BenBhoy
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Sheep are disappearing from the UK's hills - and its dinner plates - BBC News Sheep are disappearing from the UK's hills - and its dinner plates
One for the sheep men
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We had a good history teacher at my school (learnt loads)
Patrick Bourke
Age: unknownSex: male
Crime: stealing sheep
Date Of Execution: 20 Feb 1745
I read that earlier today, what I noticed lost strikingly is the huge reduction in lamb and mutton consumed per household over my lifetime.
I only didn’t post a link as to avoid opening up the tedious Brexit debate again.
Norfolk Horn
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I know government policies are involved but like other meats have changed in popularity.
Now when I was a bor,
we had beef, pork, lamb, game and a chicken and was a treat and turkey was for Christmas.
Now the good men and women of SD that certainly isn't the same now as the pricing has been stood on its head.
Factory farmed chicken, hala slaughtered raped up in plastic seems the thing. The majority of people just don't have a clue.
People look for low fat on meat and then get any other form of factory produced fat hidden in their treats but that's ok.
NH
Let's go bonkers
Low fat yogurt
Low fat cheese
I'll be quiet
Sorry
Zero beer
I best sign off again
yours grumpy old git.
WTFIT
Now when I was a bor,
we had beef, pork, lamb, game and a chicken and was a treat and turkey was for Christmas.Now the good men and women of SD that certainly isn't the same now as the pricing has been stood on its head.
Factory farmed chicken, hala slaughtered raped up in plastic seems the thing. The majority of people just don't have a clue.
People look for low fat on meat and then get any other form of factory produced fat hidden in their treats but that's ok.
NH
Let's go bonkers
Low fat yogurt
Low fat cheese
I'll be quiet
Sorry
Zero beer
I best sign off again
yours grumpy old git.
WTFIT
WH308
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Feck, they aren’t disappearing from here. We started lambing in early January, despite tups not going in until mid September….precocious bloody tup lamb.
I’ve also had a ewe spit out live quads.
I’ve also had a ewe spit out live quads.
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WH308
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Cheers. The ewe was a bit toxaemic and didnt come to milk, so all the lambs are in a shepherdess. I’ve left them in with her, and she is coming to milk now, so if she carries on, I’ll split her and two lambs and leave two as cades.
BenBhoy
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You use oxytocin for them ones?
BenBhoy
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Thank goodness judging by the original article!
WH308
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I didn’t, as she was in bad way for a few days. I was jabbing her with calcium and glucose. Wasn’t sure she would survive.
BenBhoy
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Shame can't get #6 anymore, you using calcibel?
Sounds like a plan. Always wanted to buy a couple of cade lambs for the boys to feed then return but the paperwork and welfare concerns makes in unviable. If only my neighbour would give in and lease me his fallow two-acre field that adjoins my garden. My pal breeds Texels but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and they are not for me!
WH308
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#5 at lower dose, plus a separate jab of glucose.
BenBhoy
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Texels can produce some seriously ugly lookers!
You have to be selective with texels and not pick the bucket head ones and hopefully you should survive lambing texels in my experience.
My mate is struggling this year with their texels. His father bought new tups and their heads are huge. The lambs are getting stuck!
Heavy loses this time
BenBhoy
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But the best looking once hung up!!
