SELLING MY FIRST LAMBS OF THE SEASON! - Back to being a Sheep Farmer!

[@jojoskye1]

Thank you for replying. I am 9 years old and just starting my own wee flock. I have 5 Hebrideans, 2 blackface and 2 cheviots. I love wathcing your videos. Looking forward to the next one. Lachlann , hope one day you can come to Skye

[@Eamo-21]

Fair play to you!

[@illusc]

That’s some multi tasking: flying a drone, riding a quad, instructing dogs, watching cows and herding sheep! 👍🏼

[@TheSheepGame]

Haha hence why i finished in the dark Chris😂

[@Finallyretired2022]

You could almost be your wife with the multitasking ! 😂Best to Lizzie and to Jock and his baby,

[@Kimflick100]

I like it 'If they're not your cows why are ya in the field?' :) Great Drone footage always!

[@TheSheepGame]

One of my many inspirational quotes😂

[@markelton2594]

Great video as always, watching from northern minnesota. I farm with my dad, we raise small grains and grass seed and i raise sheep on my own, i also shear sheep around here. I enjoy seeing how you guys farm over there i enjoy seeing your dogs work and the shearing videos are great too. Keep it up.

[@TheSheepGame]

That’s great Mark! When I do my tour of America I’ll give u a shout! 😃

[@markelton2594]

You do that, we would be glad to show you our part of the world.

[@gregedmand9939]

I love how Graham Parker describes cows as very curious animals, especially to something novel: "Ooo, what's that? or "AHH! WHAT'S THAT! "

[@marilynhukill]

My heart dropped when Meg ran toward the road. Used to the driver's here in the states. Worked veterinary emergency too long.

[@TheSheepGame]

Luckily Meg is quite road savvy but I do have to be careful too as not all drivers are too careful.

[@kristinacleveland1805]

"It's like the Amazon"! hahahah Much love from Nova Scotia!

[@Chgtuber]

Such work and dedication. Appreciate all your hard work to bring such great video 😀

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks, always trying to do our best and make things better/easier along the way 👍

[@Haggislover]

Way back in the 1970s my boyfriend and I lived in Thirlestane Castle (Lauder) for 6 months. One day we took a blanket down to the river and fell asleep - woke up to about a dozen cows sniffing at us!

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

Offa's Dyke Path actually ran through quite a few fields with cows (and sheep). The first time a herd of cattle (white park? Something I was unfamiliar with) started following me it kind of freaked me out. I figured "just keep walking, don't make any sudden movements, don't stare at any of them." Maybe it's because US cattle are typically on huge ranches and more "feral" than the domestic cattle of the UK, but I was always brought up to fear them, so to have the path go right through bull pens and cattle fields was a bit unnerving for me. Especially when they started following me around!

[@james5327]

Spot on mate! Nice that youre talking about prices, people get funny down here about it but we all know what the numbers are so cam work it out anyway! We sent some cull ewes today.. prolapsers! Been drawing lambs for weeks for various people. Im holding off for store lamb sales on mine! Price of stores will go up! I'll be in aberfoyle and Aberdeen next week!

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah people are funny when talking about money. I think a lot like to play the “poor farmer” part. That’s not my style. Going to try nd show all sides of the farming process.

[@james5327]

I wish you every success ! Were all doing our best. You're a good man!

[@iancantrill9802]

Hi Cammy, Like the video. Hope you will be able to show the lambs being sold in Lanark. Nice to look around the Scottish farms

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Ian. Due to covid rules I can’t go in to see them sold or wander round the market so I’ll just get a clip of me dropping them off next time. Cheers.

[@donlcannon7602]

Enjoyed video.great to get away from shearing videos to see the lambs. Trade holding up well here in Ireland factories paying 5.30 euro per kg. Great trade for store lambs and ewe lambs and hoggets.

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Donl! Aye it’s been some trade but will no doubt dip slightly now.

[@MyWKC]

I enjoyed that video. The price you got is similar to the prices for lambs here in Australia. The prices here have been record highs at the same time as wool prices have been falling. Look forward to the next video.

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers David! That’s interesting to know!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@Hailstonepie]

Close the gates. Multi tasking like a pro lol. On its back end was that at 9.05.

[@paulf4424]

Great footage. My last lamb's are off next week, hopefully the price will hold 5.40 euro a kilo in Ireland

[@TheSheepGame]

Steady trade! Been great so far this year! All the best with them!

[@kenmarebaydiving]

Good prices Cammy👍👍 Store lambs making good money over the water at the moment. 👌👌

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks! Yes they are wild trade just now!

[@smallgardenbigdreams3808]

Love how in the day light you try to talk so and propper it gets dark n the scottish comes out i just stick a blue dot on its arse lol good vid ❤️

[@TheSheepGame]

Always trying to keep it right but if i don’t concentrate i slip into my native tongue 😂

[@smallgardenbigdreams3808]

The Sheep Game i dont mind mate i unerstand u better like that lol ❤️

[@heatherd212]

Impressive multitasking!

[@caolanmckenna79]

Good man showing prices I like that

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah i’m thinking I’ll try video everything I sell this year. Keep a running average!

[@George_Ren]

It's nice to see that all the "men in the middle" are still making plenty of money. Just over £2/kg for the farmer, that's nasty. Thanks for all your work and insights into the sheep husbandry.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks George. If we got £2/kg+ all the time then we’ll be making money. 👍

[@stuartw1891]

great video Cammy your right there is always one, like the music on the video so cheery and catchy, what is it

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Stuart! No idea it’s one of the ones on my editing software😁

[@jldisme]

Meg doesn't seem to be fashed by the drone.. Love the video! Thanks, Cammy. Just wondering, what is the command "see" for?

[@TheSheepGame]

That’s to get her to look around and find the sheep she has missed 😁

[@magsprettejohn2160]

Great video and glad you got a good price at market. You must have puppies by now, that's gotta be worth a video of those.

[@TheSheepGame]

Pups are here mags. Check out my insta for updates! Vlog to come soon

[@magsprettejohn2160]

@@TheSheepGame just looked, they're amazing.

[@sheepdogman1]

Your becoming quite a celebrity Cammy . Thinking of selling all my Lambs at Lanark this year even though it costs a lot more in shipping.

[@TheSheepGame]

Just working away quietly mate 😁! Aye do it and tell Archie Hamilton I put you onto it see if it bumps my trade up😂

[@sheepdogman1]

The Sheep Game I already know Archie form his time at Longtown market 😃😃😃

[@kelvinstewart9437]

Loved the drone footage,nice looking cattle,never had sheep on the farm at home. "Beef for the barbarians" as they say!

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Kelvin! Sheep are the way forward. 😁

[@caragray7010]

Lmbs have been sometrade his last few weeks, coming back abit now, but stores have been crazy money around Stirling markets.

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah stores staying strong but fat trade on was back now..... hopefully it holds around the £2 per kilo mark

[@jmurray236]

Good show Cammy

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers JM!

[@johnbaxter7021]

Good vid . Keep them coming

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers John!

[@TheRealHoneysuckleFarm]

That's some going drone ,sheep dogs, sheep, cows and phone ....🤯 I hope sky does ok do you know how many 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 ...fab vid looking forward to the next one keep up the good work !

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Catherine! Meant I had to finish in the dark though☺️

[@deepwoodguy2]

really good sheep footage, i watch alot of farming vids and cows are noisy and want to ck out what is happening in their pasture. AND your Drone has a mind of its own... when you were trying to catch it. Dont touch ME. 😊😎😀

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers mate. 😁

[@christopherbrogan1309]

Great video , brilliant dog work 👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Chris. They are idiots but i edit the videos to make them look half decent. 😁

[@paulkelly1560]

@@TheSheepGame quality answer😂 always find the dog here works great when it's just the two of us... Someone watching me and it can all go pear shaped😂

[@TheSheepGame]

All for the banter here Paul. 😁

[@chrisneedham5803]

I'm surprised at the prices compared to the shop. I do realise that we don't eat everything on the sheep. What is the weight of a butchered lamb? 25kg?

[@TheSheepGame]

Be less than that on a 40kg lamb. Nearer 18-21kg i’d say

[@annahkurtin5345]

Wonderful videography. Great attitude. When are you gonna shave some mature Jacob rams?

[@TheSheepGame]

Think I just did the Jacob on instagram this year!! =D

[@annahkurtin5345]

@@TheSheepGame Rats!! I wanted to watch you guys navigate all those horns. They're magnificent sheepies. I wish you all (y'all) the best.

[@jamesrivis620]

Great video.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks James!

[@jamesrivis620]

What is the going rate for shearing ?

[@joeohalloran122]

Hi Cammy great videos,How do you dip your sheep do you use a mobile dipping machine or have you a fixed dip tub on your farm A video would be great.. Love the vids Joe Tipperary Ireland 👍👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Joe, I dipped my ewes last week in a mobile dipper. Working with a boy just now learning the ropes with a view to doing some contracting myself. I’ll get a vlog of it next week and get it up soon. 👍

[@joeohalloran122]

That would be great.keep up the good work. Thanks again

[@dewijones515]

Hi been following you for about 4months and fair play cracking videos. Just wondering what work did you do in the city? Thanks from Mid Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheSheepGame]

You don’t miss much Dewi! I’m going to reveal that soon! It couldn’t be further away from farming 😀

[@jojoskye1]

Hi I'm from the isle of skye have you ever been

[@TheSheepGame]

I haven’t but it’s on my to do list! Do u keep sheep?

[@freddyisaac6284]

Great vid mate I have sold about 250 out of 700

[@TheSheepGame]

Awesome Freddy. U will have caught some good trade!

[@chrisoconnor5880]

My brother had a heading dog Bruce, he could say sheep or cattle when he sent him out, and that’s what old Bruce would bring back, only dog I’ve seen could do that, Border Collie,

[@theredbear7174]

Sounds like an awesome dog.

[@TheSheepGame]

Amazing! Would be great for the vlog!

[@chrisoconnor5880]

The Sheep Game he was an absolute natural, once at a dog trial they were pushing the sheep they had used around the side of a hill, out of the way, When Terry’s run came up, He set old Bruce alight, and he cast straight around the back and taking no notice of Terry’s commands. brought the mob of sheep back from around the hill, He won a prize for best farmers dog, as the judge said, you want a dog to clear the whole paddock, not just bring 3 in

[@99037149]

How much did the Jacob lamb make?? Nice video the drone stuff is really quite cool. Not sure I would be able to multi task like you do! We sell our store lambs in Dingwall but not til September fingers crossed for decent prices then.....

[@TheSheepGame]

£75 @ 38kgs. Good for a jacob😂

[@aled702]

Do you make silage or hay? What’s your winter feed?

[@TheSheepGame]

Funny you should ask that Aled! Got a cracking vlog coming about making hay. But my ewes just run on grass all winter. Some of the mules will get concentrate before lambing and the outdoor lambers get some lick buckets but no hay or silage fed outside.

[@jillcrowe2626]

My husband flies model helicopters as well as drones, but not a fancy drone that will follow him. Be careful to not decapitate a hummingbird or other bird. We have to bury a few because they're curious.

[@everythingfarming8901]

Hi . My lambs are usually sold by may. Does ur price not drop by now

[@TheSheepGame]

Most lambs in Uk are born in April so the price usually drops a bit around this time due to increased numbers at market. However this year the trade has remained strong all year. Still over £2/kg in the live ring. Where are you from?

[@aidanelliott6228]

Well done Jacop 🐏🐏

[@tarianetownsend8881]

🐑🥰

[@jimmynicolson3214]

We have to book in the numbers we intend to sell at the mart about a week before. Do you just arrive on the day with the numbers you want to sell?

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah Jimmy we can just turn up but it’s always better to let auctioneer know that u are bringing some in.

[@jimmynicolson3214]

@@TheSheepGame thank you for your reply.

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

How old are the lambs you take to market? I know you go by weight? These lambs are from this springs lambing??

[@TheSheepGame]

These would have been around 16-20 weeks 👍

[@thomaswatson6426]

Multi tasking

[@ajrwilde14]

How come the season starts in July?? When were they born?

[@TheSheepGame]

I’m referring to the season starting when they were born in April. So this is my first draw of my 2020 lambs.

[@ajrwilde14]

@@TheSheepGame so they are only three or four months at slaughter that seems awfully young

[@TheSheepGame]

Alice Wilde yes Alice. It’s based on how they have grown rather than age. Once they reach the optimum weight of 40-50kgs then they will go to mArt.

[@caragray7010]

Those digital scales make some difference in drawing lmbs, get the retro one fitted on your own scales, get it of eday, you won't regret it, even you can afford 200 odd£. Haha, use that you tube money.

[@TheSheepGame]

Need a lot more views before I can afford my own scales😂. Tell your friends to watch me!

[@janegrieve]

Good day at the sales 😁

[@TheSheepGame]

Yes Jane all down hill from here😂

[@janegrieve]

The Sheep Game Hope not how many have you left to sell

[@TheSheepGame]

About 450 but I’ll be keeping some!

[@davidnicolson6443]

Good looking lambs cammy are they your cattle or are you letting the ground out for someone else

[@TheSheepGame]

I rent the grazing David and cattle belong to the farmer that owns it.

[@davidnicolson6443]

@@TheSheepGame oh right I see

[@thomaswatson6426]

👍🏻

[@XtreamSheep]

Look at any producer and they'll decide their own price for their produce. Then theres farmers we're told what we will get and if that's not good enough then it's our problem..

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah it's a good point Conor, we do get help in other ways though so i'm not one to be too negative about it.

[@caragray7010]

Is that digital scales now.

[@TheSheepGame]

Borrowed from a neighbour because i’m too poor to buy some!

[@lifeonafarm6486]

How much more lambs do you have to sell and of what breed mules and jacobs and what else

[@TheSheepGame]

I have around 450-500 more to sell. Mostly texels out of the mule ewe. Some cheviot mule whethers also. I will be keeping the chev mule ewe lambs. I have a handful of jacobs left 😂

[@lifeonafarm6486]

i would love some jacob ewes i keep around 50 lanark ewes and have 5 zwartble ewes as well

[@TheSheepGame]

I’ll sell us some 😂

[@wendyrowland7787]

I would have been pleased with the prices, they only started to improve to a viable level when I retired due to old age. Nothing worse than seeing lambs coming to market from farms where the farmer is too decrepit to do the job well.

[@TheSheepGame]

Nothing lasts forever Wendy. 🥺

[@louisegrayson6454]

Would be interesting to hear how you train a sheepdog! Do you do it yourself or do you send them off to sheepdog school? haha!

[@TheSheepGame]

Got a vlog coming soon with a national champion. Also Sky has had two pups that i am going to keep and train for the vlog😁

[@viscache1]

Getting my daily fix of Sheep Game. I’m not ashamed I’m hopelessly addicted to sheep! They’re my ‘crack cocaine! Your vlogs are a quick fix but i get to go out 12 hours per day and mainline those fuzzy beauties! It’s hard to think of it as a business...that would make me a ‘dealer’! I give out free milk and meat samples to get the youngsters hooked! Young folk find themselves hanging out to learn about sheep and how to get started...this is so addictive! Bwahahahaha! My sheep ‘drug’ of choice is Leicester Longwools. I got involved in the conservancy of this glorious species. They’re like sweet meek puppies as they follow me around, walk up for a scratch on the cheek an they love a quick snack. It’s a good deal they’re gentle as they average 100-160 kilos and could do anything they want if they have a mine to!

[@TheSheepGame]

A very rare breed!! I also love sheep so we’ll get on great😁

[@itrfarminglife8902]

Drone:playing hard toget You:uhhhh come back here drone

[@TheSheepGame]

Haha i didn’t realise it had a sensor in it!

[@TheDanielede]

Good vid mate👍🏻. How much does it cost for you to sell them at Lanark?

[@TheSheepGame]

4% commission plus some extra levy charges.

[@TheDanielede]

That’s not too bad, we pay a bit more down here. Lamb trade still very good for time of year. All ready to think about tupping 👍🏻

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah the vlogs will be heading that way next 😃

[@iansheephappybutpoor7219]

Who helped finish the Sheep on the video before

[@TheSheepGame]

In Hoy? I think Sean did them himself. What a hero😁

[@iansheephappybutpoor7219]

thank you for replying I am a sheep farmer myself 50 years old still shearing . I do about 7 or 8 8000 now and that's a good year I use North Country cheviots crossing then with Romney's to try and create A Welsh perendale it's nice to see a young man enjoying the Sheep industry very rare these days

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Ian! Very impressive! Are u up near Orkney?

[@iansheephappybutpoor7219]

@@TheSheepGame no my friend I live in Wales I enjoy oi your or films a lot I find them very interesting and good on you you saying the prices of your stock that sort of thing never worried me me either but it gives the general public an idea of how little We get

[@freddyisaac6284]

Shot that is a lot of money

[@TheSheepGame]

Big bills to pay! =D

[@tonidjakic]

Im thinking... i make 16-20k€ per year. I can do that with pasture grazing with 300 sheep's. I love your channel. But bro please speak English 😂. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Toni! Where u farming? I can’t speak English i’m from Ayrshire! 😂

[@tonidjakic]

The Sheep Game im delivery boy. Im bot farming but after watching Gregg Judy videos about pasture grazing and after the world went to hell i want to go in country. I work in Italy, origin from Croatia. I hope that in next few years i will start with sheep. This kind of life is not worth of my time. Thats why i want to do something like you do