terrible strom in kerry very dangerous. hope the bad weather passes over. the best of luck to you in your house.hope you and your dad will be happy in the new home when its built.
Great videos. Updates on the house and other farm projects would be great. Plus insights into some family history is always amazing to hear about how things have evolved. 👍
Lucky the storm didn't come during lambing. I typically lambed in May, when the weather's fair. One year the neighbor snagged the ram's fence with his harrows, while I was on holiday and all my ewes were bred end of August, so I was lambing in -35 weather, with -45 wind chill, January and into February! It was quite the struggle, but I was amazed how well bedded down lambs could survive in an unheated quonset, once they were warmed up and dried off. I had 22 lambs in the house on the coldest day! It's interesting hearing your Dad's memories of the good years and bad years. Would like to see your house being built, maybe you could show video of the blueprints. If your Dad were to carve an extra hurley or two I'd be interested in purchasing one.
Ya I'll show the blueprints in the next video👍 Jesus that's crazy -45. What breed of sheep were they, must be very tough? We might lamb a few days later now aswell, as we got very bad weather last lambing
@@sheepshepherd Rideau Arcott and Rideau Arcott x Ile de France ewes, the majority bred maternal Ile de France rams the rest terminal IdF. IdF lambs are really vigorous, I swear they'll try to latch a teat before their hind legs are out of the ewe! At least the genetics I was fortunate to have access to. Rideau's are prolific, typically they have 4 to 6 lambs. Subcu 5% dextrose and a hotbox will save every chilled lamb for you, if you get bad weather. I never lambed the numbers you have, my largest flock was 200, so much easier to manage on my own.
Hi Glyn, 5.00am in the morning here in West Australia.I always enjoy your videos, but I am glad i am not chasing sheep or cattle in bad weather anymore. I remember 1986 it was a terrible year of rain 1985 was bad as well. The eighty's were very bad for farming, sky high interest rates, by the middle of the eighty's banks were trying to sell out farmers all over Ireland. It was around that time I gave farming, and headed for Australia. Funny though I still think it's hard to beat a good Irish summer's day, but it's a pity they're as scarce as rocking horse poo. My regards to your father, he's a true battler.
Cheers Eamon . You are up early. What's the weather like? You are right you cannot beat an Irish summers day but they are like gold to comeby, Jesus I'd say there was tough times in the 80s . You were dead right to head down under.
Congratulations on your building of your home. That must of been a hell of a storm . We feed about a lb. Of grain a day leading up too breeding for a month before and after
Good evening from Morocco . the building should be on the area which the first sun rays of winter days reach . this is what the farmers in our mountains say 😮
Went to a big sheep farm here in Australia Braidwood on the south coast great craic for my young lads 5 and 7 on the back of the quad and motor bike with a couple of teenager's mustering 3000 lambs 2000 ewes and 80 rams to be diped in one day looking farward for going back next year for shearing great channel your dads a character her got some great storys keep it up 👍
Awesome video Glyn looks like yeah took the brunt of storm agnes and i think lots more rain coming this weekend Congratulations on building you're new home hope everything goes smoothly for the build amazing looking site for it IT would be nice to follow along on the build as we follow along on your farming life Really enjoyed the video as always looking forward to the next one
Cheers John for the comment again. The house is a big undertaking while fulltime farming, but I'm a qualified carpenter so should make it easier, Ya lots of rain coming, it never stops🙈😅
Hi Glyn, sorry about the crazy amount of rain which caused flooding and trees falling. With all of the rain you should have plenty of good quality grass for the Rams. Your dad seems unstoppable when he rides through the storms on that Quad. Periodic updates on your house build would be great. Congratulations on being able to build on the land.
Ya we are delighted to get the opportunity to build on our own land. It will be a long process but ready for the challenge. Really appreciate the comment, did you go through the same process? Ya we got plenty water until Christmas 😂
@@sheepshepherd My parents had a house built on our Farm Land but did not build it themselves. Looks like there is a lot of work to breakup the rocks on where you are building.
Glyn, congratulations on the start of your “forever home!” Stunning view!!! Sally is a doing well ~ your grass is so beautifully green! ( I’m from the Golden State, CA (not as much green grass here 🙁). Thanks for sharing….
Great to hear from you in the sunny state, we could so with some sun here 😂 Ya Sally is a great dog, we are very excited about building. Really appreciate the comments. Keep the coming, great for growing the page👍👍
@@christinejeffrey5994 Galway a beautiful county, I go their quiet regularly, a lot of Irish moved to England Aston century. Nice and close to home aswell 👍👍
Cheers Frank, glad to hear that. Ya I'll show ye how the progress is on the house. Thanks for the comment. It's great for growing the channel. Keep them coming 👍👍
Welcome back Sir .. absolutely beautiful documentary updated resume countryside content video and the filming edition settings presentation looks spectacularly gorgeous, loved the beautiful lovely view and you doing an excellent great job, you and your Dad bonded so well and wishing you all over there as always in good, well and healthy as always .. God's willing .. keep rocking my friend and your beautiful sharing adventure documentary is always appreciated .. have a wonderful blessing weekend to you and your beautiful family over there, take care and stay safe my friend .. Merci beachcoup from Montreal QC Canada ..
🙏💜. Thank you so much for the exceptional content @sheep shepherd. Would Love to watch your forever Home be built. That storm WOW. Are you and your family going to be alright I am also worried about the sheep.🙏💙
Everything is fine. We often get storms like that here, its very open here to the elements, glad you like the video, and thanks for the comment. Keep them coming
Thank you. It's kilgarvan in co.kerry. small rural place near the mountains 👍 glad you like the video's. Thanks for the comment. Keep them coming ,great for growing the channel 👍
Hey Glyn, I always give ewes those cobalt, Selium copper bullets 2 per sheep, that's at around 10th September and 1st October the natural stock care dose. Works well for me here in Wicklow
New to the channel great to see another sheep farmer on you tube,best of luck with the new house,by any chance are related to the great Buff Egan from Kilgarvan🤔🤔
Great video as always did ye get a pair of quad helmets say be fun to get your dad to weat it really nice farm some serious grass on mountain great to get up dates on house built exciting times allright👍👍👍
Exciting times is right, I'll get some luck if I ask him to wear the helmet😂😂 is it the law now?? Great grass up in the mountain now alright 👍 thanks so much for the comment.
@@sheepshepherd ya coming in in November and you'll have to bring him on training course probally make him bring his own quad be afraid to let him use there's be in shite by the time he had done his go 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tough week with the weather Glyn, enjoy the house build you only do things like this once, on a positive note I don’t think you’ll have a problem with subsistence!!
No that's for sure.the house won't move anyway🙈😂😂thanks for the comment. Really appreciate it. Keep them coming, they are great for growing the channel 👍👍👍
Another classic lads when u get the rock spread out it will be like the m 50, up here in the Royal county (the home of good football) we got away with it lightly so ye took the sting out of it for us fair play lads by the time Agnes got here she was well tired and only fit for bed!!!!!!
@@sheepshepherd ye are welcome to the m50 but next time we win Sam we will be keeping it perpetual like!!!!! Just to show you we are sound we will let ye look at it maybe even take a selfie with Sam ps did your father ever drink in a pub in Killarney the Laune approx 99/00 if so I think I met him does he remember meeting a Royal man telling him that he came from the home of good football!!! Well if not it was someone who looked like him. I remember he had a we mustache!!!!!!
@@sheepshepherd did he drink in that pub which I spelled wrong also I think it was 2001 well if so it's a small world, he should have said to me in 2o years plus I am going to be a UA-cam sensation 😂😂
Hi Glyn; great to see you and the father, again, I love the videos, brilliant. As regards the ewes at tupping, we here in the Hebrides generally just take them off the hills and moor, just before tupping, and put the rams with them. Folk here who are on better Grazings, around villages, have them in better grass most, or all, of the time so don't flush, as it were. They would just put them on clean parks on the day. There's plenty twins, though, and some guys even have triplets. Across on the mainland, in Caithness I was told, there is some deficiency despite it being beautifully grassy. What I've heard they do there is ; they blood test a handful of sheep and then get the trace element drench to suit. Perhaps an idea? Sally is very èasgaidh (willing); a great help. Where did you get her, if you don't mind me asking? My mate taught me to train to trials standard, 30 years since he started me. He taught me to put sides, stop, walk on, outrun etc on dogs without them having to look at you for direction. I bought at the time Glyn Jones' book, "a way of life" and his three videos. The first two videos would be a great help to you: "come bye and away", and no2: "that'll do". I also have Aled Owen's dvd and Julie Hill's one. I think they would be a help to you. I would like Sally, myself, as she is so willing. Great videos. Gum beannaicheadh Dia sibh👍
Cheers john. I must a book or dvd on them. It will help. I got Sally in the hills of glencar in Kerry, about an hour from here, she is a great dog infairness to her. Ya we will have the ewes I'm super grace while with the ram.
@@sheepshepherd she's well worth taking pups off. Andrew Wallace, in Ireland has a grand dog and I'm sure Paddy Fanning and John Heffernan would suggest a dog 🍀👍
Ya it's more suited to smaller numbers. I probably wouldn't do it as I have enough lambing at one time and if bad weather hits I'll have no room for the lambs👍 but it does work
Make sure you protect yourself from the formalin as it is a carcinogen. But yes worthwhile routine. Looks like you got the biggest hit from storm Agnes. We didn’t get it as hard as the forecast predicted here in Wales. It would be nice to see the plans for your new house, and yes, progress reports would be nice.
Ya it's pure poison so it is🙈 We got hit hard alright, but that's farming you get hit hard sometimes. Ya excited about the house and looking forward to getting it started 👍 did you build yourself
@@sheepshepherd we are in our eighties now, but we bought our farm with the proceeds of renovating run down properties whilst living in amongst the muddle. These days we host some dairy calves for the Summer which we feed from a sheep snacker trailer and contractors make haylage to sell . Gives us old fossils a reason to get out of a chair. Too much time to look at youtube these days. We also had to renovate the farmhouse and put up buildings for the livestock. Just a pity non of our children want to take it on.
@@wendyrowland7787 Jesus ye are very busy, I hope I'm like that when I'm in my 80s, Ya pity they don't have an interest but sure what can ya do. Sounds like ye had budy times gone by
Interesting video again, shocking floods and damage around your spot. I drench growvite and inject 2ml of copper(high molybdenum soil) in the sheep 4 wks before rams go out. It's expensive but significantly increased lamb numbers. Hope the hay belle is straightened out😅.
@@sheepshepherd It is time consuming but we only copper the ewes(except texels) once a year before we let out ram. Its definetly worth it, and it's a cheap shot, 2ml a ewe. 1 100ml bottle costs 12 euro. Doing it the last 6/7 years. You have a nice burst of grass for flushing ewes.
@sheepshepherd oh I would be from the Bandon area but have a farm out that direction as well, just near clonakily . So you managed to steal cork woman 😀 we had a lot sheep before, but have out of them almost .. Like watching the UA-cam video ,you always learn something ,so keep up
Great videos, I bolus my ewes in October meant to last 6 months, suits for flushing tipping and winter hill grazing. Supplemented with lick buckets and a mineral drench before lambing. Zero meal used with mayo hill ewes. Lamb onto grass with good sileage pre lambing.
How much rain do you get in inches in you area? I’ve moved off the hill into town and get half the rainfall. It’s getting to be a distant memory of constant (might be a slight exaggeration) rain but it’s called the Lake District for a reason 🤷♂️
Watching your video reminds me of when my dad kept sheep. We’re all beef now for the past 30 years. Your landscape looks fairly familiar, where abouts in Kerry are you guys? We’re near Tralee ourselves.
May i ask how old is your father and yourself? When did mother pass also? Are you the only child? I dont think i ever heard if you have ever married my good son or is their a girlfriend? Im so so proud of what you both have achieved and how hard it is to farm sheep? I married when i was 15 and had a baby at 16. It 6yrs. Later had a son. Will be 45 yrs. in November 27 this year. Life was not easy but we have been happy. Both of you are very proud at what you have achieved and i cant wait for what is coming next in the future. Love Sue. I live in Watertown, South Dakota ❤❤😊😊USA
My father is 74, and I am married with kids, Also my mother is alive 👍 Glad you like the videos, keep the comments coming👍👍 great for growing the channel
I just put the rams out on the 24th of October and hope for the best. Don't use teasers no. As my lambing is busy enough, and if I have bad weather spell, I won't have enough room to house them all. Is that what you do in Australia?
@@sheepshepherd have load dirty lambs in last few weeks have treated for coccidiosis, neighbor told me 6table spoons blue stone with 2litres cobalt mixed is a good wormer
Any full electric car or self-charging hybrid should not go through a flood even if it's a small bit of water it will destroy the batteries in car most batteries and wiring are underneath the cars
@user-tg5ns6un5z that's great you like the videos. Delighted to hear that. Ya I met him, we are food friends now going back a few years. He's a top bloke👍👍
You seem to get a lot off things we don't here in Tasmania did you realize this when you come to Tasmania Australia the big island have a lot like foxes and wild dogs foot rot most things that sheep get but I have noticed Tasmania is free of them things Also all the utubers seem to have a lot of trouble with fly I think I have only heard of about five cases in my life time
Helen. Are you serious, ye don't get any of those. Well ye are so lucky, we have serious issues here all the time🙈 thanks for the comment 👍 No I wasn't really at any farm when I was there. Is there a lot of sheep in taZ?
Happy to see things going well Glyn. Your dad is a legend! Congrats on starting to build your new home.
Thanks Helen, my father is a gas man in fairness. Hard as nails, thanks a lot. We are delighted to have started, where are you ellen
Yes, please keep us updated with the house!!!!!
I will do, it will be slow at the start but hopefully we will get going soon
Some view from your daily office lad, post card stuff 💪
Thanks Adrian, we might have the views but ye certainly have the better land up you're side of the country. Disadvantage area all over the place here😅
Another great video. Super drone shots.thanks again..
No bother maurice, glad you like it. Appreciate the comment 👍👍
terrible strom in kerry very dangerous. hope the bad weather passes over. the best of luck to you in your house.hope you and your dad will be happy in the new home when its built.
Thank you very much, Really appreciate it. Have a great Christmas to you and you're family👍
Wow ,new house fantastic, yes please keep us updated on the house ,the view is just amazing, well done
No problem. Ya very exciting times ahead. Really appreciate the comment. Keep them coming as they help grow the channel 👍👍
Thanks for answering one of my questions on this video.
No problem
Ask more questions and more ideas the better. Thank you👍👍
Great videos. Updates on the house and other farm projects would be great. Plus insights into some family history is always amazing to hear about how things have evolved. 👍
Your dad’s some man!! 😂
Sounds good!
Fecking mighty channel. I am loving it. Well done boys. Keep the videos coming!
Really appreciate the comments and delighted you are enjoying the videos. Keep the comment coming👍👍
Best of luck with your new build.beautiful site for a house you'll never grow tired of the views they change with the seasons
Thanks Nicola, Ya we can't wait now. Just hope things go smoothly 😅 really appreciate the comment
Lucky the storm didn't come during lambing. I typically lambed in May, when the weather's fair. One year the neighbor snagged the ram's fence with his harrows, while I was on holiday and all my ewes were bred end of August, so I was lambing in -35 weather, with -45 wind chill, January and into February! It was quite the struggle, but I was amazed how well bedded down lambs could survive in an unheated quonset, once they were warmed up and dried off. I had 22 lambs in the house on the coldest day! It's interesting hearing your Dad's memories of the good years and bad years. Would like to see your house being built, maybe you could show video of the blueprints. If your Dad were to carve an extra hurley or two I'd be interested in purchasing one.
Ya I'll show the blueprints in the next video👍 Jesus that's crazy -45. What breed of sheep were they, must be very tough? We might lamb a few days later now aswell, as we got very bad weather last lambing
@@sheepshepherd Rideau Arcott and Rideau Arcott x Ile de France ewes, the majority bred maternal Ile de France rams the rest terminal IdF. IdF lambs are really vigorous, I swear they'll try to latch a teat before their hind legs are out of the ewe! At least the genetics I was fortunate to have access to. Rideau's are prolific, typically they have 4 to 6 lambs. Subcu 5% dextrose and a hotbox will save every chilled lamb for you, if you get bad weather. I never lambed the numbers you have, my largest flock was 200, so much easier to manage on my own.
@@vwvw4 well done to you, that's good going. Thanks for the comments. Appreciate it
Hi Glyn, 5.00am in the morning here in West Australia.I always enjoy your videos, but I am glad i am not chasing sheep or cattle in bad weather anymore.
I remember 1986 it was a terrible year of rain 1985 was bad as well.
The eighty's were very bad for farming, sky high interest rates, by the middle of the eighty's banks were trying to sell out farmers all over Ireland. It was around that time I gave farming, and headed for Australia. Funny though I still think it's hard to beat a good Irish summer's day, but it's a pity they're as scarce as rocking horse poo.
My regards to your father, he's a true battler.
Cheers Eamon . You are up early. What's the weather like?
You are right you cannot beat an Irish summers day but they are like gold to comeby, Jesus I'd say there was tough times in the 80s . You were dead right to head down under.
Congratulations on your building of your home. That must of been a hell of a storm . We feed about a lb. Of grain a day leading up too breeding for a month before and after
Thanks for that info, it was some storm in fairness, but we lived to tell the tail🙈😅 thanks for the comment, really appreciate it
Good evening from Morocco .
the building should be on the area which the first sun rays of winter days reach .
this is what the farmers in our mountains say 😮
Ya it will be open to sun all day tbh because its in an open area on the hill, great to hear you are from Morocco, are u a farmer
Went to a big sheep farm here in Australia Braidwood on the south coast great craic for my young lads 5 and 7 on the back of the quad and motor bike with a couple of teenager's mustering 3000 lambs 2000 ewes and 80 rams to be diped in one day looking farward for going back next year for shearing great channel your dads a character her got some great storys keep it up 👍
appreciate the comment. that is crazy numbers woow
100% document the construction phases. All the best with it.
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I cant tell you anything as I dont own sheep or a farm but enjoy binge watching the videos hard work that. excellent content on what yea do.
The red lines on the backs were on point when they were eating in the shed. John is a neat man 🤣👍
Haha. Ya he is a pro at the painting. Loves that job😂 thanks for the comment. Keep the coming, great for growing the channel 👍👍👍
Good luck with the new house. Great site
Thanks Damien, we will need all the luck we can get 👍👍 appreciate the comment
Awesome video Glyn looks like yeah took the brunt of storm agnes and i think lots more rain coming this weekend
Congratulations on building you're new home hope everything goes smoothly for the build amazing looking site for it IT would be nice to follow along on the build as we follow along on your farming life
Really enjoyed the video as always looking forward to the next one
Cheers John for the comment again. The house is a big undertaking while fulltime farming, but I'm a qualified carpenter so should make it easier, Ya lots of rain coming, it never stops🙈😅
Hi Glyn, sorry about the crazy amount of rain which caused flooding and trees falling. With all of the rain you should have plenty of good quality grass for the Rams. Your dad seems unstoppable when he rides through the storms on that Quad. Periodic updates on your house build would be great. Congratulations on being able to build on the land.
Ya we are delighted to get the opportunity to build on our own land. It will be a long process but ready for the challenge. Really appreciate the comment, did you go through the same process? Ya we got plenty water until Christmas 😂
@@sheepshepherd My parents had a house built on our Farm Land but did not build it themselves. Looks like there is a lot of work to breakup the rocks on where you are building.
@@benburns5995 ya a lot of work. But it's where we want to build so it is what it is 🙈 just paying for it for many years to come😂
Stones as big as me home slid past me home 🏠 !of 100 year. Hopefully, that you will have same luck!
Our problem is that it washes away the banks of fields, and blocks all the drain pipes🙈
Glyn, congratulations on the start of your “forever home!” Stunning view!!! Sally is a doing well ~ your grass is so beautifully green! ( I’m from the Golden State, CA (not as much green grass here 🙁).
Thanks for sharing….
Great to hear from you in the sunny state, we could so with some sun here 😂
Ya Sally is a great dog, we are very excited about building. Really appreciate the comments. Keep the coming, great for growing the page👍👍
Yes document it hope you putting a decent shed in
Ya putting up a shed for a new handling unit.
Crazy weather. Look forward to seeing your house take shape. 0:33
Thanks Christine . Ya me too, where are ya from.
Appreciate the comment, keep them coming there Great for growing the channel.👍👍
I’m in the midlands in England, dad was from Galway. Many happy days on Irish farms in my youth.
@@christinejeffrey5994 Galway a beautiful county, I go their quiet regularly, a lot of Irish moved to England Aston century. Nice and close to home aswell 👍👍
Well you will get warm twice with all the trees down 😊
We will😅 do you want some timber
Great video. Congrats on starting your new home, hope all goes smoothly.
Thanks Kristy,, Ya we are very excited. Hoping it goes well too. Thanks👍
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Building a new home can be stressfull. Remember, deep breaths
@kristinbryant6669 I'd say so.. there will be stressful times ahead. We are well use to stress from the farming 🙈😅
Good stuff. Definitely show the build looks amazing
Cheers Padraig👍👍 thanks for the comment again
Always look forward seeing the video, and it would be great to see the work on the new house 👍
Cheers Frank, glad to hear that. Ya I'll show ye how the progress is on the house.
Thanks for the comment. It's great for growing the channel. Keep them coming 👍👍
Welcome back Sir .. absolutely beautiful documentary updated resume countryside content video and the filming edition settings presentation looks spectacularly gorgeous, loved the beautiful lovely view and you doing an excellent great job, you and your Dad bonded so well and wishing you all over there as always in good, well and healthy as always .. God's willing .. keep rocking my friend and your beautiful sharing adventure documentary is always appreciated .. have a wonderful blessing weekend to you and your beautiful family over there, take care and stay safe my friend .. Merci beachcoup from Montreal QC Canada ..
Thanks a lot for the great comment again👍👍👍
🙏💜. Thank you so much for the exceptional content @sheep shepherd. Would Love to watch your forever Home be built. That storm WOW. Are you and your family going to be alright I am also worried about the sheep.🙏💙
Everything is fine. We often get storms like that here, its very open here to the elements, glad you like the video, and thanks for the comment. Keep them coming
love to see the progress
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I love your videos and watching your dad he is a character what is the name of the place where you live beautiful country
Thank you. It's kilgarvan in co.kerry. small rural place near the mountains 👍 glad you like the video's. Thanks for the comment. Keep them coming ,great for growing the channel 👍
Hey Glyn, I always give ewes those cobalt, Selium copper bullets 2 per sheep, that's at around 10th September and 1st October the natural stock care dose. Works well for me here in Wicklow
That's great to hear, how long have you been using that system?
Is it all cheviot you have
About 10 years doing it now it's a Suffolk Texel X flock of 200 ewes. Let rams out Sunday morning now and 3 weeks off in early March 👍
@dagg_liam Jesus I'd say they are tanks of ewes. Fair play to ya
@@sheepshepherd big ladies alright
@dagg_liam I'll swap you a few of my horney hill ewes 😂😂
New to the channel great to see another sheep farmer on you tube,best of luck with the new house,by any chance are related to the great Buff Egan from Kilgarvan🤔🤔
I sure am. He's my brother 👍
Thanks for the comment, really appreciate it
@@sheepshepherd ,thought ye looked alike, he is a mighty man for the hurling fair play to him for posting the games, Pearse from the Banner county👍
@pol966 ya he does great coverage of the hurling games in fairness 👍 thanks for the comment. Keep them coming 👍
Great video as always did ye get a pair of quad helmets say be fun to get your dad to weat it really nice farm some serious grass on mountain great to get up dates on house built exciting times allright👍👍👍
Exciting times is right, I'll get some luck if I ask him to wear the helmet😂😂 is it the law now?? Great grass up in the mountain now alright 👍 thanks so much for the comment.
@@sheepshepherd ya coming in in November and you'll have to bring him on training course probally make him bring his own quad be afraid to let him use there's be in shite by the time he had done his go 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Hillfarmlamb ffs, what a load of shite. 😂
@@sheepshepherd sure it will come with a nice fee to money racket
@@Hillfarmlamb ya 100% money racket
Tough week with the weather Glyn, enjoy the house build you only do things like this once, on a positive note I don’t think you’ll have a problem with subsistence!!
No that's for sure.the house won't move anyway🙈😂😂thanks for the comment. Really appreciate it. Keep them coming, they are great for growing the channel 👍👍👍
Good luck with the house.. it’s a rollercoaster of a journey🤣
Cheers Harry 👍 I'd say it is alrigh😅😅
Great video Glyn as always good luck on building your new home looking forward to seeing it being built 💪👌
Thanks Garry. Glad you liked it.. cheers for the comment, keep them coming. 👍👍
Another classic lads when u get the rock spread out it will be like the m 50, up here in the Royal county (the home of good football) we got away with it lightly so ye took the sting out of it for us fair play lads by the time Agnes got here she was well tired and only fit for bed!!!!!!
Kerry the home of football😅
It will be wider than the m50😂 is right,
@@sheepshepherd ye are welcome to the m50 but next time we win Sam we will be keeping it perpetual like!!!!! Just to show you we are sound we will let ye look at it maybe even take a selfie with Sam ps did your father ever drink in a pub in Killarney the Laune approx 99/00 if so I think I met him does he remember meeting a Royal man telling him that he came from the home of good football!!! Well if not it was someone who looked like him. I remember he had a we mustache!!!!!!
@morganbrennan9090 there isn't. Any with a tash like that so it must have been him😅😂
@@sheepshepherd did he drink in that pub which I spelled wrong also I think it was 2001 well if so it's a small world, he should have said to me in 2o years plus I am going to be a UA-cam sensation 😂😂
@morganbrennan9090 hahaha he drank their many a night and day he said. 😅
Do keep us updated Glyn, would love to hear more about the new house 👍
Will do👍👍 And thanks for the comment. Appreciate it
Hi Glyn; great to see you and the father, again, I love the videos, brilliant. As regards the ewes at tupping, we here in the Hebrides generally just take them off the hills and moor, just before tupping, and put the rams with them. Folk here who are on better Grazings, around villages, have them in better grass most, or all, of the time so don't flush, as it were. They would just put them on clean parks on the day. There's plenty twins, though, and some guys even have triplets. Across on the mainland, in Caithness I was told, there is some deficiency despite it being beautifully grassy. What I've heard they do there is ; they blood test a handful of sheep and then get the trace element drench to suit. Perhaps an idea? Sally is very èasgaidh (willing); a great help. Where did you get her, if you don't mind me asking? My mate taught me to train to trials standard, 30 years since he started me. He taught me to put sides, stop, walk on, outrun etc on dogs without them having to look at you for direction. I bought at the time Glyn Jones' book, "a way of life" and his three videos. The first two videos would be a great help to you: "come bye and away", and no2: "that'll do". I also have Aled Owen's dvd and Julie Hill's one. I think they would be a help to you. I would like Sally, myself, as she is so willing. Great videos. Gum beannaicheadh Dia sibh👍
Cheers john.
I must a book or dvd on them. It will help. I got Sally in the hills of glencar in Kerry, about an hour from here, she is a great dog infairness to her.
Ya we will have the ewes I'm super grace while with the ram.
No bother, Glyn. Her mother and father must be good dogs as she's so willing; a real good worker with great temperament. I'd like one like her💪🍀👍
@@johnmartin7597ya they are proper sheep dogs. That go in the trais. I'll probably breed her in a few years with another top dog and have great pups
@@sheepshepherd she's well worth taking pups off. Andrew Wallace, in Ireland has a grand dog and I'm sure Paddy Fanning and John Heffernan would suggest a dog 🍀👍
@@johnmartin7597thank you. I'll check himeji out👍👍
Must cost a fortune to break ground for the new home ,,, all the best from all in Galway
There is nothing cheap nowadays. 😅😅 thanks so much for the comment
Galway abu
Always let a few proper Teaser Rams out with the Ewes ..... Massive job ..
Good few lads doing it now and are really happy with it.
Ya it's more suited to smaller numbers. I probably wouldn't do it as I have enough lambing at one time and if bad weather hits I'll have no room for the lambs👍 but it does work
Anyone that's using them are very satisfied with them.
Seen a few on Done deal from time to time
@@Coolcronan I'll have to get myself a few of them👍👍 no market for the hill lamb now
@@sheepshepherd The Sheep Game ....... has 7 Teasers with his 700 + ewes in the latest video .
Great videos.
Cheers Tommy... glad you like the video. Thanks for the comment and keep them coming.👍👍
Sally’s a great dog
She's a great dog in fairness. So happy with her. Have u any sheep dogs
I’ve got four. Two good and two useless. But I like them all
@@kerrysupporter same as us 2 good and e useless 😂😂
Make sure you protect yourself from the formalin as it is a carcinogen. But yes worthwhile routine. Looks like you got the biggest hit from storm Agnes. We didn’t get it as hard as the forecast predicted here in Wales. It would be nice to see the plans for your new house, and yes, progress reports would be nice.
Ya it's pure poison so it is🙈
We got hit hard alright, but that's farming you get hit hard sometimes.
Ya excited about the house and looking forward to getting it started 👍 did you build yourself
@@sheepshepherd we are in our eighties now, but we bought our farm with the proceeds of renovating run down properties whilst living in amongst the muddle. These days we host some dairy calves for the Summer which we feed from a sheep snacker trailer and contractors make haylage to sell . Gives us old fossils a reason to get out of a chair. Too much time to look at youtube these days. We also had to renovate the farmhouse and put up buildings for the livestock. Just a pity non of our children want to take it on.
@@wendyrowland7787 Jesus ye are very busy, I hope I'm like that when I'm in my 80s, Ya pity they don't have an interest but sure what can ya do. Sounds like ye had budy times gone by
There fierce green fields even up high into the mountains. Was it always like that or is it the sheep grazing thats helps
My father improved it over the last 50 years. But the sheep have helped big time. Keeping back weeds etc
My mountain people see flash floods running down hill. Hopefully, you do well.
Ya it happens quiet Often here as we are high up and it's very open here👍 farm life
Interesting video again, shocking floods and damage around your spot.
I drench growvite and inject 2ml of copper(high molybdenum soil) in the sheep 4 wks before rams go out.
It's expensive but significantly increased lamb numbers.
Hope the hay belle is straightened out😅.
That's interesting to hear about the copper, fair play to you. There is abit if work to doing that. How long have ye been doing that
@@sheepshepherd It is time consuming but we only copper the ewes(except texels) once a year before we let out ram.
Its definetly worth it, and it's a cheap shot, 2ml a ewe.
1 100ml bottle costs 12 euro.
Doing it the last 6/7 years.
You have a nice burst of grass for flushing ewes.
@seaspirit3154 that is very cheap. Great idea 👍👍 best of luck with it
It would be interesting to watch progress on the building of your house.
Cheers Tony, thanks for the comment, I'll keep ye updated over the next few month's
O that was a terribly storm an rain ye got there in kerry. Not as bad in galway T. G. Well done on the video
Thanks Shane,we got hit hard.are u sheep farming in galway. Where abouts?
Near Ballinasloe in galway. Ya. Have sheep not as many as you though.😅 Lowland Suffolk × texal..
@shanereaney3631 they are good sheep so. You must have a high lambs percentage. They finish easy. What ram do you put with them
would love to see the build of the house.
Do you mow that pathway? Sorry about the storm damage. Mother Nature is the boss always. Stay well.
No we don't mow it?
Ya mother nature is the boss end of 😂 we can only pray tomorrow is better😅
Would love to see your progress on the house. Could you tell us a bit about the plans and all the stone prep? Seems like a monumental project!
@@claymonsterpotteryit's a 3.000 sq ft house, storey and a half. I will put up plans in the next video and make it more easier👍👍
how's the new gaf coming on cant find any vids , hopefully all good. cathal
All good. Slowly. Will have more of that on my Instagram tbh. If you're on that
It would be great to see you starting an update on the building of your home
Ya James, I'll try keep ye all updated on our journey, where are you from James?
@sheepshepherd I'm from West Cork .
@@jamesholland7473oh very good so is my wife. She is from ballinascarthy. Are you near there?
@sheepshepherd oh I would be from the Bandon area but have a farm out that direction as well, just near clonakily . So you managed to steal cork woman 😀 we had a lot sheep before, but have out of them almost .. Like watching the UA-cam video ,you always learn something ,so keep up
@@jamesholland7473 thanks James, delighted you like the channel 👍 keep the comments coming 👍👍
Thinking of using footvax this year but the cost is worrying
Ya it's very expensive and you still have issue. And you still must footbath so you need to weight it all up
@@sheepshepherd if you still need to footbath then its not worth the expense. Probably just foot bath once a month and see how it goes.
@sheepdogman1 ya I agree with ya.👍
Interesting
Great videos, I bolus my ewes in October meant to last 6 months, suits for flushing tipping and winter hill grazing. Supplemented with lick buckets and a mineral drench before lambing. Zero meal used with mayo hill ewes. Lamb onto grass with good sileage pre lambing.
Very good. What bolus do you use, and what rams do you put with the mayo ewes? That's fair going to feed no meal
Are you all able to let the ewes graze the forests or you have to keep them out the trees? I know not alot of nutrition to be had in the forest
Will u and your father be doing the compulsory course for using a quad bike by November 20
What? There's a course? Never heard about this.
How much rain do you get in inches in you area? I’ve moved off the hill into town and get half the rainfall. It’s getting to be a distant memory of constant (might be a slight exaggeration) rain but it’s called the Lake District for a reason 🤷♂️
😅ya you're probably right, I dont know but all I know is we get a lot of rain. But wmya we get more here because of the mountains 👍
Harbro dose a foot and fertility we use it along with high energy crystal licks
Watching your video reminds me of when my dad kept sheep. We’re all beef now for the past 30 years. Your landscape looks fairly familiar, where abouts in Kerry are you guys? We’re near Tralee ourselves.
We are in kilgarvan down south, ye have better land up in North kerry😂👍
Least ye had sence to get rid of them😂
We got rid of the cows
What are Hurleys ? Logs ? Jeez gie windy right enough 😢
Very windy Indeed, hurleys are a ash stick. It's a game we play here only in Ireland, called hurling. Google it, not for the faint hearted😂👍👍
May i ask how old is your father and yourself? When did mother pass also? Are you the only child? I dont think i ever heard if you have ever married my good son or is their a girlfriend? Im so so proud of what you both have achieved and how hard it is to farm sheep?
I married when i was 15 and had a baby at 16. It 6yrs. Later had a son. Will be 45 yrs. in November 27 this year. Life was not easy but we have been happy. Both of you are very proud at what you have achieved and i cant wait for what is coming next in the future. Love Sue. I live in Watertown, South Dakota ❤❤😊😊USA
My father is 74, and I am married with kids, Also my mother is alive 👍
Glad you like the videos, keep the comments coming👍👍 great for growing the channel
Great video again. What is the drone that you use?
Thanks DJ. It's a dji maveric drone 2, don't think they make it now. It's a few years old, are you gonna buy one?
@@sheepshepherd Yes, I've been looking at them for some time now but have yet to bite the bullet and actually purchase one.
@DJ-cw3ox ya they are a super job👍👍
Firewood for the long winter ahead
That's for sure. Did you want a load😅
@@sheepshepherd if you can deliver please 😀😀
@sheepdogman1 looking for a man to hold the camera while I cut😂 free delivery then
Great job by Sally taking her side inside the pen getting past the ewes, looks like she will be a good dog
Infairness she is a super dog. Great days ahead of her. Have you sheep dogs
Not anymore, My Dad still has the two.@@sheepshepherd
@howarddavies9677 very good, where is the farm
Pity about the trees. There nice to have around the place.
Ya there is less and less every year now with all the storms
Glyn do you use teaser rams to help get the ewe's to start cycling or do you just use regular intact rams? 💚 🇦🇺
I just put the rams out on the 24th of October and hope for the best. Don't use teasers no. As my lambing is busy enough, and if I have bad weather spell, I won't have enough room to house them all. Is that what you do in Australia?
Why is there no money for wool or what went wrong
A lot cheaper to make clothes out of cheaper product now and easier
Plenty of fire wood ,don't tell Emmon Ryan 😢
😂👍 haha, we won't go cold anyway this winter
Please show the building of your home.
No problem Rick, I'll update everyone on the build and bring ye on the journey,👍
Get some hot air on your bale feeder
I will, will it sort it ya reckon?
@@sheepshepherd would think so. Get it pliable and once reshaped cool down with water as you have plenty 😀
@sheepdogman1 good man I'll try it out
Also I use the zinc for footbath that formaline is rank man😢😢 😂
Ya you are right. Its pure poison, zinc is good. Do you find it good. Do you hold them in it?
Really bad foot just dissolved a bit in hot water and sit the foot in it, it works well
@dagg_liam good to hear that, might try it with my own atm. It's fair sore😅🙈
Transport box of lime in field will solve feet problems
Do u reckon.. we have about 40 fields 😂😂
Nice 1 GLYN
Cheers Willie. Thanks for always commenting 👍👍
Did ur father ever use blue stone mixed with cobalt for worms? What is dose mix?
He said the neighbour here used do it, he used cobalt that was all.
Is that what you used?
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@@sheepshepherd have load dirty lambs in last few weeks have treated for coccidiosis, neighbor told me 6table spoons blue stone with 2litres cobalt mixed is a good wormer
@@martinconneely6953 did it work.?
@@sheepshepherd doing them this evening, will see over next few days
@martinconneely6953 will you let me know. Very interested to see. Probably take a few days to clear up
Any full electric car or self-charging hybrid should not go through a flood
even if it's a small bit of water it will destroy the batteries in car most batteries and wiring are underneath the cars
Ya spot on, safe to say. Some people don't have a clue😅👍
Did you get to the ploughing championships?
I sure did I was there for the 3 days, really enjoyed it. We're you at it
@@sheepshepherd No iv never been over to it, would love to next year tho. Did you do a video there ?
@user-tg5ns6un5z I did but not sure will I put it up now. More enjoyed it tbh, than recording there.
@@sheepshepherd Did you see the sheep game while you were at the ploughing and I look forward to your next video never miss one
@user-tg5ns6un5z that's great you like the videos. Delighted to hear that. Ya I met him, we are food friends now going back a few years. He's a top bloke👍👍
You seem to get a lot off things we don't here in Tasmania did you realize this when you come to Tasmania Australia the big island have a lot like foxes and wild dogs foot rot most things that sheep get but I have noticed Tasmania is free of them things
Also all the utubers seem to have a lot of trouble with fly I think I have only heard of about five cases in my life time
Helen. Are you serious, ye don't get any of those. Well ye are so lucky, we have serious issues here all the time🙈 thanks for the comment 👍
No I wasn't really at any farm when I was there. Is there a lot of sheep in taZ?