Sheep? 'The Last Thing I Need!' Construction Starts, Happy Wife!
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In this episode, we finally begin the long-awaited construction of Orlaith’s new utility room and downstairs bathroom, and let’s just say things don’t go exactly to plan! We accidentally bust a water pipe, creating what can only be described as an indoor paddling pool! Later, our kids manage to burst another pipe-this renovation has turned into quite the adventure!
We also hit a few roadblocks with a stud wall’s position and turn to Orlaith’s brother, Cian, for advice and he joins us via video call while on a treadmill! After a good laugh and some clever suggestions, we’re back on track!
In between construction mishaps, we move some lambs that have shown great improvement after a mineral drench, set out mineral lick buckets for the sheep pre-mating to help with fertility, and catch up with Robbie as he prepares firewood for winter.
Join us for all the laughs, hard work, and unpredictable twists as we tackle this renovation project head-on!
Thanks for watching, see you next time!
You could put a bit of a storage cuboard under those stairs with a couple of half length doors through where your new partition wall meets the stairs. Wouldn’t be a huge job to frame it into your partition wall for a handy man such as yourself David. Anyhow, thanks for the videos always enjoy watching them 👍
Thanks Denis, I'll try & make use of it 👌
0:19 "If I'm not fishing, I'm mending my nets" - Gas man!
The main man 😀
You've the patience of a saint 😊 how you are so laid back wish I could be the same, loving your channel 👍❤️
Thank you Pauline. Orlaith says I'm a bit too laid back at times 🤣
That little bit of a mess is a sign of kids having fun and a busy household, no worries, everyone's should look the same.
Orlaith has the patients of a saint😂,the renovations will be a great job when done👍
She has a lot to put up with 🤣
You will always get extra points for creativity. You are a good lad David. Tell Orlaith that anyone with children and a farmer understands that things will be lived-in. Add in some construction, and it is impossible to have a tidy home. Hope the redo goes quickly. ❤
Thank you Linda ☺️
Great video
Thanks!
Necessity
is the master of invention,
Sum character our Robbie
💯
That is one amazing play room..what fun!! I can only imagine it's's a lot of work for mom to keep clean/ tidy. Even without the addition of having a temporary paddling pool. Lol
Thank you 🤗
Never stops working 💪
The battle goes on 😅
Great video. Love the variety.
Thanks Christine ☺️
Great video David that will be a good job when you get it finished 😜🤣👌
Can't rush these jobs 😅
Ata boys, yourself and Robbie are some team 💪👍
Great video 👍
Thanks 👍
Dave I love the way she looks at ya cause I gets the same off my wife 🤣🤣when there’s some thing to be done around the house
She's a quiet woman 😅
😂😂I’m a tiler for my sins and I tend to leave my work at work 🤣🤣
It’s so lovely to see Orliath laughing. It must be very hard to be the wife of a sheep farmer! Please tell her these are the best years of your lives, when your children are young. They pass so quickly. I remember living in a small house and my utility room looked just like that! I have seen your precious mum. Does Robbie have a wife?
Thank you Pamela. Yes Robbie's wife will feature next week 👌
Darragh O'Brien and his sidekick Eoin O Broin are the men for that construction job.
Take down the banister of the stairs altogether . Build the wall tight to the stairs and have storage in the bathroom under the stairs . Handrail on the new wall along side of stairs and your onto a winner …
Never mind 😂
Best of luck with the project David make use of the extra space in the toilet and put in a shower we did one a few years ago and put in a electric shower best handiest thing ever
Definitely worth considering, thanks 👌
Put a built in cupboard under the stairs from the new bathroom using the space for 2 or 3 big drawers or hide the cistern behind the wall.
Will try to make use of it 👌
I used to have free access powered minerals in a five gallon drum with a sheep’s head sized hole in the side which I hung on the fence at all times. Animals know what they need if they can get at it. Well demonstrated in wild animals seeking out their requirements. The buckets are also full of energy, no doubt welcome this time of the year.
I hope you haven’t bitten off more with the alterations. Would a bathroom have fitted in the utility area? It would have made for a much easier job. It seems a shame to mess with the play room, the floor looked lovely.I was thinking, will it be difficult putting in a ventilation fan?
Somehow we have to get minerals back in the soil.
Put a shower in the downstairs bathroom David - when those three kids become teenagers you will thank yourself for it - you have no idea how long they spend in the bathroom in the morning until you have teenagers and the fighting over bathroom space - this is from experience - even a 900 x 900 corner shower
Thanks for the tip 👌
Wish my cow's were like youre sheep David, my cows wont touch the hi mag buckets
Would you have much grass tetany?
Going to be a few hard days doing up the house but no better men to get there
Have a good safe long weekend
Hi David great video as as always , your defenutly right when you say a happy wife is a happy life ! 😂 just wondering if I’ve missed you putting the tups in ?, as a top breeder I’d thought you would do a video on how you pick the strengths of a tup to match the weakness of a ewe , just an idea , keep up the good work cheers , Rich from a hill farm SW England
Cheers Rich, rams are out a few days now. Video coming up on Sunday..
Do soil sampling, weve done it for 3 years and saved on mineral buckets.
Everyone will have ideas for you Davie but not sure about the toilet, I would have taken the wall right to the staircase making it much bigger and doing away with that gap, I would also have put a shower in the toilet room, but it's your show so charge on, good luck to you and all the family oh and Robbie 👍
That heavy plastic would have been your radon barrier.
Exactly. Damp & Radon. Not sure how to fix it now...
Radon barrier tape, great stuff and sticky on both sides. You could patch up with a new piece of radon barrier after
Our house the same way
Would that kango hammer thing break the tops of small granite stones sticking up here and there in a reclaim I did ? The topper would hit them like.
I know Kiwi Farmer (NZ youtuber) had empty cows and a sterile bull in 2023 - also white muscle in some calves born which means they don't survive and the sterile bull means non breed cows (selenium deficiency) - a disaster really - he had the vet out to do a blood test on the bull and a sperm test - selenium, Zinc and other minerals really low with no swimmer in the sperm - Vet gave the bull a mineral shot and free choice minerals and in 4 month the bull was back to 90% sperm count - those farmers need to get their cows tested for minerals even 1/2 a dozen to see what they are working with - empty cows is a empty wallet - beef or dairy it is the same result
I was chatting to a few dairy men and copper & selenium deficiencies seems to be the main problem. Really should blood test more problem sheep. My vet was telling me he has pooled some blood samples for testing in problem flocks, pretty efficient way of getting an overall picture.
@@sheepschool365 for NZ it is Zinc not copper - sits side by side on the periodic table and if one is very high the other is very low - I think the more mineral blood tests you do - foot rot, fly strike - are they part of the mineral def as well? No one will know until they are tested and flaged as having that problem - maybe you need to learn to draw blood David - with the aid of your head holder test fly strike sheep and foot rot sheep yourself and sent the sample off - also make great content for farmer around the world
Have you done much soil testing lately? Our country can be a bit the same with the minerals, but it seems to be worse when the soil is out of balance and nutrients and minerals are getting locked up. May be worth a look in the home block and your ma’s, see if you can find a difference? Don’t stress about the toy mess, we only got twin lads 4y and it’s a bomb site as soon as they get at a room 🤣🤣🤣
Blood test a few ewes in poorest condition. I did a few years ago, it was a good move. Found out what deficiencies I had and treated accordingly. I'm wary of lick buckets for several reasons.
Definitely will look into any empty ewes at scanning or unexplainable thin sheep. How are you treating low mineral levels?
Why dont you have loose mineral and salt blocks out like we do in Canada?
We have three options here. Mineral drench, a bolus or lick buckets. Loose minerals are pretty uncommon for sheep here..
@@sheepschool365 we also have lick tubs, but minerals we purchase in 50 and 2000 pound bags, same with iodized cobalt salt its available in 50 and 2000 pound bags along with 40 pound blocks which is by far the most popular. I'm sure your feed companies have loose minerals and salt that they add into the feed and pellets. During the winter when it's frozen solid out and the livestock are on feed we use a dosatron and put liquid vitamins and minerals into the water for all species of livestock.
Would u not think of reseeding some of the land of stitching in clover to enhance growth works well for us with the sheep
I've re-seeded 70 acres over the last 4 years. Didn't do any in the last year due to the prices of everything..
@@sheepschool365if I was u stitch in some clover as it’s free fertiliser and will boost growth
I believe vit and min pay a big part in the profit or loss of your stock.
I think you're right. Something I will keep a closer eye on 👌
How is the backpack working?
@@sheepschool365 still not used it yet. This week🤞🤞
Leaving a space under the stairs only creates a dumbing ground for crap to gather
You should use # hash tags in front of your Thumbnails and descriptions then when people do a search then your site will show up for them to see. Example: #sheep, # using lick buckets, # house renovation.
I moved wall.back.stairs dead space ya can.build wall on floor put plaster board one side wall then lift up ya might able putshower in it them rxtra space
11min- She was onto me about 10..years...I thought you were going to say 10 months😮😂
She's a quiet woman 🤣
Rarely add comment. Take you stairs off and bring them forward 8 feet. Cripple and support a nrw entrance to the loft. You will then have a large bathroom with enough space for shower, sink and toilet, space for hotwater heater and towel closet.
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If anyone threatened to lock me out of my house, they'd be on a trailer the following morning, heading for recycling 😎
Put black baling tape on the list she won’t leave she knows when she is well looked after