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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: twizzel on April 23, 2013, 09:14:49 am

Title: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: twizzel on April 23, 2013, 09:14:49 am
 :excited:  happy days- our orphan flock went out into the field last week. Within 10 minutes they had escaped  :roflanim:  but fingers crossed no more escapees since we blocked off the bottom of the gates (they were going under!)
Cut down to 1 feed of creep per day now owing to dr. green being in abundance... the hard work is done now, they need to learn to be lambs now and distance a bit from me. Some of them are really getting quite big now!
 
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: Rosemary on April 23, 2013, 10:41:23 am
Ooh, that's a lot of grass  :thumbsup: Ours is coming, slowly. If I could get the bl00dy fertiliser on, that would help.
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: twizzel on April 23, 2013, 11:07:45 am
The last 2 weeks it's really shot up. This field had dung spread on it after Christmas though which would have helped the growth. They have 8 acres of it! Now just got to persuade OH to let me get some ewes and start my own mini flock...  8)
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 23, 2013, 11:16:44 am
Lucky lambs!  I too am very envious of that grass.

Oh of course you need some ewes - 8 acres of that sort of grass can carry up to 40 sheep, can't it? ;)
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: twizzel on April 23, 2013, 11:22:10 am
I tried to sweeten the deal with choosing Texels as that's what breed OH prefers- a lot of our orphans this year are texel x and have a super shape. No chance getting 40... think 5 or 6 is more reasonable but he's still saying no  :-\
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 23, 2013, 11:34:21 am
So... are you going to subdivide the field, and do some mowing, and otherwise manage the grass as otherwise it will be too much for the lambs...  ;) :innocent: :eyelashes: :-J
Title: Re: A happy post- the grass is growing and the orphan crew are out in the field
Post by: twizzel on April 23, 2013, 12:00:33 pm
It's going to be cut for silage soon  :-[