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Surplus lambs

Debating the best method of fostering lambs (yesterday's FW) is all very well, but if you've twice the number of triplets to singles there's not going to be enough fostering opportunities. We used to take the 3rd lamb off a triplet and hand rear, therefore turning out strong doubles which...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Red Ruby Heifer on Sun, Mar 10 2013
Lambing/Equine/Dairy Experience.

Hello, my name’s Annabel Lear I am an A level student based in West London studying biology, chemistry, maths and history. I am aspiring to become a vet and so would like to gain some experience in the following fields: Lambing Dairy Farms Equine As I am based in West London I would prefer to...

Posted to Frequently Asked Questions about using FWiSpace (Forum) by Annabel1996 on Thu, Mar 7 2013
I had a really interesting day yesterday, (and I have to say I was very privileged), to be invited to attend the annual trade briefing by Sainsbury's held in London at the Queen Elizabeth II building. (How that got planning permission I will never know but that's another story!). The aim of the...

Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Jan 30 2013
cubicle dusting powder

Does anyone know where I can get reasonably priced cubicle dusting powder in Somerset? It is for our lambing shed. I don't want to use lime as I'm worried about health risks to myself and the sheep. Last spring I used mole valley cubicle dusting powder bought from a neighbour, but they have since...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by jaffacakes on Tue, Oct 2 2012
Livestock rustling and theft

I'm a trainee journalist specialising in food issues. Would anyone be interested in telling me about the experience of having their livestock stolen or an attempted theft? I am keen to hear from farmers firsthand about this growing issue. What can be done to prevent it? It's for a feature article...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by milkandtwosugars on Thu, Feb 23 2012
Lambs Final Journey

On Monday 16th January Tod, Tia and myself set off heading North West into Wales, our destination was the abattoir in LLanidloes where are lambs are sent to be killed. The trip up took about 2.5 hours and there was lots of discussion about our sheep flock on the way. These are the same lambs that feature...

Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Jan 20 2012
Dog Worming Reminder

Last week we sent a group of lambs to the abattoir in mid Wales as we always do at this time of the year and when the kill sheets came back I was shocked with some of the results. It turned out that of the 87 lambs delivered the Food Standards Agency condemned 17 (nearly 20%) livers for something called...

Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Dec 22 2011
Lambing and/or farm work experience in London or Hampshire area

I am currently studying my GCSE's and also my A-Levels a year early and hoping to become a vet when I am older. Looking for work in lambing, calving or just general farm work however I have not had any experience before so would need training. I have just turned 16, female and very athletic (dedicated...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Romy L on Tue, Nov 22 2011
Dude!!

One of this years orphan lambs (mutt) sporting the new craze in sheep fashion - and looking very pleased!!

Posted to photocompgallery2011 (Gallery) by sammyb on Thu, Nov 17 2011
Gas Tailing Lambs (Problem)

We lamb 500 Lleyn ewes outside. To minimise mis-mothering we leave everything alone, except for problems and iodine. For the last 3 years we have gas-tailed and burdizzo-ed lambs about 4 weeks after lambing when the lambs are strong enough to be be gathered. We have been using a scissor action tailing...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by twoshedstony on Tue, May 31 2011

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