Simple €2 Time Saver - Pros and Cons weighted up!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2023
- Karol and Archie are back today to get lambs ready for winter. Shearing sheep is a costly exercise but we discuss pros and cons and believe it's money well spent.
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Thanks for watching,
David.
Archie's in the ideal school.
Paradoxically not learning to be a sheep, but developing real life skills.
Fair play to all that are encouraging him.
Your videos are always great! Great to see Karol and young Archie doing a great job. Good to see all your family. 😊👍👍❤️
Thanks so much 😊
Jesus David they are fair lambs, a credit to you. I was talking to a man who bought two lleyn rams off ya, he never had bigger rams like them. I might have to call upto ya next year for one👍
Thanks Glyn. You're welcome to Cavan anytime 👌
Good to hear the Cork man is happy.😀
Fair play to ya’s men, great informative stuff. Hope that Karol buck is doing you a good rate 😜.
Thanks Adrian. I sheared that sheep at the end to remind me that the lads are well entitled to their money 😜
As you say its great to see a young lad taking on a tough job, well done Archie!!
Brilliant video, very well edited and put together David. Thanks for having us up again. 😁
That Karol. Pleasure having ye both back 👌 Archie is the best lad 👏
fair play to you david. i love sheep. Im a big sheep fan
Great video lads . Archie is going to be a unit.
Great job Archie! Karol you did a fine job as well. Nice lambs!
Two top shearers 👏
Thank you 👌
Just starting a flock again in Sweden, and thanks to the high taxation of everything in Sweden, all of my gear is homemade.
The gap you fixed with the Ratchet strap is one of the problems i was over thinking!
Off to buy some Ratchet straps tomorrow, simple fix to a simple problem😀
Soooo thankful for the tips! Just got to the bit about what to do with the wool.
Our sheep are indoors for 3 to 4 months, and we use our wool for bedding under the straw bed. In the spring when mucking out, there is very little wool left, and the muck and straw lifts from the concrete floor easily. Pity that the textile industry still wont premote wool as the ultimate environmental fiber 🤔
Thanks for the tip with the wool! Glad you found the ratchet strap plan useful. Good luck with your new flock...👌
it is really relaxing watching the shearing....Your daughters are very precious and shy, may they both have a wonderful school year ahead
Thank you so much🤗
Both girls love school 👌
Haven’t seen you on since the sale day n thought, Jesus that man never made it home, well not for few days anyway! That was a great video selling, I was delighted for you. Hadn’t realised you done a bit of fabrication work as well. We’re very similar as I do exactly the same but with cheviots and without that dream of a shed you have, but yeah on rented ground and a bit of keep wherever you can get it. Anyway your videos are getting better all the time and look forward to them but don’t try to copy anyone else that’s at it which folk are guilty of, what you’re doing is very watchable and even stick bit more fabrication/ repairs in there too. Look forward to next one.
Thank you so much😊
Good luck with your Cheviots 👌
Enjoyed
71 degrees Fahrenheit is cool for us. We had temperatures into 106 degrees Fahrenheit all summer.😅
We would melt in heat like that...🤣
Great stock you know where to go for your rams now guarnteed good results .Better feed a good ram than a poor one.😂
Great video David the lambs looking great karl is some boy 💪👌
Thank you Gary. Great engine in him, couldn't tire him out!
Cracking video! Very interesting
Thanks Will...👌
Hi, just wondering if you have ever considered selling your wool to spinners, it is such a shame to not use it. It looks beautiful and clean which is what we love to process and spin. Another thought is if there is a mill around that will process it into yarn or roving, it will highly increase the value. Love you videos and the honesty of them. Keep it up, it makes me smile with my morning coffee. Lol, I would definately buy your raw fleece, lol, I know others would too.
I believe there is no wool processing facilities in the country which is unfortunate considering all the wool we produce.
I would happily send you some raw fleeces. Drop me an email. sheepschool2022@gmail.com 👌
Whatever camera you are using, the colours are beautiful. Very clean and vivid.
I remember complimenting a RUclipsr for a different camera he used at one point when his main camera died. He used his iPhone! And it looked better than some expensive camera he always uses.
I use a gopro hero 10. It was a beautiful day for filming. I use Premiere Pro for editing, not sure if that has anything to do with the finished product. Thanks, David.
What beautiful heads your sheep have.
They are easy to look at 😀
Wool is good for compost or Fertilizer. All the better wirh daggs, stains and mud.
Barter with a local produce grower. Eggs, vegetables, clothing etc
Teamwork 👍
Dreamwork....😁
I put the wool around the garden to keep the weeds down
Making good use of it 👏
Nothing wrong with the ram lambs considering no meal and primarily they are a female breeder sheep and while the males wont get E grades they should give a decent R3 at 22 kgs.We would have clipped our ewe lambs and in addition to the briar issue we did find that they grew out well as they had increased their forage intake , also you could get more in the trailer when moving to an out farm and you could house more on slats at winter time, but the biggest benefit we found was they were less likely to go over on their back in early summer .a grand looking batch of ewe lambs with plenty of choice for replacements and for the mart.
Some lambs will have better immune systems than others when it comes to most things. Yes, the worming when it comes to lambs is always a good idea in my opinion which goes against the modern thinking, but your experience shows that the lambs will scour on a low egg count. I had my Lleyn wool spun. It is reasonable wool but only spins to Arun weight and the feel is quite hard. Crossing with a Romney produced a much better yarn and good ewes. The Click does not work as long in a wet climate. What about shearing your ewes in the Summer so that they have more shed space.I used to winter shear, but the sheep were housed from the turn of the year to late March lambing and they had an inch of wool to face the ekements with. They were keen to get in and keen to get out with lambs at foot once the lambs had filled their skins. Minimal losses to predation and weather. I castrated my boys because, if they don’t finish before they get frisky, they just grow frame. My ewelambs were sold off farm for breeding and the boys were sold as they became fit, some with a bit of feeding sold near Xmas at 50kg for a good price. Lleyns are good crossing sheep and perform well on a terminal sire. What a boy that Archie. As usual, a lovely bunch of children.
Sounds like a good system. Did you shear the ewe just as they were housed?
@@sheepschool365 yes, but we do have plenty of shelter when they are turned out. We did have one really bad year when the sheep suffered wool slip but that was down to an inferior ration which didn’t match up to what the label declared.
Hello !!!
I have a farm question for you, a farmer of 500 sheep that can't graze pasture in the winter due to the weather etc, how on earth do you get enough hay to feed them ? I did some maths/research and from what I've learned if I'm understanding it right, it would be 5 large bales per day which is crazy !!! General question or a video on it would be great !!!! Watch you guys on the daily !!!! Thank you !!!!
Thank you..😊 Great idea for a video. Most of the winter feed is from grazing other cattle farmers land. Stay tuned..👌
@sheepschool365 yaye !!!! Please do !! Literally on the verge of becoming a farmer lol can't wait for the video
I was thinking about working with kids to make felted mats that can be used for oil spills. I think they could also be used for mulch and
Insulation. Any way to use all of your resources. Nice job on your lambs!
Thank you. Some good ideas 👍
Great video again
Question - was Karl using a different comb for winter shearing?
Thanks John.👌 I believe Karol was using same comb as the summer shearing. Looked same length to me.
Ok cheers - I know some opt to use a winter comb - bit thicker and leaves a bit more cover on sheep.
Thanks for answering - top man top video
Lovely lambs, u ever have coccidiosis in lambs? Any tips
Thankfully no major problems. It always shows up a low positive in dung samples but have never treated for it.
How much longer does it take to finish the ram lambs
I would guess 4 weeks compared to using terminal rams.
Running purebred, 3/4 of my lambs would be gone to factory with no meal. Not sure how that compares with other farms...
Do you keep all your ewe lambs and run them over as hoggets or do you only select the ones you think are the better ones?
I keep most over as hoggets and pick what I want to keep next year..
Hi David. Do you have a ram for sale. Looking to run a ram with 15 lleyn hoggets. Thanks
Hi Eddie. 👌
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