Lambs hit the ground running

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  • Опубліковано 9 січ 2025

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  • @brigidconroy2111
    @brigidconroy2111 30 хвилин тому

    It’s a trifecta John with his crack, sucklers and some amazing scenery
    The lambs are huge for newborns and sharp looking It is a very efficient stable set up
    Fascinating that the animals have a dietician Dad would have been interested except his grain mixture was a secret blend that he would want to know about but not quite enough to share😂😂

  • @walshjoseph7991
    @walshjoseph7991 4 години тому +9

    HONEST DECENT PEOPLE running a great operation

  • @paulf2529
    @paulf2529 3 години тому +7

    It is always interesting to see other people's setups. Tidy farm there.

  • @SeanieD1968
    @SeanieD1968 Годину тому +4

    The salt is a good idea for adoption the lamb,,
    Some farm and sheds ❤❤

  • @Ffffffffffhhh1
    @Ffffffffffhhh1 28 хвилин тому

    Great content keep up the good work 👌👊

  • @brendannaughton1996
    @brendannaughton1996 3 години тому +5

    Great video lads.them people have some operation going.there farm yard is well laid out and very clean.well done lads a very enjoyable video as usual.

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  2 години тому +1

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @ericdineen4842
    @ericdineen4842 3 години тому +3

    Colum you need a bonus

  • @Sean-fb7cy
    @Sean-fb7cy 3 години тому +5

    Colum is a top camera man

  • @galwaypat5744
    @galwaypat5744 3 години тому +2

    Another mighty video with great information on sheep farming and humours banter from.the sheep farmers .
    Best of luck to ye lads for 2025 .

  • @theknockabout
    @theknockabout 6 годин тому +8

    Ive done this, although not on purpose... 55 ewes gave me 125 lambs in about 16 days. woof.

    • @tomgreene1843
      @tomgreene1843 5 годин тому +3

      Thats a lot surely ?

    • @theknockabout
      @theknockabout 5 годин тому +4

      @@tomgreene1843 For just one farmer, me, it was a bit...overwhelming! I slept in the barn basically for 10-12 days. It was about 10 years ago, so it was just before super inexpensive, wifi cameras were easily purchased. I could have set up a camera system in the barn to watch for lambs being born, but...eh...I just sort of checked often or did a lot of work in the barn.

    • @theknockabout
      @theknockabout 5 годин тому +3

      the majority of the lambs were born in the first week.

  • @ronaldlucas5360
    @ronaldlucas5360 5 годин тому +3

    I enjoy you guys alot

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed it

  • @Sean-fb7cy
    @Sean-fb7cy 3 години тому +4

    Better videos than ear to the ground. Has john anymore stories.

  • @patpn4
    @patpn4 3 години тому +2

    Great craic god love the old fellow mighty 💯🙏

  • @markoconnor1291
    @markoconnor1291 2 години тому +2

    That's a fantastic video 👌💚

  • @tomaswall6935
    @tomaswall6935 7 годин тому +4

    Super set-up. The oxy makes sense. I've used it to open up cows and help them drop milk into their spins. Makes sense that it would give them the mothering hormones too.

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  6 годин тому +1

      Thank you very much, appreciate the comment. Gla you enjoyed the video

  • @emmett1739
    @emmett1739 Хвилина тому

    Outstanding ewes lambs and set up , the lamb in the pen with purple no1 its side is a smasher. Yeah we would have used the salt on lambs and in the ewes mouth to get them to lick. To be honest Texel bred ewes have a bad habit of rejecting a lamb and we find that they always reject the lamb that gave the more difficult birth. As regards naval spraying it should never be stopped its the main route of bacteria infection at lambing , yes top class hygiene and cleaning are essential but 10% iodine is cheap and quick. Well done what a first class beef and sheep farm.🎉

  • @azamyahmad
    @azamyahmad 7 годин тому +3

    Hello there and welcome back my friend ! .. and there you go again absolutely another beautiful sharing upload and share ! .. thanks again from Montreal QC Canada ! ..

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  6 годин тому +1

      Thank you very much, appreciate the comment. Gla you enjoyed the video

  • @tomzeedee
    @tomzeedee 4 години тому +2

    Great video..alot of useful info..great setup..

  • @paddy294
    @paddy294 4 години тому +3

    Cracking video. What a great setup

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому +1

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed it

  • @padraigking5185
    @padraigking5185 Годину тому +2

    Good stuff

  • @KayHannon
    @KayHannon 4 години тому +2

    Very educational how farming has come on fair play

  • @Iverselec
    @Iverselec Годину тому +2

    Time to build a new shed for yourself. You need the space with the amount u have at lambing

  • @tomgreene1843
    @tomgreene1843 6 годин тому +4

    Fine outfit there ...is there a better price for early lambs ?

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  3 години тому +2

      Ya there always has been for the Easter lamb. Costs are very high for early lambing

    • @tomgreene1843
      @tomgreene1843 2 години тому +2

      @@sheepshepherd A farmer I know ..not on utube, told me the early lamb was hardly worth the bother but he only has small numbers. Thanks for comments.

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  2 години тому +3

      100% only the last 2 years they got great prices. But before that, it wouldn't have been that great.

  • @jayuppercase3398
    @jayuppercase3398 Годину тому +2

    Some shed

  • @michaeloldfield9313
    @michaeloldfield9313 4 години тому +3

    xcellent vid,

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed it

  • @paddy294
    @paddy294 5 годин тому +2

    Cracking video ld

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed it

  • @noelgalagher2712
    @noelgalagher2712 Годину тому

    Your men in next government Michael get ministry job 👍

  • @patdoyle6716
    @patdoyle6716 13 хвилин тому

    Please stop playing background music when talking, I cannot hear what you’re saying

  • @joanne26
    @joanne26 5 годин тому +4

    Hi there
    I watch lots of Farming channels like Cammy The Sheep Game in Ayr , Cowley Hill Farm in Staffordshire
    The farming protests in United Kingdom must carry on.
    The Labour Government are ECONOMICALLY ILLITERATE
    Who is going to FEED US proper food - and I mean MEAT
    Not plant based - humans are Carnivores
    Having worked for an🇺🇸cartridge valve hydraulic off road highway equipment manufacturer office in Birmingham a CLAAS combine can cost £400,000 and more and JD tractors can cost £100,000 as these were my customers. So the £1 million is taken up
    I find it difficult sometimes to pick up your Irish 🇮🇪 accent
    My maternal grandmother was born in Balina, Co Mayo in 1885 and came to North Wales in 1901 and then to Birmingham in around 1923
    ❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧☝️☝️
    My mother🙏🙏could just about understand gran

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому +2

      Keep listening and you'll understand us eventually 😂
      Appreciate the comment.

    • @brigidconroy2111
      @brigidconroy2111 24 хвилини тому

      @@sheepshepherd
      Love 💕 the brogue only occasionally have a problem usually when John is excited chatting with one of his buddies BUT that’s why there is rewind 😂

  • @SeanieD1968
    @SeanieD1968 Годину тому +1

    I’d rather be a farmer than working for a multinational company as your only a number in the company,,
    Be better been your own boss
    Get back what you put into it rather making someone else a millionaire

  • @gearoidkelly533
    @gearoidkelly533 7 годин тому +3

    1st😊

  • @edwardhill1935
    @edwardhill1935 6 годин тому +2

    Whats a texal mule ewe.

    • @theknockabout
      @theknockabout 5 годин тому +1

      a mule sheep is a crossbred sheep. Texel is a breed that is crossed with a different breed to benefit from particular characteristics of the other breed. If you are breeding for meat lambs, you arent looking for a purebred animal. You are looking for a body type, fast growing, good on grass only, etc.

  • @vwvw4
    @vwvw4 7 годин тому +3

    Not sure why the sex of the twin lambs are a consideration when choosing a replacement ewe since the lamb gender is determined by the ram not the ewe. I can see deciding whether to use a ram again would be a factor as if you put a ram to your ewes for replacement ewe lambs and you lamb out mostly ram lambs, you wouldn't use that ram again, move him to the commercial lambing ewes. Great video and such a wonderful set up, so clean and all the stock in lovely condition! It's too bad about the mic position as can't hear most of what the Dad said. And did the fellow say in grafting a lamb onto a ewe he used salt? Couldn't hear him. Wish some UK farmers would try Ile de France, far superior to Texel, rail out over 50% and extremely vigorous lambs.

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  7 годин тому

      Appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video

    • @paulcallaghan9953
      @paulcallaghan9953 6 годин тому

      we also use salt. bucket warm water put lamb into bucket then put after birth on we find it good also

  • @GerryBlake-w3y
    @GerryBlake-w3y 5 годин тому +2

    Lads every day I look at your videos it lifts my heart I know we have a lot of dead stock in your game hill farming isn't for the. Faint hearted but you might get the legend and I have great respect for what you do to give Michelle keane the thumbs up big respect for you all

    • @sheepshepherd
      @sheepshepherd  4 години тому

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