Shifting Lambs & Shearing Rams

[@johnjordan4647]

Alistair’s farm gym. Warm up hang a couple of yard gates , then high intensity workout = shear rams. 😂Well done Mate 👍

[@alanmitchell7322]

Great to see your young daughters being brought up out and about with you learning about farm life well done.

[@deedawson6074]

So Miss Buttercup will soon be Mrs Buttercup, then mummy Buttercup. Exciting for your daughter. The ewe lambs are looking good, lush growth around at the moment. Darling duffis Alphie.

[@Natoyarose]

Your daughters are such great value. I love how you let them explore and are teaching them so much and at a pace they can deal with. You are so patient with them!

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks Natoya, Its well worth the effort.

[@Dozerthefarmer]

Great camera operator and lots of work Alistair and Jenna. Good on ya mate. Keep up the good work. Love the videos.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks very much

[@rigger314]

Dont think I'd like shearing for a job but love your video's, never the same and always entertaining.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks Very much. I try to be not too repetitive.

[@rigger314]

@@kiwifarmernz Your not mate, It's great content.

[@mixoldschool1381]

Awsome video’s mate beautiful wee family you have love it

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks very much

[@brianmolloy2173]

Bet you enjoyed your beer after that lot of shearing! Love your channel and good to see the subscribers growing steadily. Well done. That Canterbury rain won't go away will it?

[@kiwifarmernz]

Nope the rain is very consistent at the moment, hope it will stop soon but I'm not holding my breath.

[@brianmolloy2173]

@@kiwifarmernz you lived on the Coast you will know the feel of the rain

[@kiwifarmernz]

@Brian Molloy yep we are not set up for if here tho. On the coast the rain has all drained away the next day.

[@cantwellron11]

I bought 2 shears 100% wool and 2 wool T shirts from NZ Natural cothing live in SOUTH Australia bloody terrific

[@patrickaherne3598]

Almost 10k subscribers!

[@kiwifarmernz]

Getting close.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice

[@azamyahmad]

Absolutely another spectacular beautiful adventure shooting lifestyle countryside and as always you doing an excellent great job, keep it up Sir .. loved the beautiful content video and the views absolutely gorgeous .. million thanks for sharing Sir, take care stay safe .. Merci beaucoup

[@chessman483]

I’m an X shearer as mentioned before. U shear well for a part timer. One tip to make that last side better. U need to get at least one more full blow over the entire backbone of the sheep when you shear the long blow. Certainly the last section of the long blow ( approaching the head) u got no where near a full blow over the backbone. Certainly makes the last side positioning the sheep a lot easier. If u have to much wool to get off on the last side, u have to have expert control over the sheep. If u don’t have so much u can shear yourself out of trouble often, especially on that front leg coming down the last side.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks very much for the tips I will try that.

[@chessman483]

@@kiwifarmernz it’s like anything, it may feel uncomfortable to start with, but it’s certainly the correct way to shear larger sheep. U can get away with it on lambs . In fact top shearer’s only just go over the backbone on lambs.

[@cantwellron11]

NZ natural clothing so singlets & T shirts the bestest eva

[@Saigwin]

Looks like you drove past the Little River Vet & Cattery with Paul and India, they are awesome. I've used the Vetlife clinic right in Little River before and they were good, but Paul is definitely my go to Vet.

[@markmeredith5521]

What....a.....super......mob....of .......ewe lambs🤩 You gotta be really stoked with those. Lambs still coming to over £140/head but I’m down to my last 100 But I can see it dropping soon as more spring lambs come foreword.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Yea I am really happy with them.

[@cabbage4717]

You shear great and when hanging the gate good management or good luck

[@kiwifarmernz]

I would like to say the gate was skill but it was good luck.

[@cabbage4717]

I no that feeling

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi I like your video

[@edelm6062]

Beautiful yard and gardens. Do those rams weigh 140 kilos? Thanks for another nice video.

[@kiwifarmernz]

They would be close to that. Especially when they are in good condition.

[@garymadden2656]

👌

[@beejayem42]

🐨👍

[@phil6465]

I was surprised to see the irrigator on your road trip! Are they common?

[@kiwifarmernz]

Very common here in Canterbury.

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍 The Deutz is still in bits?what size is it

[@kiwifarmernz]

Yep still in pieces, its 150hp

[@Adrian-c9u]

Yeah with sending your young bulls to the alliances you will be better off for it. They do pay well for your stock. Buy shares and bounds they pay good divs.

[@lukehillier2262]

Do all the dogs work

[@kiwifarmernz]

Them all except Tex. Hes retired now.

[@jonathankeith2547]

How do you feed all those dogs, we have five Border Collies and they eat two to three kangaroos every week. You don’t have that natural pet food supply on hand, have you taught them to eat Possums?

[@kiwifarmernz]

Mainly blackhawk dog food. We do feed some cull ewes and the odd possum.

[@leroyalan8476]

Hay bro Alan hear from chch hay can i buy 2 lambs 4 meat if that's cool or not just email me bro chu

[@kiwifarmernz]

Sorry mate, Cant do that.