Hi guys Will here come and watch my life on the farm. I have just finished my time at Harper Adams University and moved back to working on the farm at home. From the ewes lambing in spring to making hay and haylage in the summer. The highs, the lows and everything in-between happens on the farm. If you like what you see please remember to give it a thumbs up and subscribe
Have you considered testing the ewes on swimming or at least floating/paddling skills? If that seems excessive, skill in using high heels or stilts? Hopefully these ewes don't see that much rain again in their lifetime, but you might want a predisposition to taller sheep. Kidding, not kidding. Your sheep are looking great.
How long after weaning do you give them to put condition on and making the decision to cull or not? I’ve a few weaned last week but I’m hoping they will put condition on after being off the lambs.
If they don't regain condition before next time you put the ram in give them a year off, but only if they have no obvious problems like teeth or bag problems. Giving one of our ewes a year off as she always does her lambs too well. (I'm Georgia from in the video and have my own sheep too!)
Congratulations on your recent nuptials. Dorpers are originally from South Africa.The originally breeds used to create them were the Dorset Horn and the Blackhead Persian (hence the name Dorper an amalgamation of the 2 foundation breeds names). The breeding program that created them was started by the South African Department of Agriculture with the help of a small number of private breeders in the 50s. Hope that helps if people are interested. We run Dorpers ourselves here Down Under. They can really pack the pounds on in a short time frame which can have the lambs ready for weaning and sale faster. Its not unusual for the the lambs to be ready to go by the age of 3 months old. And the Maternal instinct of the females and their milk processing abilities put them way ahead of a large number of other meat breeds. They can be bred out of season (Polyoestrus) so 3 lambings in 2 years is not unheard of,. They also have a Higher Worm Resistant and are also Non Selective grazers and feed converters (Poor grazing into meat).And they have the added bonus of being self shedding, so no shearing required.
Great video, the sheep are looking good ,you have come a long way you must be very proud and your parents must be proud of you as well .i think i would of been in the river with the dogs😂😂❤
If ya start whinning and complaining im out of here. There are pluses and minuses to every job. My Father's job killed him at the young age of 59 he was a plumber. Asbestos to Mesothelioma
I watched you last flock check as well as this one - the only thing I also think needs to leave the farm are dirty bums DB - here in NZ 40% of our flocks of sheep NZ wide are drench resistant (worms) and I think those sheep that needed extra drench are not fit to be kept, you could see clearly which ones they were because of their dirty back ends - or you guys will over the next 15-20years will have the same problem - or as Cammi says we will wait to see how NZ fixes the problem so we know what to do when we get their
@@CowleyHillFarm Well done!! - NZ might need to look at the Lleyn to cross over our Romney's to see if that fixes the problem- rams coming from a worm free flock - there are a few getting into the Australian White because of shearing costs and wool prices - lets see what we do going forward - that what I like about farmers having a youtube channel - it brings the community together from around the world - do you watch Kiwi Farmer I think you will enjoy his content
Surly you’re live weight gains will be higher from singles. Therefore you’re only going to pick singles. I’d argue you’ll end up retaining singles which would lead to lower scanning? Do you think there’s a correlation?
So we do account for this as none of the singles we picked did under 300g/day. But also in terms of breeding with singles. It is a bit of a myth. As there is a genetic gene linked to triples (roughly 280%) but not singles. But also it is linked to how well reared a ewe is if a ewe Is pushed when in lamb it can push a genetic switch to the lamb inside meaning it is more likely to only produce singles. So it is really important to feed ewes correctly at lambing and keeping them in the correct condition over licking singles as it makes more of a difference
I've noticed the longer stemy grass can iritate them between the hooves causing scald, unfortunately we don't have a topper otherwise I'd knock it all down aggresively and try to keep them on the shorter grass permanently. Belated congrats on hitting 10,000, keep up the good work.
Thank you for taking us all along through all the ups and downs of your lambing season! I´ve started to like the Lleyns quite a lot. Terrific mothers!! Would you say they are more prone to prolapses than other breeds though? How many % per year of your ewes are afflicted would you estimate? All the best from the Island of Gotland, Sweden.
