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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Remy on February 29, 2012, 05:31:57 pm

Title: Grass is growing!
Post by: Remy on February 29, 2012, 05:31:57 pm

The sun is shining and at last my fields are beginning to look very green and some hay is being left!  I've sectioned off a bit of the field near the house and put my three new Gotlands, Tiny and Badger (Zwartbles) in together.  It's lovely to see them all eating with gusto and not bugging me for feed!  ;D

Soon my other pregnant ewes and ewe lambs will all go together and the boys can fight out their battle for supremacy in the winter field.  I have a feeling that Tas, my young Zwartbles ram is going to be Number One!  It will be interesting to see the pecking order  :D

Title: Re: Grass is growing!
Post by: smudger on March 03, 2012, 10:46:20 am

Listening to RTE (irish radio) yesterday (long story). An agricultural contractor called in to say they had their first phone call to cut silage! This would be the SE, where they get some sun as well as rain...... Irish met say weather is '5 weeks ahead'.

Don't know what UK met is saying as I have given up listening to them as its never correct for my particular micro climate. Sheep have left the hay so I have stopped given them, but horses still hoovering up everything.

Title: Re: Grass is growing!
Post by: Remy on March 03, 2012, 01:49:41 pm

Oh well freezing weather set to return this weekend apparently -  :-\ hopefully not for long!