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Re: Best EID sheep recording software and tags and slaughter tags and database

Will the new sheep database reduce the chances of people cutting out tags and putting their own in? Or maybe microchips and plain ear tags?

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Bridget on Fri, May 17 2013
Prizes for answers

See survey forum for Survey with £50 prizes for EID opinions

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Bridget on Sun, May 12 2013
Sheep & Goat EID legislation survey £50 prizes to be won

Please fill in my survey (part of PhD study on Sheep and Goat industry). £50 prizes donated by NSA, NFU, Dalton(Tags4u) and Roxan (tagfaster), and me are up for grabs. Your opinions matter! Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2RDZ5GK and Sheep Eid on Facebook

Posted to Questionnaires and surveys (Forum) by Bridget on Sun, May 12 2013
Lambing Live at Overbury Farms 14th April

Lambing is here again as as last year we are hosting our annual 'Lambing Live' Event on the 14th April. It will be great to see lots of people here again as in previous years, there will be so much going on. The tractor and trailer rides will be leaving the Village Hall in Overbury from 10.00...

Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Sun, Apr 7 2013
What the baa are you looking at?

We call sheep tibbers here because hereabouts you call 'tib, tib, tib' to a flock when shifting them. This tibber had her eye firmly on the camera - no flies on her!

Posted to Red Ruby Heifer (Gallery) by Red Ruby Heifer on Mon, Mar 11 2013
nearly a sheep herringbone

Although not milking sheep, perhaps this flock thought they'd cope in a herringbone parlour

Posted to General Farming Photos (Gallery) by Red Ruby Heifer on Mon, Mar 11 2013
Succession

Even though it's now a countryside program rather than a farmers' bulletin, we can't resist watching Countryfile (the weather forecast isn't bad). The piece about farming apprentices in the northcountry (backed by the Prince's Trust) woke me up - why don't we have something like...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Red Ruby Heifer on Sun, Mar 10 2013
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
Any farmers in the (snowy/wet) north of England?

Hi everyone, I know you are all busy but I'm hoping a few of you will be able to spend 10 mins to complete my survey for my undergrad dissertation at Northumbri Uni. I'm investigating the determining factors in a farmers' decision to adopt (or not adopt) organic methods, but this doesn't...

Posted to Questionnaires and surveys (Forum) by LeanneD on Wed, Feb 13 2013
sheepdog at work

Walt about his business - who'd be without man's best friend?

Posted to Red Ruby Heifer (Gallery) by Red Ruby Heifer on Wed, Feb 13 2013

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