Sorry about the empty heifers. Did you pin down a reason..Bull maybe. Ewes look really well, did the fly strike calm down,just about to shear over here(flies are about!)
Bonjour Monsieur .. welcome back Sir .. loved watching your video channel documentary lifestyle countryside content and as always beautiful sharing and you doing an excellent great job, respect your hard work, keep it up Sir .. take care and stay safe .. Merci beaucoup Monsieur ..
Yeah you can also send your sheep to the Alliance they can handle mutton too. Buy yourself shares with the Alliance more stock you supply them more shares they give you. With having flat land as well sheep will get used to you when you are feeding out and shifting brakes every 2nd day. It is good to have cattle to when you have done the sheep side of things over the spring/ summer with selling the lambs and hoggots.
Nice video Alistair. Shame you couldn’t afford to keep the dry heifers but hey as you said “That’s Farming”. You seemed to be a bit flat mate so maybe a jog over a few hills or a spin on the mountain bike to get the energy levels up and the brain in the right space, Mate. Just keep on keeping on 👍
Weird question but what happens to their cute suits when they go to the meat works? Do they get biffed or sold to leather workers? Do you profit from them if they are sold?
Great vid Alistair you guy's have it easy here in Ireland cattle are registered national database when registered we get a blue passport back (about a week) with name and address of owner, tag number, herd number, dam tag number on it the passport/card it will also have it's records of tb tests on it 12 month annual tb test can't be sold out of test the card goes with a animal when sold, if that heifer missing a tag was mine I couldn't sell her until i ordered and received a new tag with her number and retagged and now cattle have to have a eid tag too. Ah man yeahs don't know how easy yeah's have it.
Your confidence, hard work and abilities with a lovely family are admired. NZ not the country I once knew and loved. The socialists and greens in their madness and stupidity taxing and legislating NZ farmers off the land! This is very sad.