SELLING OLDER LADIES AND TRYING OUT A FANCY NEW SHEEP HANDLER!
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
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Join me on the farm as I test out the Cotter crate while weaning our lambs for the first time! I’ll share insights into how the lambs are progressing this season and reveal my plans for the upcoming year. We then head into Day 2, where I sell some of my older ewes to my friend Johnny, sending them off to greener pastures. In the final part of the video, I dive deep into a Cotter crate review after using it and discuss how it could benefit the farm!
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My name is Karol Devaney and I'm a Hill Farmer and Sheep Shearer from Sligo in the Northwest of Ireland. 💚
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Fair play to Johnny a gentleman.
Thank you again for all you do to keep us informed.
Sheep school was looking for that today 😂😂😂
I sore that 🤣🤣
Cotter crate looks a great job nice sheep
Well done to Davy ask sheep school for the loan of it. I bought a rappa mobile yard and wont lend it to no one😅
Any device that saves you wrestling with the sheep is a good thing. Once the sheep are used to a race, they will be a lot less stressed. Hope you can get more land. 😊👍
I reckon a set up like this is the go for you mate, the easier the work the more you can do (well that’s how you’ll end up😅) once you pick your race, you can easy do a bit of set up at your blocks for holding yards or paddocks. A fence from the end of your wing fence into the yards across to the road would give you a handy holding paddock or 2 right there.
Blessed to have a friend like David from Sheep School to lend you that piece of kit to trial - can you get any funding/grants to purchase this equipment? Really handy to have if you are wanting to grow your flock
Before you buy try Tepari first. The sheep walk out instead of drop out.
Doesn't the Tepari require an air compressor to work? What about a generator?
I like this bit of kit because it's simple and should be easier to maintain
Te Pari needs an air compressor and a power source/generator.
Yippee a new video. Love you Karel. Keep at it brother.
Wicklow cheviot Ram 🤠 👌, good mix, keep them hardy
Very informative, lots to think about...👍
I was chatting with a guy recently who has had this set-up for the past 4 or 5 years.
He's finding it more and more difficult to get sheep into it, as they don't like being dropped down.
Interesting. Any chance he's letting them down hard? I was trying to ease them down gradually in the video.
Great video Organic farming is challenging interesting about the TePari didn’t know about the drop 😂 it is always connected to a race in the other vlogs Can’t see sheep appreciating a drop like that Good on you for easing her drop. Would think that over time or with a large herd having to do that, the Te Pari would be less useful Or your back might think so
It’s a good piece of kit,,
Invest would depend on time v cost
You would have saved on time which is a cost
Also in hardship saving is a cost and a value in helping the body
You would have to see how many lambs plus time saving would v cost of kit
love Cassie but maybe work her a bit more so she responds better. from one to another that's what I do. Makes work, faster and easier, plus you don't yell the dogs name. sometimes they ignore you and you get frustrated. blessings.
Would you consider running a Lanark ram give the lambs a better carcass and weight instead of the Mayo BF ram .
What a great system. I love it for you. Let’s hope you can manage the cost of it. How can us supporters help you.
I’d say invest for the future, time flies and before you know it you’ll be a few years down the line wondering wishing you’d done it earlier. If you are confident you will have help it does give you more flexibility on the system. I’m guessing pro’s are cheaper, no need for a generator or battery system, little to break. The battery IfarmWeFarm showed today could be a game changer for this sort of thing. Cons seem to be it’s not ideal for horns and potentially trapping fingers saving horns and needing more staff.
Having wool in footbaths seems to really improve flow. Could it be used in the race? Don’t think they would ever flow like a TePari but it might help.
I get the extra land but not sure pushing for more twins and then taking twins off the hill would be more profitable than having cross breeds off the hill flock crossed to a terminal and any twins but as few as possible.
Thanks for the feedback John. I suppose alot would depend on what price said land is going to be to rent. 😂
Wot do u dose with if ur organic
Nice squeeze chute setup, everything being done up higher, and as you say way easier on the body. Also liked how it stacked on its own trailer. What brand is that, I couldn't catch it? Irish made?
If you're going to expand to 500 head then I'd think labor savings becomes a real concern.
A Cotter Crate it's called. An Irish family business are making them which is a selling point for me too. 👌
@@ewetube.videos I think you need a slightly customized EewTube Hill Farmer version of the Cotter Crate. The top edge needs to be extended and curved or flared outwards so it does not hook the horns. The drop mechanism needs a dampener so when you hit the eject button, the chute opens slowly to allow the sheep to be supported by a slowly opening gate as they slide down like a children's slide rather than being dropped suddenly.
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