Dont take any notice of negative comments i know its easier said than done im the same as you one man band and sometimes things just get you down this is the hardest lambing ive ever seen your not alone mate
Its not easy lambing and things going wrong . We had a terrible lambing last year .but this year is good , keep the head up another two weeks might see you through.
We are in the same boat at moment losing ewes no Watery mouth thank god 🙏 hopefully things will get better for ya its the joys of it at least its not indoors
We start lambing in 5 weeks, i am a 1 man band but my wife makes sure there is always food on the table and she is a godsend for that. Everything lambs outside (450) as we have no sheds so we are in the hands of the gods with the weather. I generally find it either starts bad and ends good or starts good and ends bad. Have you tried giving every lamb a probiotic at birth? Hope it gets better for you.
Hope your animals turn the corner soon James, and yourself and the family stay well. No need for apologies, it’s a tough time of year for many farmers and that’s after a very poor years weather. You can only do your best, and I appreciate the videos and the extra effort it takes to film and talk and edit on top of the everyday hardships of farming. (Especially with the sheep).
I don’t know why people would complain. I think it’s great that you explain everything to a tee. It’s just some people love to grumble. If you didn’t explain then they would complain about that. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
Great to watch another farmer going through the same sh#t as myself at lambing , such a tough time on body and mind , it's hard enough to keep going long hours when things are going right , the (JOYS) of farming 😂 . starting to lamb here shortly to , just found your channel last week great original content , keep the videos coming and the farming going 👍 #nofarmersnofood
I am thinking that perhaps the feed is inadequate to produce good colostrum. The iodine precaution only prevents joint ill. I had terrible problems until I found a reliable, well balanced feed with 5% bypass protein. I was lucky enough to have a partner whose thing was not lambing but he was a great help with thoroughly cleaning out the pens, bedding up and feeding. Being on your own must be difficult for you. Another thing I did was invite interested youngsters to give a hand. That didn’t always work out with the odd one who thought helping involved standing around with a clip board. I know I would have been exhausted trying to run a channel as well.
Thank you , I’m glad you showing everything because I didn’t know nothing about watery mouth before, I’ve only ever seen laming going well a part from some early abortions , I hope & pray it starts to turn around for you because it must be heartbreaking losing them all after you have spent the past few years trying to keep them alive ❤❤
there is no need to apologise you have more important things going on the true followers understand its hard enough farming than also videoing its great watching what you do thanks for your videos take care and stay safe 😀
Keep your spirit up James. It's hard working on your own. Your doing a grand job through tough conditions. You give great detail in your videos. I thought we had a lot of rain up in the Isle of Lewis but you Irish boys have hard a hard winter.
James dont apologise, your a busy man with the added work and hardship associated with a blanket condition like watery mouth . I hope things take a turn for the better soon for you, as for farming high up we are the same and we feel if you have the space to keep them in , they are always a day stronger when they go out.If youcan get some dairy teat wipes ,clean the elder before a lamb sucks and if you can try and tube them 75mls of colostrum if you can .good luck man and yes you do have great stock .
Hello, I had a few sheep to whit more lambs then the scanner man told me. I always have a feel after the last one is born. Here in Holland it is not so common to scan fore the exact number of lambs. I want to thank you fore your video’s.
Fair play to you for showing the realities of farming, sometimes you would just wonder why you bother, farming really has to be in your blood to battle through the hard days,you will get there in the end
Spectam is very good at preventing watery mouth if you can get it. A couple of squirts of it orally after being born. I also find 40ml of liquid paraffin to a watery mouth lamb really helps them. Just some suggestions I hope could help.
Hey james love t videoes,can u ask u a quick q,i spread 3 bags to t acre on silage ground last year and only got 6/7 bales to t acre ,should i spread more fert du think?,thanks james,keep videos cuming,
We used Trymox LA on all our new borns last year and didn't have any watery mouth at all. Just one mil under the skin did the job as they were born, we didn't have any joint I'll either, so a good result. It's such a shame they banned Spectam. Ask your vet what he thinks about the Trymox. Good luck. I think we are all struggling with this weather and nowhere to put lbs at the moment.
I think considering you have sporadic watery mouth, you should prophylactically inject every lamb with antibiotic as soon as they are born. It would be also worthwhile to give EVERY lamb a feed of reconstituted powdered lamb colostrum within the first 2 hours of birth. Your ewes look to be in very good condition and a thin ewe wouldn't cause watery mouth, but poor colostrum production by the ewe is likely the issue. Perhaps use the word fresh instead of sick for a ewe starting to lamb. Condolences on the loss of your Aunt. You are so lucky to have your sheds! Maybe get Cammy to scan your ewes, if you can get a group of shepherds in your area it would be worth the ferry/drive for him.. You can lose a ewe just as easily as the lamb when your scanning is off. Why isn't your Dad helping you?
Sheep up here in donegal enjoy your videos I know the feeling with watery mouth dip the navels don't spray it waste of energy and keep plenty of lime in baby pens and you write about cracking up it really is the silly season great to show how it is in real life
You can buy a bottle of spectam if you see the lamds getting watery mouth or if a lamb has it give them 1ml or a 1ml and a half and it'll clear them or even better if you can get a spectam squirt bottle and give it to every lamb born but 99% sure its gone of the market
Told you if you lamb sheep they have got to be mules and if you can lamb outside and I have lambed 650 number of ewes on my own with all the problems that you have but being mules you had less of it
Lambing outdoors is great in good weather but giving our wet climate in Ireland ,you need them indoors , aye mules are absolutely fantastic mothers , easily lambed to anything, but too many triplets and we found 3 crops were enough as after that they put everything into the lambs with many not getting up after lambing and with limited milk , wouldn like to face that outside on a wet morning.Good luck
There no doubt the Watery mouth is down to colostrum quality ,I’d go buy some straight soya add to your nuts at 10/1 and I guarantee you it’ll settle down get the soya straight onto it
Dont take any notice of negative comments i know its easier said than done im the same as you one man band and sometimes things just get you down this is the hardest lambing ive ever seen your not alone mate
Fair play James, lambing is a siege and even worse when you’re a 1 man band. Keep on going. Good luck
Hey yeah it's rough.
Those are great triplets, I don't envy you, I know all about the torture of lambing ewes, subbed
Cheers man.
Agree with the last comment, no need for apologies, soldier on sir your having a tough lambing
Cheers yes tough.
Its not easy lambing and things going wrong . We had a terrible lambing last year .but this year is good , keep the head up another two weeks might see you through.
We are in the same boat at moment losing ewes no Watery mouth thank god 🙏 hopefully things will get better for ya its the joys of it at least its not indoors
Good luck James, and hope you have a much better “second half” of your lambing season. Hope you can look after yourself along with the ewes and lambs.
Cheers Colin.
Great videos don’t apologise we have all been there 👍
We start lambing in 5 weeks, i am a 1 man band but my wife makes sure there is always food on the table and she is a godsend for that. Everything lambs outside (450) as we have no sheds so we are in the hands of the gods with the weather. I generally find it either starts bad and ends good or starts good and ends bad. Have you tried giving every lamb a probiotic at birth? Hope it gets better for you.
Never apologise for putting your stock first! Great video as usual! Good luck with the rest of lambing 🤙
Hope your animals turn the corner soon James, and yourself and the family stay well. No need for apologies, it’s a tough time of year for many farmers and that’s after a very poor years weather. You can only do your best, and I appreciate the videos and the extra effort it takes to film and talk and edit on top of the everyday hardships of farming. (Especially with the sheep).
Cheers
I don’t know why people would complain. I think it’s great that you explain everything to a tee. It’s just some people love to grumble. If you didn’t explain then they would complain about that. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
Cheers.
Great to watch another farmer going through the same sh#t as myself at lambing , such a tough time on body and mind , it's hard enough to keep going long hours when things are going right , the (JOYS) of farming 😂 . starting to lamb here shortly to , just found your channel last week great original content , keep the videos coming and the farming going 👍 #nofarmersnofood
Cheers, yes hardship.
I am thinking that perhaps the feed is inadequate to produce good colostrum. The iodine precaution only prevents joint ill. I had terrible problems until I found a reliable, well balanced feed with 5% bypass protein. I was lucky enough to have a partner whose thing was not lambing but he was a great help with thoroughly cleaning out the pens, bedding up and feeding. Being on your own must be difficult for you. Another thing I did was invite interested youngsters to give a hand. That didn’t always work out with the odd one who thought helping involved standing around with a clip board. I know I would have been exhausted trying to run a channel as well.
Yes something I need to look into is the feeding.
Thank you , I’m glad you showing everything because I didn’t know nothing about watery mouth before, I’ve only ever seen laming going well a part from some early abortions , I hope & pray it starts to turn around for you because it must be heartbreaking losing them all after you have spent the past few years trying to keep them alive ❤❤
Lucky you only seeing good lambing. Cheers appreciate the comment.
there is no need to apologise you have more important things going on the true followers understand its hard enough farming than also videoing its great watching what you do thanks for your videos take care and stay safe 😀
Cheers appreciate the comment.
if you just showed videos with minimal information they would still grumble
Keep your spirit up James. It's hard working on your own. Your doing a grand job through tough conditions. You give great detail in your videos. I thought we had a lot of rain up in the Isle of Lewis but you Irish boys have hard a hard winter.
Cheers.
James dont apologise, your a busy man with the added work and hardship associated with a blanket condition like watery mouth . I hope things take a turn for the better soon for you, as for farming high up we are the same and we feel if you have the space to keep them in , they are always a day stronger when they go out.If youcan get some dairy teat wipes ,clean the elder before a lamb sucks and if you can try and tube them 75mls of colostrum if you can .good luck man and yes you do have great stock .
Cheers thanx for that.
Please god your luck will turn and things improve Best wishes
Great vid .
Hello, I had a few sheep to whit more lambs then the scanner man told me. I always have a feel after the last one is born. Here in Holland it is not so common to scan fore the exact number of lambs. I want to thank you fore your video’s.
Cheers appreciate the comment.
Fair play to you for showing the realities of farming, sometimes you would just wonder why you bother, farming really has to be in your blood to battle through the hard days,you will get there in the end
You would question it alright.
I'm always questioning it, but the couple of good days outway all the bad days
Spectam is very good at preventing watery mouth if you can get it. A couple of squirts of it orally after being born. I also find 40ml of liquid paraffin to a watery mouth lamb really helps them. Just some suggestions I hope could help.
Cheers yeah we used to use it when we could get it but can't anymore.
This reminds me of A Christmas Romance (1994)
😂😂
Have you sterilized the tubefeeder?
Could you look for some help from ag/vet students who are looking for farms for placement? Could ease some of the pressure.
Is Twin Lambs feeding the pellets⁉️
Good see ya busy man thire pity. Losing lambs after all.work big number have losses
Cheers always losses
Hey james love t videoes,can u ask u a quick q,i spread 3 bags to t acre on silage ground last year and only got 6/7 bales to t acre ,should i spread more fert du think?,thanks james,keep videos cuming,
Id do a soil test and see whats going on. It might need lime or other things.
We used Trymox LA on all our new borns last year and didn't have any watery mouth at all. Just one mil under the skin did the job as they were born, we didn't have any joint I'll either, so a good result. It's such a shame they banned Spectam.
Ask your vet what he thinks about the Trymox.
Good luck. I think we are all struggling with this weather and nowhere to put lbs at the moment.
Yeah spectrum was great. Yes weather definitely not helping.
Is Triplet Lambs feeding the pellets⁉️
Not yet.
I think considering you have sporadic watery mouth, you should prophylactically inject every lamb with antibiotic as soon as they are born. It would be also worthwhile to give EVERY lamb a feed of reconstituted powdered lamb colostrum within the first 2 hours of birth. Your ewes look to be in very good condition and a thin ewe wouldn't cause watery mouth, but poor colostrum production by the ewe is likely the issue. Perhaps use the word fresh instead of sick for a ewe starting to lamb. Condolences on the loss of your Aunt. You are so lucky to have your sheds! Maybe get Cammy to scan your ewes, if you can get a group of shepherds in your area it would be worth the ferry/drive for him.. You can lose a ewe just as easily as the lamb when your scanning is off. Why isn't your Dad helping you?
We are injecting every lamb as born. Colostrum is probably the problem alright. Il have to get it tested.
Sick of lambing and a cow sick of calving. Just the saying around here. Appreciate the comment.
Sheep up here in donegal enjoy your videos I know the feeling with watery mouth dip the navels don't spray it waste of energy and keep plenty of lime in baby pens and you write about cracking up it really is the silly season great to show how it is in real life
Cheers.
You can buy a bottle of spectam if you see the lamds getting watery mouth or if a lamb has it give them 1ml or a 1ml and a half and it'll clear them or even better if you can get a spectam squirt bottle and give it to every lamb born but 99% sure its gone of the market
Yeah we used to use it but it's gone
You can still get it in a glass bottle tho if a lamb has it you can just give them a ml we had to do it abit last year@@jamesfox5245
Suffolk and cheviot look after them selves but forget the lambs
Why don't you ring the rams
We have pedigree cheviot and some will be kept for breeding sales and we sell good few ram lambs to Ramadan.
You need help with the lambing James Its too much for one person
I know
Told you if you lamb sheep they have got to be mules and if you can lamb outside and I have lambed 650 number of ewes on my own with all the problems that you have but being mules you had less of it
Everyone to their own.
Lambing outdoors is great in good weather but giving our wet climate in Ireland ,you need them indoors , aye mules are absolutely fantastic mothers , easily lambed to anything, but too many triplets and we found 3 crops were enough as after that they put everything into the lambs with many not getting up after lambing and with limited milk , wouldn like to face that outside on a wet morning.Good luck
Thats my mams acc bo t way😅
12:04 - 12:12 Is Triplet Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️
Which ones? 😂
There no doubt the Watery mouth is down to colostrum quality ,I’d go buy some straight soya add to your nuts at 10/1 and I guarantee you it’ll settle down get the soya straight onto it
Will try that
Your death rate has been terrible.
You don't know the half of it.
22:07 - 22:27 Is Twin Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️
Both