General sheep thread

kk.man · 18-12-2023 10:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121508583#Comment_121508583

I'd say its coming down the tracks for Beef too, what a disaster.

mayoireland · 18-12-2023 3:33pm

I sold sheep to the factory at the end of the summer for 2.65 kg .I always remember it over 3to 3.50 .got a fright when I saw the check. Fed up with sheep problems only let rams out for 30 days all the rest are for factory. I'm heading back into cows less trouble

Dickie10 · 18-12-2023 4:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121508291#Comment_121508291

Yeah i scanned on December 7th, 130 ewes= 28 singles,70 twins,25 triplets, 2 quads and 4 empty. 1.93

Dickie10 · 18-12-2023 4:42pm

scanned last year on 20/12/22

Results were 130 ewes exactley scanned as well 130= 39 singles, 73 twins, 13 triplets, 1 quad and 4 empty. 1.75

White Clover · 18-12-2023 7:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121510660#Comment_121510660

That's a great scan. Well done.

I wasn't too optimistic when letting out my own rams. The ewes weren't in as good condition as other years. I was pleasantly surprised with how much they had thrived after 5 weeks when I was taking away the rams, so hopeful enough for a decent scan.

Dickie10 · 19-12-2023 10:55pm

Just reading an old farmers journal from 18th Nov. Darren Carty says their is 44.14 Million breeding ewes in Australia but the lamb kill for 2023 is to surpas 22million head, how is this working if their is 44 million breeding stock. I suppose maybe some percentage of hoggets in that that dont lamb as ewe lambs?

Young95 · 23-12-2023 12:07am

Hi guys , just a quick one , I got lambs killed in the factory the other day, but seeing on the docket the few days later , I wasn’t paid for one . They have the lambs tag number on the kill sheet , and have a 1.8kg for carcass weight but zero for payment and f&h written beside it ?? Couldn’t get through to the factory today , so I’m wondering what those the f&h stand for ??

roosky · 23-12-2023 1:10am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121516149#Comment_121516149

a lot of them ewes are merino ewes that are run dry and sheared twice a year….too much labour and cost in lambing them for poor returns so they just run them dry and take the wool

White Clover · 28-12-2023 6:58pm

Any tips on how to get 2 rams to get along? They were together all last summer and got along OK, not best pals but not much problems. I have them in a 8 x 5 pen with 2 weeks and they're still having a go at each other. I left them out in to a larger pen today and within 5 minutes they were facing off again.

joe35 · 29-12-2023 10:45am

I'd try starve them for a day. Then when they get out they should be more interested in eating than fighting

DJ98 · 29-12-2023 10:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121544395#Comment_121544395

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12709821/amp/Its-Lynx-effect-rams.html

joe35 · 01-01-2024 5:37pm

Happy new year all.

Just wondering I'd there an online way to keep up to date with purchases and usage of products for to keep up to date with bord bia. I logged in but can't seem to see anything

DJ98 · 02-01-2024 12:17am

Do people find crystalyx buckets worth the money? Currently using nutribio high energy buckets but a group of 80 ewes is going through 4 every 3 days which is ridiculously expensive at 24 euro each. Will be bringing them home this week to start feeding Silage.

Le shovelle · 02-01-2024 1:59am

Ive been using the rumenco maxx energy lick buckets for the last 2 years because they were slightly cheaper but I've gone back to crystalyx this year and a bucket definitely lasts longer.

The lick seems to be a lot harder and therefore they don't go through as much. Although I think the crystalyx is around 30 each though.

orm0nd · 02-01-2024 8:47am

Used crystalyx for first time this Yr. (, well last year now) and think the ewes are looking well. Over the years I have used other brands but had given up on licks as I thought they were a waste of money.

I tried crysralyx after seeing them on so many youtube channels and doing a bit of research.

The molasses is cooked to extract a certain amount of moisture and this apparently helps to limit intake. I had some reservations about urea being used but it seems to be not a problem.

Ewes are housed now and have changed to feeding half a kg. of 19% he nut. Meal prices well down on last year but still a bit too high.

Hoping everyone has successful lambing season 2024 and gets rewarded for your efforts.

DJ98 · 02-01-2024 11:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121559969#Comment_121559969

Homeland is selling them online at 30.50 each and then 50 euro delivery but obviously the more you buy the cheaper they get, have been quoted 35 locally for them so think I'll buy a number of them off homeland and have them delivered to the door

Dickie10 · 04-01-2024 12:21am

im using lifeline buckets, really drives good quality colostrum. i find until they are getting adequate levels of meal feeding and they are balanced up to thier nutrient requirements they will mill through buckets but once they are getting enough nutes they are not half as hard on buckets.