Lambs hit the ground running

[@mickm7258]

liking the farm visit videos, good banter and great learnings to be got, super stuff!

[@sheepshepherd]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulf2529]

It is always interesting to see other people's setups. Tidy farm there.

[@walshjoseph7991]

HONEST DECENT PEOPLE running a great operation

[@sheepshepherd]

Spot on

[@donalfahy1933]

Brilliant farm videos Glen

[@brendannaughton1996]

Great video lads.them people have some operation going.there farm yard is well laid out and very clean.well done lads a very enjoyable video as usual.

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@johnlydon533]

Great video Glynn , shout out to camera man 😃. That’s a great setup the lads have and definitely shows the work and long hours they have put into it not to mention how proud their father is of them. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@sheepshepherd]

Absolutely. Appreciate the comment

[@Billyjoe469]

Great Video Glen & Great fredback there too. Definitely hit on something with the new format. Some great nuggets of info there for the viewers. Might be worth putting it out there to the viewers to see if theres any other farms that you could visit. Just a thought.

[@sheepshepherd]

Ya super idea, I might just do that. Appreciate the comment

[@SeanieD1968]

The salt is a good idea for adoption the lamb,, Some farm and sheds ❤❤

[@galwaypat5744]

Another mighty video with great information on sheep farming and humours banter from.the sheep farmers . Best of luck to ye lads for 2025 .

[@sheepshepherd]

Thanks, you too!

[@michaeloregan1508]

Great video Glenn as always, just one thing it was a bit hard to hear with the music playing at the same time, maybe I'm just going deff 😂

[@Sean-fb7cy]

Colum is a top camera man

[@sheepshepherd]

He sure is

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Glyn happy new year to all 👌

[@sheepshepherd]

Happy new year

[@theknockabout]

Ive done this, although not on purpose... 55 ewes gave me 125 lambs in about 16 days. woof.

[@tomgreene1843]

Thats a lot surely ?

[@theknockabout]

@@tomgreene1843 For just one farmer, me, it was a bit...overwhelming! I slept in the barn basically for 10-12 days. It was about 10 years ago, so it was just before super inexpensive, wifi cameras were easily purchased. I could have set up a camera system in the barn to watch for lambs being born, but...eh...I just sort of checked often or did a lot of work in the barn.

[@theknockabout]

the majority of the lambs were born in the first week.

[@Sean-fb7cy]

Better videos than ear to the ground. Has john anymore stories.

[@MargaretThompson-os9gb]

Far more interesting...love watching them

[@ronaldlucas5360]

I enjoy you guys alot

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@azamyahmad]

Hello there and welcome back my friend ! .. and there you go again absolutely another beautiful sharing upload and share ! .. thanks again from Montreal QC Canada ! ..

[@sheepshepherd]

Thank you very much, appreciate the comment. Gla you enjoyed the video

[@patpn4]

Great craic god love the old fellow mighty 💯🙏

[@brigidconroy2111]

It’s a trifecta John with his crack, sucklers and some amazing scenery The lambs are huge for newborns and sharp looking It is a very efficient stable set up Fascinating that the animals have a dietician Dad would have been interested except his grain mixture was a secret blend that he would want to know about but not quite enough to share😂😂

[@sheepshepherd]

Thanks for the info, appreciate the comment glad you enjoyed it

[@brigidconroy2111]

@ Glyn love Ireland, you and your dad have such a fabulous relationship It is a pleasure to watch

[@paddymickiemickie8221]

You gotta love the Kerry men chatting Great work men Yer man from Castlemaine keep s a few sheep here in Australia Met a man in a pub once here in Australia Got chatting about farming He told me that he had a few sheep I asked him how many were a few His answer Around 35000 at last count Kerry sheep used to come up to the midlands back in the day The beggars would get out of prison No keeping them in a field No respect for fences You would not be popular with the Neighbours

[@ericdineen4842]

Colum you need a bonus

[@sheepshepherd]

😂 don't say that

[@columkelleher3823]

Well said

[@tomaswall6935]

Super set-up. The oxy makes sense. I've used it to open up cows and help them drop milk into their spins. Makes sense that it would give them the mothering hormones too.

[@sheepshepherd]

Thank you very much, appreciate the comment. Gla you enjoyed the video

[@leonardsheedy4103]

Mighty stuff as always lads😮😮

[@KayHannon]

Very educational how farming has come on fair play

[@sheepshepherd]

👍

[@markoconnor1291]

That's a fantastic video 👌💚

[@sheepshepherd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@emmett1739]

Outstanding ewes lambs and set up , the lamb in the pen with purple no1 its side is a smasher. Yeah we would have used the salt on lambs and in the ewes mouth to get them to lick. To be honest Texel bred ewes have a bad habit of rejecting a lamb and we find that they always reject the lamb that gave the more difficult birth. As regards naval spraying it should never be stopped its the main route of bacteria infection at lambing , yes top class hygiene and cleaning are essential but 10% iodine is cheap and quick. Well done what a first class beef and sheep farm.🎉

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@tomgreene1843]

Fine outfit there ...is there a better price for early lambs ?

[@sheepshepherd]

Ya there always has been for the Easter lamb. Costs are very high for early lambing

[@tomgreene1843]

@@sheepshepherd A farmer I know ..not on utube, told me the early lamb was hardly worth the bother but he only has small numbers. Thanks for comments.

[@sheepshepherd]

100% only the last 2 years they got great prices. But before that, it wouldn't have been that great.

[@paddy294]

Cracking video. What a great setup

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@tomzeedee]

Great video..alot of useful info..great setup..

[@sheepshepherd]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kallykat]

I need translation to English 😂😂😂😂😂 Even cc can’t understand 😆😂😆😂

[@Iverselec]

Time to build a new shed for yourself. You need the space with the amount u have at lambing

[@IainMacmillan-tr4rw]

Fantastic video. Fine fellows the lot of you. Very interesting approach and some interesting tips. . Is it easy to get meds such as oxytocin as our gets limit bulk buying meds.

[@sheepshepherd]

Depends on your vet exactly, not sure what it will be like this year

[@Ffffffffffhhh1]

Great content keep up the good work 👌👊

[@sheepshepherd]

Thanks! Will do!

[@padraigking5185]

Good stuff

[@sheepshepherd]

Thanks

[@jayuppercase3398]

Some shed

[@johnmoore3714]

Great video, I believe if a ewe reject it lamb' there will be something wrong with it

[@patdoyle6716]

Please stop playing background music when talking, I cannot hear what you’re saying

[@michaeloldfield9313]

xcellent vid,

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@joanne26]

Hi there I watch lots of Farming channels like Cammy The Sheep Game in Ayr , Cowley Hill Farm in Staffordshire The farming protests in United Kingdom must carry on. The Labour Government are ECONOMICALLY ILLITERATE Who is going to FEED US proper food - and I mean MEAT Not plant based - humans are Carnivores Having worked for an🇺🇸cartridge valve hydraulic off road highway equipment manufacturer office in Birmingham a CLAAS combine can cost £400,000 and more and JD tractors can cost £100,000 as these were my customers. So the £1 million is taken up I find it difficult sometimes to pick up your Irish 🇮🇪 accent My maternal grandmother was born in Balina, Co Mayo in 1885 and came to North Wales in 1901 and then to Birmingham in around 1923 ❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧☝️☝️ My mother🙏🙏could just about understand gran

[@sheepshepherd]

Keep listening and you'll understand us eventually 😂 Appreciate the comment.

[@brigidconroy2111]

@@sheepshepherd Love 💕 the brogue only occasionally have a problem usually when John is excited chatting with one of his buddies BUT that’s why there is rewind 😂

[@MargaretThompson-os9gb]

In fairness the Kerry accent is unique....Im good at accents but lots of people find it difficult. I love the accent..great people

[@noelgalagher2712]

Your men in next government Michael get ministry job 👍

[@paddy294]

Cracking video ld

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@endasmyth]

👍

[@gerryglynn5005]

What’s with the music playing as ye are taking it’s herd enough to hear ye talking 🤦‍♂️

[@MarkCleary-z8n]

Its not that people are lazy and wont farm it because there not making enough to get by for what u would be putting in to it more like a hoppy really

[@edwardhill1935]

Whats a texal mule ewe.

[@theknockabout]

a mule sheep is a crossbred sheep. Texel is a breed that is crossed with a different breed to benefit from particular characteristics of the other breed. If you are breeding for meat lambs, you arent looking for a purebred animal. You are looking for a body type, fast growing, good on grass only, etc.

[@edwardhill1935]

@@theknockabout thanks I don't have a farm and watching farm videos I've no ambition to own one. That work is very difficult with no break so I'll just enjoy watching so long as he keeps posting. His dad is some man and great sense of humour.

[@SeanieD1968]

I’d rather be a farmer than working for a multinational company as your only a number in the company,, Be better been your own boss Get back what you put into it rather making someone else a millionaire

[@gearoidkelly533]

1st😊

[@sheepshepherd]

Fair play

[@vwvw4]

Not sure why the sex of the twin lambs are a consideration when choosing a replacement ewe since the lamb gender is determined by the ram not the ewe. I can see deciding whether to use a ram again would be a factor as if you put a ram to your ewes for replacement ewe lambs and you lamb out mostly ram lambs, you wouldn't use that ram again, move him to the commercial lambing ewes. Great video and such a wonderful set up, so clean and all the stock in lovely condition! It's too bad about the mic position as can't hear most of what the Dad said. And did the fellow say in grafting a lamb onto a ewe he used salt? Couldn't hear him. Wish some UK farmers would try Ile de France, far superior to Texel, rail out over 50% and extremely vigorous lambs.

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@paulcallaghan9953]

we also use salt. bucket warm water put lamb into bucket then put after birth on we find it good also

[@vwvw4]

@@paulcallaghan9953 Interesting, do you use cobalt salt or just regular salt or salt/mineral mix?

[@GerryBlake-w3y]

Lads every day I look at your videos it lifts my heart I know we have a lot of dead stock in your game hill farming isn't for the. Faint hearted but you might get the legend and I have great respect for what you do to give Michelle keane the thumbs up big respect for you all

[@sheepshepherd]

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[@2301Moose]

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