PAYDAY ! | Selling Prime and Store Lambs in New Zealand.

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  • Опубліковано 21 кві 2022
  • We sell most of the lambs we have on farm so we can focus on the breeding ewes and Next seasons lamb crop.
    My Name is Alistair Bird and My wife Genna and I farm on 'The Grange" near Oxford, North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
    Join me as I document our daily life bringing you the highs and lows on a New Zealand Sheep and Beef farm.
    Thanks so much for watching.
    Facebook: / thegrangenzbirds
    Our on-farm accommodation is listed on Air BnB www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/20445220
    Email: ak.gkbird@xtra.co.nz
    Mail: 211 Ashley Gorge Road, Oxford, New Zealand. 7495
    The portable hand piece I use is from:
    www.handypiece.co.nz/
    #thesheepgame

КОМЕНТАРІ • 69

  • @rankoutsider2363
    @rankoutsider2363 6 місяців тому +1

    The most insightfully presented, yet raw education on stock farming one could ever watch.
    Love what you guys are doing here ❤

  • @MatthewDawsonNZ
    @MatthewDawsonNZ 3 місяці тому

    Great video, very interesting seeing this process on a large scale!

  • @bugmouthready529
    @bugmouthready529 2 роки тому +1

    Almost made your video. I drove past your gate just before the truck pulled out of your driveway

  • @glennjeffreypayne
    @glennjeffreypayne 2 роки тому +5

    A video on the dogs would be interesting. How you train them, what the commands are, what they can do, etc. Nice channel.

  • @benbotha7590
    @benbotha7590 2 роки тому +5

    Great video as always! Keep up the good work. South Africa farmer here(mostly cattle). Could you perhaps do a run through of your cattle corral layout? Others maybe would like to see the sheep facilities as well. Thanks!

  • @cathal1555
    @cathal1555 2 роки тому +4

    Plenty of sheep with horns running around the mountains here in Ireland.
    Great video. Really interesting. Thanks for being so upfront about prices etc. Good to compare to what we get over here.

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому +5

      Thanks for watching. I don't like it how some you tubers are so precious with their prices. I find it let's people see more of the whole farm story.

    • @cathal1555
      @cathal1555 2 роки тому

      @@kiwifarmernz yeah spot on. Great channel. 👍

    • @adamsgaming.1747
      @adamsgaming.1747 Рік тому

      Hello , how can reach you I am trying to buy sheep and transport them to North Africa if possible

  • @ronaldlucas5360
    @ronaldlucas5360 10 місяців тому

    Enjoyed

  • @briananderson5634
    @briananderson5634 Рік тому

    It is always important to have your generator perfectly level to prevent it either running rich or lean. I found that out by experience with my Kawasaki generator. It saved me lots of anxiety with erratic running!

  • @j.r8213
    @j.r8213 2 роки тому +6

    Great vid auto drafter is a great bit of kit it's amazing how after a while these expensive bit of kit need baling twine to keep them together the farming industry would literally fall apart if we hadn't baling twine 😆😆. Sheep and cattle breeding Alistair what look look for when picking ram's, bulls females for breeding so on thanks.

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому +1

      Haha yep the old drafter needs some work. I will definitely do a video on what sheep and cattle genetics we are looking for.

    • @shaynelammas9413
      @shaynelammas9413 2 роки тому

      To Alistair l wanted to know if you dip your Sheep thanks Kiwi Shayne in the UK

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      @@shaynelammas9413 yes we do either with a pour on or through a spray race dip.

  • @garymadden2656
    @garymadden2656 2 роки тому

    Great video Alistair 👌

  • @slim9089
    @slim9089 2 роки тому

    New subscriber here , love what I see , best of luck with the channel, West of Ireland fan 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

  • @huwellis9540
    @huwellis9540 2 роки тому +1

    Good video waching you in wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @mattyallen3396
    @mattyallen3396 2 роки тому

    Ok.... thats one pretty cool bit of kit

  • @johnpeppard7423
    @johnpeppard7423 2 роки тому

    Watching here from Ireland, interesting video. Auto drafter great bit of kit

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching. Yep it saves me a labour unit I think.

  • @craigslattery934
    @craigslattery934 Рік тому

    Got the same hand piece mate great piece of kit mine did come with a second battery over here so it’s awesome.

  • @mattbean7807
    @mattbean7807 2 роки тому

    That auto draft is an amazing tool,the hand piece is a life saver I love mine,I can shear about 70 on the two battery tag about 250 course wools and 170 fine.you got some fine lambs wouldnt mine shearing or BBQ them up 😁. Just keep farm its nice to see other people ranch time .🍻

  • @regbyrne4237
    @regbyrne4237 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @hughcolwell4539
    @hughcolwell4539 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Alistair. A really interesting video. The portable hand piece is a neat piece of equipment. What was the tall crop that the lambs at the lease block were grazing at the start of the video? Keep the videos coming. Cheers max

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching. It was just Red clover that they had eaten out. They were on kale and plantain before that.

  • @thenewaquarist6318
    @thenewaquarist6318 2 роки тому

    Brother u seems to be smiling n happy. May be because it's money making day . Cheers

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому +1

      Definitely Ram. It's nice to pay off some debt.

  • @warrenjohnknight.9831
    @warrenjohnknight.9831 2 роки тому +1

    🐏🐏🐑🐑🐏🐑GET IN BEHIND BLUE 🐕.

  • @NZguy503
    @NZguy503 2 роки тому

    I'm from New zealand tooooo

  • @craig.s4324
    @craig.s4324 2 роки тому

    Farm tour of all your equipment?.

  • @DomingoDeSantaClara
    @DomingoDeSantaClara 2 роки тому

    I worked on a farm in the late 70s,wish we'd had draughting equipment like that,we would average around 20k lambs per year,a lot of draughting,tailing,drenching etc. Fact is I'll be bloody happy to never see one again.

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      Yep you either love it or hate it. 20K is a lot of lambs. Thanks for watching.

  • @globetrotter683
    @globetrotter683 2 роки тому

    How long from when the lambs leave the farm till the money hits your bank account? Another great video with the family.

  • @markmeredith5521
    @markmeredith5521 2 роки тому

    Just a thought.....if you paid the transport could you send me some of those store lambs to the UK
    😁🐑

  • @patrickaherne3598
    @patrickaherne3598 2 роки тому +1

    What's the difference between Prime and Store lambs? I love my lamb with a little salt, pepper, rosemary and roasted.

    • @stewatparkpark2933
      @stewatparkpark2933 2 роки тому +1

      Weight .

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому +2

      Prime lambs are ready to be slaughtered and store lambs need more weight so they go to another farmer.

  • @paulholmes7444
    @paulholmes7444 2 роки тому

    Wouldn't some of the lighter lambs,(stores) still be prime enough to go to the abboitors and be worth more than going to Canterbury Park,just wondering??

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      On cents per kg the store price is better than the prime price. Our lambs haven't been yielding that well this year due to the weather.

    • @paulholmes7444
      @paulholmes7444 2 роки тому +1

      @Kiwi Farmer Thankyou,appreciated. At least you don't have to worry about to much facial eczema like when I used to farm at Matamata

  • @willemscott2128
    @willemscott2128 2 роки тому

    Hallo From South Africa, do you have large Lamb/cattle Feedlots in New Zealand?

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      Hey we have some smaller feed lots for cattle and one large one for us it holds about 20,000 head. Don't have any lamb feedlots over here that I am aware of.

  • @sheriehill3645
    @sheriehill3645 2 роки тому +1

    Do a day in a life

    • @stewbird
      @stewbird 2 роки тому +1

      Go back to the video from two weeks ago.

    • @sheriehill3645
      @sheriehill3645 2 роки тому

      @@stewbird ok

  • @top10status96
    @top10status96 8 місяців тому

    Hi

  • @sportsandfitness317
    @sportsandfitness317 Рік тому

    Sir how can I buy sheeps from your farm

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  Рік тому

      depends how many you are after.

    • @sportsandfitness317
      @sportsandfitness317 Рік тому

      @@kiwifarmernzI am from India if you will deliver sheeps I will pay you for it

  • @michaelwatson5474
    @michaelwatson5474 2 роки тому

    What type of dogs are you running .....

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      3 New Zealand Huntaways, 1 NZ heading dog and 1 boarder collie

  • @andrewj7994
    @andrewj7994 2 роки тому

    Have you heard that NZ meat companies are sitting on billions of dollars of meat that needs to go to China but the shipping crisis is holding it back?

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  2 роки тому

      No I haven't heard that but it doesn't surprise me.