I NEED TO BUY MORE RAMS | Not easy when you have a poor man's budget!
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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Sheep Fans! In this weeks video I am at Craig Wilson LTD (Ayr Livestock Market) to purchase some rams to put with my North Country Cheviot ewes.
I was needing 2-3 Traditional Blue Faced Leicester's but I'm working to a tight budget.
Enjoy the video and please take the time to comment and let me know what you thinks.
Appreciate the support.
Cammy
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ABOUT ME
I’m 30 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland. That’s why I have such a strong accent!! I was born and raised in sheep with my dad being a shepherd on an Ayrshire farm.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep.
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could keep my hand in. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 600 ewes.
I can now shear over 10,000 sheep a season in UK and I also travel to Norway for shearing in March and September.
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep scanner and have been building up my run since then.
I watched a few farm vlogs on UA-cam and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.
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This was soooo good!!! Now time to binge watch a fellow sheep youtuber!!!
Thank you Sandi! Can’t wait to do something together it will be loads of fun!! (I’ll be putting captions on my future videos as i am not the easiest to understand!)
After watching your video putting the rams with the ewes for breeding and then needing more of a sheep fix found this guy for the first time, and here's Sandi!
Some handsome Rams at the market.
@@IvyWhiskeyDram thanks i’m glad u found me😁
Hope you notice he put out a challenge to you. Last week I think.
This was for Sandi, the challenge
Videos getting better and better man!!! Youre way more confident than me filming in front of other folks 😅🤣😂
Thanks GP! Always watching you for inspo! I’m also a Casey Neistat fan! Love his techniques!
Ha ha Casey is AWESOME! Check out some of Peter McKinnon too
The subtitles are INCREDIBLY HELPFUL!!! I tend to have a hard time understanding everything in your videos because of your wonderful accent 😊
Thanks Candice! Think i’ll start adding them to every video. 😁
@@TheSheepGame please, please add subtitles from now on! I sure wouldn’t have been able to catch half of what you said...but it’s so interesting that I didn’t want to miss any of it. Thanks so much.👍🐑
Hello from British Columbia in western Canada. The subtitles are great and so appreciated! Your accent is wonderful though.
I like listening to your accent too, but the subtitles really help me to understand. I do have a lack of understanding of many of your terms though like cheviots and shetlands and many more, but I am starting to learn a few. Found your videos thanks to Sandy Brock. Love you both
Cheviot and Shetland are breeds of sheep.
My father is a livestock auctioneer here in Nova Scotia and we just recently got some Dorper and Dorper/Suffolk and Dorper/Dorset ewes. It is very interesting to watch the auction in a different country, the same but different still. Great job and very informative!
Thanks Anja, I'm always interested in how it goes/looks in different countries, thanks for watching.
this is so fun to watch. I like you explain things. So now that your day videos are done I get my fix by watching your archives. I am flat on my back from a back injury so Your videos are something me and my partner Lewis really love watching every day,
This was posted months ago but I just saw this one. I really enjoy your videos Camy. This one grabbed me because you were building your herd and planning for the future. I'll be watching for your great success!
Been watching Sandi and GP for a while. It's good to have come across your site 🙂
Thanks Dorcas, hope you enjoy the channel 👍
Please start numbering your vlogs! That way we can watch them in the order they were made so we can follow your year! People who join later can binge watch in order. Thank you. (Watched all of Sandi's 300+ at the time in order, her numbers were great. Took a few a day, caught up fast got to see changes, follow a breeding through, etc.)
Great Idea but I may be in too deep to start??
My gran is cousins with the Cassingtons and I work in the Craig Wilson stand at Ayr show😂So nice to to see a Scottish Farmer on UA-cam for once🚜
Give me a shout if u see me about let me know u watch the channel 😊
@@TheSheepGame will do! I’m up for helping out with the sheep if you need it cause I’m in Ayrshire too and wanting more experience to start my own farm one day💪🏻 I’ve done 2 years at the lambing with John Howie from Dundonald🐑
I never realized all the different colors of sheep. I know their wool and looks are many, but never realized the other colors then white and black and some brown. So neat
Stick around Linda and you will see a lot more. We have hundreds of breeds in UK.
Plus, they can be dyed for the sales. Very odd to me here in CA USA
For a while there, it looked like the two texels were thinking, "We are rough boys. Come any closer and we will mess you up!" I'm glad you had Meg and Skye there to protect you at the end. LOL JoLori from West Virginia
It's interesting seeing how you manage your sheep operation as compared to Sandi Brock, different ways for different conditions. I'm with the person asking you to start numbering your vlogs, it works help us understand the cycle of your year, the order that events occur. Sandi numbering her VLOGS really help a lot (especially during VLOGMAS when she's posting daily.)
Thanks Shawn. I’ll make sure and number all my lambing vlogs this year.
Love watching picking out some extra boys for the flock. They were some beautiful boys. ❤️❤️
Sandi Brock sent me..... Subscribed
Awesome Stuart! Thank you!
Ah, subtitles! Thank you!
They are awesome looking rams. I can't actually believe they tolerate each other going through the auction. And the auction event was very interesting and enjoyable. Your little boy is adorable :)
Glad you enjoyed it Dana!
Thank you for taking so much time with telling us about this part of sheep keeping. Loved the ones in the 1st pen you were in.
The funny part about feeling the sheeps bollocks is when you notice the sheep turning round and smiling at you afterwards.......😂😂
Haha, I never really noticed!
Sandi sent me :). So glad you have the caption on, a wee bit hard to catch the accent you have, but I will pick it up :) I am from Nova Scotia, Canada or New Scotland . Cheers
Hi Pam. I wish I could do that for every video but it takes hours! I hope you manage to pick up some of what i'm saying without captions!
That bfl/texel cross looks like a beast! Love the videos Cammy!
Well done
You’re looking like a proud sheep farmer. Like the smile!
Please do a walk through of the estate 😇🙏🏾🙏🏾 maybe not the personal stuff. It’s just an amazing estate ❤️🌹❤️
Thank you for putting the subtitles in this video. I really love watching your videos, I just can’t always understand everything you’re saying because you talk so fast! 😊. Much love to you and your flock! Kristin from USA
Thanks Kristin! I’m always trying to improve and speak a little clearer. Appreciate u sticking it out😁
Thanks God for subtitles , otherwise I wouldn't understand half of what's been said . Great video . love your channel and your accent . Much love from Florida, USA .
Thanks Kit, glad you are enjoying the channel
Brilliant. Entertaining, informative and hilarious 😂
Cheers Jimmy!!
Wow! Thanks for sharing! Very detailed.
Looking good .... a good selection of boys there Cammy... 👍🤪🤪
Thanks Colette😁 the tups look good too eh?🤣
Ayrshire and wigtownshire are the traditional homes of my family. 💟💟💟
We are such nerds, we were so proud of you when you bid and got your boys. Hahaha, we don't know you, but we love ya. Good on ya mate, excellent tups and we always enjoy the videos.
Thanks, glad you are enjoying the channel!
Your little tyke is adorable!
😁 Thanks Peggy that’s my nephew.
@@TheSheepGame He’s still adorable. The big question is...does he like sheep?
He seems to just now! He especially likes the quad bike!
I liked that you added a couple of Boyz from the Hood at the end. The ladies will love them for some strange reason that never has made sense in the perpetual mystery of, "Just what do women want, anyway??" 🤣
Hello this is my first time watching your videos and I love them !! I’m 17 and farming sheep on father’s land and land I’ve rented currently have a mix of 300 sheep for fattening!!!
Awesome Tommy thanks for leaving a comment!! Sounds great!
I'm a weaver and spinner and have been doing breed studies, so it's awesome to see the different breeds. I bought way too many fleeces and have it taking me forever to get them all washed in the kitchen. My husband says I have wool and wheels and looms in every room of the house...(unwashed is in his woodshop). It's not true...there's no wool in the bathroom...lol!
Enjoyed
Beautiful sheep. Breeds I’ve never seen before. Loved this video 🇨🇦
We do seem to have quite a good mix of breeds here in the UK, glad you enjoyed the video Ruth.
Those last two are really nice looking form wise. Really nice musculature
Pretty strong sheep! =D
That was such fun! I'm a regular viewer of Sandi Brock and came to your chnnel via Sandi. I grew up around a Glaswegian, so part of me watches your youtube just to hear your accent :-)). And since it's been decades since I've seen my G'n friend, I do appreciate the subtitles. It's always fun, when you don't have the subtitles on and the odd time I've found that I understood absolutely nothing - LOL. Thank you for sharing - you work so hard as it is, w/o having to deal with cameras and YTers! Yours in Gratitude
Thank you Wendy, will keep remembering to add subtitles so that everyone can understand, hope you enjoy the channel!
The sheep are beautiful colors. Great video
Everyone has their preference for colouring the sheep for sales/shows, hoping it will make them stand out.
Thank you buddy for subtitel
Love and Respekt from Afghanistan🙏❤
Thanks bro.
Always enjoy the insightful videos Cammy. You make it fun and interesting for us non-farming folks. I must look up craic.
Cheers Michael. Glad you are enjoying them!
Found your channel thanks to @Sandi Brock. Have enjoyed watching so far!
That's great Sal, Sandi has a great channel, thanks for coming over to have a look 👍
Your " wonderful accent " is so familiar to me I don't notice anything unusual - until I read the comments. Fair to say the Ayrshire accent is probably under represented on UA-cam lol.
Hi Sandi I watch you too. When I was in Billings Montana that day I saw my first I think lamb we were at the Billings auction too it took me all day to figure what they were saying and not a lot of seating so I had to be on my feet a lot my sister and my nephews father needed to sit because of my two little nephews. Now they are 21 and 24 and the 24 year old made me a great auntie two years ago biologically. I'm adopted with my full blood sister I'm the youngest out of six adopted kid's and I'm 48.
Best video yet. Love those kind of videos. The You got great bargains with those rams. Hope they lucky for you. Pay far more for those rams here in west of Ireland. We just buy aged Suffolk rams for around 300 euro for letting out with our texel cross ewes. No bother with them they tip well. The blues very prone to pneumonia and need more care than other breeds. Mostly crossing types let out here with lanark ewes for breeding mule lambs. Waiting for next video. Thanks.
Thanks for that comment James! Seems everything more expensive in sheep over there! Boys go wild for suffolk x cheviots i hear?! 👍
👍👍👍.
That was such a sweet little one you were holding.
Cool! I’m on a buying trip soon for rams and it’s good to know how to check things without getting bit. They seem real ‘flinchy’ I’m used to gentle giants that love a good cheek scratch and come by name! Btw if you want a week away you can visit our farm for a week for a mere 10 sheerings! (Come in the Spring!)
Another great video, the detail and explanation on all your uploads are spot on. Well done and keep them coming! Co. Cork.
Thanks GR!
Thanks for the video Cammy! Enjoyed seeing the way you guys across the pond conduct business! Also enjoyed the variety of breeds you showed. Living in Texas my entire life I am completely unfamiliar with your Scottish breeds. Informative as always! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Josh. Speaking to different people on here it’s amazing how many different breeds there are and different systems. I’m going to go on tour post covid and get a look around them!
Well if nothing else, you can come to Texas and we can have a few brews!
Some man! US tour for 2022 😁
Last time I saw Spiderman, he was not that cute. Scotland must be good for him!
That last pair are handsome stocky lads.
Love the subtitles, love your channel
Thanks Jayne! Think i’ll keep them going now! It takes around 4 hours per video just to do the subtitles! 😁
Great video really good to learn about sheep for young lads such as my self easy to understand entertaining and learn another about different breeds
Cheers Paddy!
Love all your different breeds. We are in outback Australia and join 6000 merino ewes in 4-6000 acre paddocks to 2 or 3 % of rams. Your sheep look so well ....very different to our wool producers.
Thanks BG. Would love to get out to somewhere like that and do a months work!
Possible to show photos of your farm?. 6000 sounds huge. In Boston MA USA
@@Raven-sx7no sadly, no as we don’t have a drone. Our property is 70,000 acres. It’s very flat and dry with only 15 inches of rain a year. Only sheep and cattle....too dry for crops. 70,000 acres is small really as properties in Queensland, The Territory and WA are measured in many hundreds of square miles. We are isolated.....4 hours drive to the nearest roundabout or set of traffic lights. Mailman comes weekly (in dry weather) in a big truck and carries provisions etc.
@@TheSheepGame Come around Jan/Feb for shearing when it’s about 45 degrees.....oh, and bring some big mates too lol
Im from Michigan in the USA. I had a Scotish grade school teacher. And can follow a lot of the dialogue, but sometimes I just can't under ssd tand what yer sayin'.
Cammy you need to make a second part to this Vidio when your buying your tups this year again
The new tups look great, even if you did buy one with anger issues! lol. Was great to see the market, I remember going to Taunton Market every Saturday when I was a kid and sitting watching the bidding.
Thanks Mags. I’ll tame him😁
Thank you for cc if not i would never know half of what he was saying...!!!
Glad it helps Linda! 👍
Found The sheep videos quite by accident but now I'm hooked on it. Great to watch on a sleepless night....along with GRaeme Parker. I don't know why a senior needs to learn about sheep and cows hooves but why not....so interesting. Thank you very much.
Never seen a sheep sale barn before. Thanks for taking us along. Cammy what is a mule sheep? In USA it s a cross between a horse mare and an ass Jack. Thanks for subtitles.🐑🐑😷👍
A mule sheep is a cross between two sheep most commonly the Scottish black face as the mother and Blue Face Leicester as the father or the Swaledale as the mother and Blue Face Leicester as the Father although there are a few different variations across the country, hope this helps Randolph.
Oh border Leicester! I've tried to finde this breed in sweden but there are only 4 of them in my hole little country and their skk siblings so there is no purebred to finde here. That makes me realy saad.
So amazing looking sheep.
When I asked around on swedish sites on facebook people tought this breed was cartooned and not real 😅
You are amazing !!! And sandi to! Keep doing what you're doing ! 🙏❤
Thanks, interesting to know how different breeds are in other countries!
Hi Sandi Brock sent me to your channel now I’m hooked 😉 I’m a spinner and I love your new rams, I love spinning BFL wool is spins up so nice it truly one of my favorites I love the feel of it, I could spin it happily all day! If you ever want some socks knitted from your wool send me some I’ll spin it up and knit you a nice pair 💜😉
Thanks Beth!! When shearing season starts remind me of that and i'll get you some wool over!
Agreed !!!
New to this channel. Loved it. Continued success
Thanks PJ!!
So informative! Great video!
Thanks Dana!
That's a nice price on the texel cross, really nice tup.
I thought that lad in the pen was going to bounce you around it for a moment.
Aye a bargain. Aye would have been great TV😂😂
You got some bargains there!
Works out a bit more expensive when u only get one season out of them😂
I use to buy at Kelso great day out ,looks like you bought what you needed for your job ,,we also use to run our wethers in with the ewes two weeks prior, to the big boys going in ,not as good as teasers ,but not as manic at lambing time cheers
Cheers John they’ll do a turn. Least i have plenty to cover any that don’t pull their weight!
Still catching up on the older videos. I’ve watched so many I’m getting ads for sheep products and I’ve never even tasted lamb! Those blues look like English bull terriers. Probably about as stubborn.
Found you by accident, love your channel. I think Texels are the bulldog version of sheep.
Thanks for coming on board Trace!
Lovely sheep
Mighty texels
You must have a tub for every ewe there 😄😄🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏
Just about 😂😂. Should be a tight lambing!
We bought a $16,000 AUD Poll Merino Ram earlier in the year for a nucleus flock
Into it!! What would the most expensive merinos be going for?
@@TheSheepGame $70,000 AUD Ram sold at a well known WA Poll Merino Stud
Good money then! Not quite as crazy as our boys here.
Great video again. Watching in Kerry. You got good value for your money there, 2 to 300 is plenty for a ram, and buy a couple extra
Cheers Gerry!!
Another top vlog Cam. Would love to see an interview with A ORR. Now that would require subtitles.
Hahaha and a lot of *BLEEP* work!! Cheers big guy!!
Is it just me or do Texels remind you of a Pit Bull Terrier?
Do you plan on sheeringthe sheep anytime soon? I think that would be fun God bless always to watch.
Will be after lambing before I shear any of my own, but there are a few videos on my channel from last summer of shearing.
your heart fairly goes when bidding like 🤣 you got some good prices too!
Great buzz!
Love your videos
Cheers Kevin! Helps boost them up when people leave comments so thanks for taking the time. 😁
Good looking tups for the money Cammy then again they always do on sale day 😂😂
Cheers Stuart! My blues come back in a shadow of their former selves 😂
The texel is quickly becoming a wee bit of a favourite really. They have such lovely heads and the stout bodies really appeal to me. Do they come in other colours or just pale lil darlings?
Good looking rams for the money good luck with them
Thanks Chris. Don’t like paying too much for Blues! They don’t last long!
They are very handsome lot😍😍😍
As a Shetland Sheep owner I wonder why you are crossing your Shetlands on another breed? And I agree - these Shetlands are tough little characters! Mine have no trouble surviving in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado!
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That bfl x texel is a nice looking ram, plenty of lenght would go well on your Shetlands. Have you ever come across rough fell sheep there's some coming up at a local sale, quite tempted with them.
Hi John. He should do a job! I know the breed. They are massive! Let me know if u get some!
I love texals and Suffolk
Ya stole those blues! The droopy eared texel is a fine sheep. We paid over a thousand euro for a blackie hog this year so those blues looked like real bargains
Some man Tony. Who was that from?
@@TheSheepGame a well known breeder from north Galway
Sometimes it's tough being a breeder, it's like being a kid in a candy store at auctions!
Haha, similar addictions Rami! 🤣
So wanted that Tup to knock you over , would of been epic lol 😂 I’m heading to the big Blackie Tup Sales at Lanark this week 🤞
Would have been great Tv!! Don’t spend too much! Expect to see one at 6 figures 😁
''Number two'' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nearly choked on the soup
Hahaha aye a bit of banter
Some of those ram looked like a cross between a pit bull dog and bull, of course not the ones you bought😉
Because of light colored background,the subtitles look like what talking through a mask sound's like
😂 cheers Rodney. Great analogy😁. I’ll add a thicker border to the text next time. My video for tomorrow is already done and i think it’s the same as this one. Appreciate the feedback though and thanks for watching.
Good job!!!
Thanks!
I've a belter of a beltex tup sitting in the field for you 😀 it will fit your budget no problem a few to choose from
All stocked up now. 😁. Like my texels! There is a beltex or two in that lot of tups i’m sure 😳
Oh the pretty one is the black with the gold instead of white. How stricking
I had no idea that there were so many breeds of sheep......
Great VIDEO
Thanks!
Two nice logie durno tups you got, very sound men to deal with and great charollais breeders, should have bought the best breed in a couple of charollais.
Aye the boys are onto a winner with what they are doing!
Good
Yes probably, one for the papers, auldhouseburn, they probably have a special one and that guy from hot huts needs a good tup for that 16000 glimmer, l, ll try and watch it on Facebook.
I'm tight too. 100,000 is just too much.