ground conditions from early in the day, pure ploughing, things are much much worse now . Deutz was getting it hard to pull the dumper. In good conditions two hours would shift all we had for shifting. That's my sisters field, inside my gate, well put it this way I'll save on fert this year :eek: :pac:

If I'd seen that field before being ploughed up, I would have assumed Stoney, well draining land. You never can tell !!!

Conmaicne Mara

Green farmer wrote: »

If I'd seen that field before being ploughed up, I would have assumed Stoney, well draining land. You never can tell !!!

It can be deceptive. I reckon it's improved, over hundreds of years, bog. It gets wet easily and tends to want to stay wet. It's difficult ground in that it's all uneven, up down, bedrock near and through surface in places then a few feet of depth. You just don't know until you go digging. Grow some lovely spuds in that soil though, I know cos I have

Lano Lynn

tomatoes,now taties where is this horticultral road going to lead.......:D

Conmaicne Mara

Machines are gone from site thank GOD! We're winging it on putting up the tunnel as conventional methods can't be worked. So next step is casing and concrete for a small wall to hold the ground pegs the hoops will slide onto.

sea12

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Machines are gone from site thank GOD! We're winging it on putting up the tunnel as conventional methods can't be worked. So next step is casing and concrete for a small wall to hold the ground pegs the hoops will slide onto.

What size u putting up con. Have u the concrete coming this week ? Hopefully it will stay dry when your putting it down until it gets a chance to cure.