Awesome video Glyn You're turning out some great lambs for the factory you're doing some job finishing them That's a fine looking ram you bought You don't need to change anything with the videos Glyn keep doing what you're doing showing us the everyday life of a real sheep farmer the hard work you have to do and everything else that comes with being a sheep farmer in Ireland Really enjoyed the video as always looking forward to the next one
Thanks John, really appreciate it, I was thinking of going to other farmers aswell and maybe doing a video with a big suckled and dairy farmer. Just to show people the difference. 👍
@@sheepshepherd That's a good idea Glyn showing suckler/dairy farmers and getting their take on how farming is going in Ireland because you have people from all over the world watching your videos
Maybe you could do a video on the eligible bachelors in your area, of all ages. (Joking, or maybe not.) Could you do a video on what you are looking for in a tup, for maternal (replacement ewes) and terminal (market lambs). Enjoying your videos, the rapport between you and you Dad is legend.
For video ideas.. . I"m honestly just happy going with you through your day of farming. I can't get outside much, so it's nice to get a little window into another life.
Ideas for videos: how long has your dad/family been farming sheep? What has changed in all of those years (good and bad)? How did you come to sheep farming? What are the future (near and long term) plans for the farms? How many sheep total do you have? How many employees/helpers do you have?
I was thinking something similar. A biography of the generations of animal farming would be fascinating and if it were me, I would enjoy documenting my family history for posterity. The history there must be very rich. Really enjoy your videos. I e spent some time watching Scottish shepherds and I finally understand them 😂. Now I’m trying to learn the Irish lingo. What is the average productive life span of a hill sheep on your farm? Thanks.
Dont know about any one else's but even though i at the same stuff as yourself day in day out normal day to day stuff very interesting everyone does things different should do a live q and a with your father some time them old time story's very interesting 👍👍🤙
Today is a very wet day, and I fired out a good few questions at him. Will throw them up next time👍👍 If you think of any more especially long go. Let me know. People love listening to the older farmers rather than the new ones😂👍👍
Hi Glyn, great video of selling your Lambs and Ewes at the market. On the mountain road it seemed really narrow for only one car or truck. What happens if you meet another vehicle coming the other direction? An idea for a future video is looking back on the history of your farm what would you say was the most challenging year and one that was the most prosperous? Also in your father's family how many generations back were involved in raising sheep?
best of luck glyn with the sale of your sheep/ hope you make a big prices for your lambs and sheep. my name is patrick and. i keep farmers always in my prayers
Cheers, My father used castrate them before but we stopped 10 years ago. We keep them separate to the ewe lambs once weaned, and fatten every ram lamb then. We try to get them all over the 40kg mark plus👍 Do you think we should ring their balls?
I think you should keep doing what your doing for future videos just keep doing all the seasonal jobs of the work of a sheep farm, but I’d say definitely to a couple tipping videos and which rams your putting to which ewes and for hill, terminal, maternal/ replacement lambs, and if you put the commercial ram out earlier in October and the Hill ram out in November/Early December
Super ideas their neil. And I will be doing a video exactly how you explained 👍👍 thanks for the comment. True. There is always something to do. Like you said seasonal. Always changing
Good video, becoming the highlight of the week✅. Find your videos relatable,I think thats key going forward. The beltex is a lump of a ram, best of luck with them.
That's great to heat. Glad you like them. Ya one beltex and two beltex/texels, hopefully they will make finishing the lambs easier👍thanks for the comment
If you run out of ideas just keep doing a day in the life. Lots of people want to see the scenery and stock checks, etc. Doesn't need to be overly complicated. Maybe showing more confirmation or problems with a specific sheep, etc.
No need to tell a kerry man.there cute out😅😊.didnt ur father have sone job years ago walking them to the fairs.but they knew no different.u have a fine blast of lambs moved on now.under the matress would be nice and warm now😂😅.u have fine rams.
You should not be using formaline all the time blue stone and good shot if fairy is better curer if had ewe with bad infection in foot formaline only ceals it and not good then
Ya you are spot on. We try to pull out any lame ewes before the formalin if we can. Ya I'm going using bluestone when I've finished a new handling unit we are building over the next few month's 👍👍👍
My new favourite channel. Great job lads
Awesome video Glyn You're turning out some great lambs for the factory you're doing some job finishing them
That's a fine looking ram you bought
You don't need to change anything with the videos Glyn keep doing what you're doing showing us the everyday life of a real sheep farmer the hard work you have to do and everything else that comes with being a sheep farmer in Ireland
Really enjoyed the video as always looking forward to the next one
Thanks John, really appreciate it,
I was thinking of going to other farmers aswell and maybe doing a video with a big suckled and dairy farmer. Just to show people the difference. 👍
@@sheepshepherd That's a good idea Glyn showing suckler/dairy farmers and getting their take on how farming is going in Ireland because you have people from all over the world watching your videos
@@johnthompson982 we'll work on something going forward 👍👍👍
@@sheepshepherd 👍👍
Great video Glyn buying and selling I loved going to the mart back in the day 💪👌
Same here, especially when you were a young lad, it was great go get the day off school😂 thanks for the comment again. Really appreciate it
Where has the year gone indeed! Great work team!
Cheers glad you like the video. Keep the comments coming, great for growing the channel 👍👍 the year is flying by
Enjoyable video as always. Well done on the channel. Good rams bought. Best of luck with them 👍
Good man David. Very happy with the rams this year. I bought 8 new ones
Glad you enjoy the videos and really appreciate the comment 👍👍
Maybe you could do a video on the eligible bachelors in your area, of all ages. (Joking, or maybe not.) Could you do a video on what you are looking for in a tup, for maternal (replacement ewes) and terminal (market lambs). Enjoying your videos, the rapport between you and you Dad is legend.
😅😅 We'll see if we can find any.
Glad you like the videos, keep the comments coming 👍👍
I love how your dad rides the quad side-saddle.
He rides it that way because his hip is goosed. Can't lift it over the seat😂😂
@@sheepshepherd well tell him he looks just adorable 🙂
@@margareth9772 I will👍👍
your dad is so funny. and im enjoying your dad in the vidio. @ you and your dad are great farmers
Thanks ao much👍👍👍
A video maybe for people like myself who want to learn about the basics of sheep farming.. Also you've earned my subscription great channel! 🇮🇪👍🏻
Thanks Jimmy, really appreciate the comments, keep them coming. Glad you like the videos
For video ideas.. . I"m honestly just happy going with you through your day of farming. I can't get outside much, so it's nice to get a little window into another life.
I'm glad you enjoy the videos, I'll try make them more interesting 👍👍 keep the comments coming. It really helps grow the channels 👍👍
12:30 your father in his jocks!!😂😂😂😂
Ideas for videos: how long has your dad/family been farming sheep? What has changed in all of those years (good and bad)? How did you come to sheep farming? What are the future (near and long term) plans for the farms? How many sheep total do you have? How many employees/helpers do you have?
Super questions, I'll try get them into a video some time👍👍 thanks for the comment
I was thinking something similar. A biography of the generations of animal farming would be fascinating and if it were me, I would enjoy documenting my family history for posterity. The history there must be very rich. Really enjoy your videos. I e spent some time watching Scottish shepherds and I finally understand them 😂. Now I’m trying to learn the Irish lingo.
What is the average productive life span of a hill sheep on your farm?
Thanks.
@@claymonsterpottery great info there thank you.
Average age roughly 5 or 6 years. Could plenty die well before that.
Dont know about any one else's but even though i at the same stuff as yourself day in day out normal day to day stuff very interesting everyone does things different should do a live q and a with your father some time them old time story's very interesting 👍👍🤙
Today is a very wet day, and I fired out a good few questions at him. Will throw them up next time👍👍
If you think of any more especially long go. Let me know.
People love listening to the older farmers rather than the new ones😂👍👍
Good luck wa the new rams looking good
Thank you. I need all the luck I can get 👍👍
Can we see some of the auction in next time? Thanks
Yes thats no problem at all👍
If you get some one in to deal with your fox and deer problem . You could make a video about that .
Very true, I might get a lot of stick on here as you know the way some people can be😅🙈 they obviously don't farm 😅
Hi Glyn, great video of selling your Lambs and Ewes at the market. On the mountain road it seemed really narrow for only one car or truck. What happens if you meet another vehicle coming the other direction? An idea for a future video is looking back on the history of your farm what would you say was the most challenging year and one that was the most prosperous? Also in your father's family how many generations back were involved in raising sheep?
Great questions.'ll write them down and do them when I'm doing a video on all of them, thanks so much👍👍 keep the comments coming
I actually met a car and she couldn't back, so I had to back half a mile with a trailer on, it was a nightmare tbh🙈🙈🙈👍😅
Lovely video some amount of lambs.. hard work.
Thanks Shane, a lot of work tbf. Where are you from?
Thanks for the comment
best of luck glyn with the sale of your sheep/ hope you make a big prices for your lambs and sheep. my name is patrick
and. i keep farmers always in my prayers
Its a great insight into sheep farming on the hilly ground .
Do you always leave the ram lambs entire and feed them for a specific market ?
Cheers, My father used castrate them before but we stopped 10 years ago. We keep them separate to the ewe lambs once weaned, and fatten every ram lamb then. We try to get them all over the 40kg mark plus👍
Do you think we should ring their balls?
Were the roo small lads in the background, and met you at the mart last Monday 😂😂
Very good. I remember ye well, hope ye got good prices for the lambs👍
Cheers👍
Did well on the old ewes
Not too bad tbf👍👍
Michael Cusack Smith yes
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Can you make a video showing how your dogs help you herd? Also do you ever have a vet come out?
Ok thank you, we will do that. No not really, we don't have the vet out much,we used have him out more when we had the cows, thanks for the comment 👍
Rough but beautiful. I did not realize how rocky the mountain land, need rugged stock for such goings
Cheers
It's nice when the weather is good😅
I think you should keep doing what your doing for future videos just keep doing all the seasonal jobs of the work of a sheep farm, but I’d say definitely to a couple tipping videos and which rams your putting to which ewes and for hill, terminal, maternal/ replacement lambs, and if you put the commercial ram out earlier in October and the Hill ram out in November/Early December
Super ideas their neil. And I will be doing a video exactly how you explained 👍👍 thanks for the comment.
True. There is always something to do. Like you said seasonal. Always changing
Thanks Glyn, keep up the good work
@@neilorourke9205 cheers I will do
For your father, any real difference he's seen from the way they train dogs today compared to how he used to train them?
Now that's a great question. Be interested to see that answer as he has some interesting ways of training them😂😂 thanks for that👍👍
What fertiliser do you use, and before synthetic fertiliser what did your dad use, 😊Great videos , keep going
Mighty question, any other questions like this let me know.
I'll try do a video of all questions. Thanks so much👍👍
That road up Ballach Beama is only fit for cycling
Very true 😂👍
Good video, becoming the highlight of the week✅. Find your videos relatable,I think thats key going forward.
The beltex is a lump of a ram, best of luck with them.
That's great to heat. Glad you like them. Ya one beltex and two beltex/texels, hopefully they will make finishing the lambs easier👍thanks for the comment
12 22 your old fella is gas , nothing on but the RADIO
😂😂 that's the way he is. Mo point not showing it, he won't change now😂 he's a gas man .thanks always for thr comments. Keep them coming 👍👍👍
He comes from a time when men were old school , he does what he wants and he is dead right , as he says himself
TO HELL WITH UTUBE🤣@@sheepshepherd
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@williecosgrove 😂😂 that is true, different times, no he doesn't give a fck👍😂😂
Good man Joe and Dad, that's a fantastic ram, how many rams do you run?. Looks like a flock 😂
We have 24 rams atm, Won't be long now till they be going out at the business 😂
If you run out of ideas just keep doing a day in the life. Lots of people want to see the scenery and stock checks, etc. Doesn't need to be overly complicated. Maybe showing more confirmation or problems with a specific sheep, etc.
👍 thanks that's a great idea
Could we see a video on looking after feet and ur footdip setup. How often you dip feet and what with?
Perfect, we will be at that next week and I'll show what we do. thanks for the question 👍👍
Comment for the algorithm to help the channel 👍.
Legend! Thank uou so much, keep it coming 👍👍
walk them in the big towns, people must appreciate them more, so.
Ya it was a long walk. People wouldn't do it now
Glyn
Just wondering has your father ever suffer lambs or sheep being stolen or attacked by dogs
Yes we had a lot of attacks from dogs, not too bad the last 5years, we had 15 sheep stole last year, so there is always something. It would sicken you
How old is your dad he’s quite fit
He's 74, Born in 1949
s him he's doing well
@@lloydmcintyre1019he's flying in fairness, never stops
How much did year farm change sends you got it
I'll add that to the questions and try fo a video on all of them. Keep the questions coming 👍👍
First
👍 good man dair play
No need to tell a kerry man.there cute out😅😊.didnt ur father have sone job years ago walking them to the fairs.but they knew no different.u have a fine blast of lambs moved on now.under the matress would be nice and warm now😂😅.u have fine rams.
Cheers Brendan, it was some walk in fairness, good to get more lambs away, no mattress plenty bills need paying I can assure you🙈😂
What weight do you sell your lambs at
42kgs above so far, they seem to make more of per kg if they are over the 40. Light lambs are doing poorly this year
@@sheepshepherdlight lambs a disaster this year seen Suffolk Cross lambs in ballinrobe go 33 they only ware 20kg
@@shanemcguire3367 ya things are very bad
Can They Be Bought Privately for Freezer , home Use, I’m in Co. Meath,
They can ya. We sell plenty to people for the freezer 👍👍
Does the lab barking not stress the sheep
It would but no more than the stress of being brought in from the fields.
Sheep dogs, there well used of dogs barking. That's their job,
You should not be using formaline all the time blue stone and good shot if fairy is better curer if had ewe with bad infection in foot formaline only ceals it and not good then
Ya you are spot on. We try to pull out any lame ewes before the formalin if we can. Ya I'm going using bluestone when I've finished a new handling unit we are building over the next few month's 👍👍👍
@@sheepshepherd never use near any steel work thats only problem with bluestone it rusts everything
@noelgalagher2712 I learned that the hard way.😂 we will be making a footbath out of concrete the only way👍👍
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Stop shouting for f sakes
Shouting at what?