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  • 12-02-2014 9:40pm
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    AnFeirmeoir
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    Lambs due in 2 weeks. Ewes have to swim to the feeding troughs
    My image of lambs jumping on around on nice green grass in the spring sunshine is fading to something more like buying more fn silage and dragging ewes and lambs in and out of sheds.

    I'm still counting my blessings that they haven't lambed yet but could. Do with a dry spell starting now!


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    Cran
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    AnFeirmeoir wrote: »
    Lambs due in 2 weeks. Ewes have to swim to the feeding troughs
    My image of lambs jumping on around on nice green grass in the spring sunshine is fading to something more like buying more fn silage and dragging ewes and lambs in and out of sheds.

    I'm still counting my blessings that they haven't lambed yet but could. Do with a dry spell starting now!

    Yep start feeding ewes this weekend no idea how going to get into one farm to feed them with a snacker, buying quad looking possible again.....

    Lost more or less all slates of out house today too. Best was fella working for rang to say lost a ring feeder, said how you lose a ring feeder? 'It blew out over the f'ing ditch' was the answer classic


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    Conmaicne Mara
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    A decent week will improve things a lot, whether we get it or not.......


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    Johnsey
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    Cran wrote: »
    Yep start feeding ewes this weekend no idea how going to get into one farm to feed them with a snacker, buying quad looking possible again.....

    Lost more or less all slates of out house today too. Best was fella working for rang to say lost a ring feeder, said how you lose a ring feeder? 'It blew out over the f'ing ditch' was the answer classic

    Do you just drop the meal on the ground with the snacker? Would there be a lot of waste in this weather with ground probably waterlogged and rain pi&&ing down on it as well ? Just wondering because I've to start feeding next week and don't enjoy getting knocked down at the troughs


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    Cran
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    Johnsey wrote: »
    Do you just drop the meal on the ground with the snacker? Would there be a lot of waste in this weather with ground probably waterlogged and rain pi&&ing down on it as well ? Just wondering because I've to start feeding next week and don't enjoy getting knocked down at the troughs

    Ye bought a new snacker, have feed previously on the ground find very little lost. When you compare the hassle and I find madness of the ewes at troughs its a lot handier. Being honest my land is very flat and dry enough, its getting in to fields at the moment thats the issue with the 4x4.
    Last year I considered buying a farm buggy rather than using the jeep because it got so wet - first time ever. Never thought I be considering it again so soon. Think this year may bite the bullet and buy one....


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    jt65
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    really pi$$ed off here to day

    heavy storm damage yesterday and found lambs killed under a huge ash tree that fell yesterday

    they were under the trunk and hadn't a chance 2 ewes were trapped in the branches and pinned to the ground but were ok when we freed them

    going to be days of work removing fallen trees and repairing fences , have spend the morning securing cladding that came loose

    sry didn't mean to hijack but seriously thinking of giving up early lambing


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    rancher
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    Cran wrote: »
    Ye bought a new snacker, have feed previously on the ground find very little lost. When you compare the hassle and I find madness of the ewes at troughs its a lot handier. Being honest my land is very flat and dry enough, its getting in to fields at the moment thats the issue with the 4x4.
    Last year I considered buying a farm buggy rather than using the jeep because it got so wet - first time ever. Never thought I be considering it again so soon. Think this year may bite the bullet and buy one....

    Hard to mind the ewes that go between the jeep and the snacker, I bought a quad when I caught a ewe underneath ..... have heavy land here, I find a lot of waste in wet weather, works really well in dry cold weather like last april/may. Quads are cold yokes !!!!!


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    sea12
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    jt65 wrote: »
    really pi$$ed off here to day

    heavy storm damage yesterday and found lambs killed under a huge ash tree that fell yesterday

    they were under the trunk and hadn't a chance 2 ewes were trapped in the branches and pinned to the ground but were ok when we freed them

    going to be days of work removing fallen trees and repairing fences , have spend the morning securing cladding that came loose

    sry didn't mean to hijack but seriously thinking of giving up early lambing

    It's a tough one but at least it was outside the back door. Look u may just get back on the saddle and keep going. These things happen in cycles. U never know what will happen later in the year.


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