WASTING MONEY sheep farming

[@lesleywatkins1172]

Sell the fleeces to local gardeners, we are paying £5 per fleece for our garden! I’m sure you will find lots of interest…

[@Techielass]

Yes, or fine an allotment group and do a group buy to save time selling it.

[@forcesfarming8511]

£5 a fleece!!!! Madness. I can't give mine away for free!

[@lesleywatkins1172]

@@forcesfarming8511 have you tried contacting local allotment growers or just advertise them on market place? I am willing to pay because I love supporting my local shepherdess!

[@garethdesborough7960]

I miss Quacky Chan. Legend, R.I.P.

[@zoebowler5664]

Me too

[@jw8223]

All that wool going to waste and that you can’t get any money for it makes me really sad. Wool is so much better than synthetics. Where I am, I can’t find any wool sheep farmers, wool is hard to come by, expensive (understandably so), and I would LOVE to have wool blankets, mattresses, insulation, and wool to hand spin.

[@wendyrowland7787]

It genuinely makes me sad too. So many things you can make for sure. What is wrong with the human race. I used to love laying on a full wool sheet, just so amazingly, blissfully comfortable. Think of all the futons, cot mattresses and soft furnishings that could be filled even if no one wants to wear wool any more. I love the fact that you take notice of nature along the way. I was quite excited to see a lesser spotted woodpecker parent feeding a fledgeling yesterday, the last time I saw one was about 50 years ago.

[@michaelcrawford2094]

Hell that Spaniel works nicely! I've always said the black and white ones are half collie 🤣

[@coleensmith3544]

Love the hat, wool pellets are becoming a big thing in the States

[@roberthiggins6401]

Another scandal that's gone on for decades is so as you pointed out. So many users, especially when sustainability is supposedly such an issue! Thing is it would mean they have to pay the farmer, so sustainability is not possibly in this case! Sustainability only works where the corporations are involved. Funny that!

[@timlewis5096]

Your way of dealing with the wool is a great method. Keep it going!!. Love the ida of self shedding sheep.

[@TifJones-p9z]

At NZ Feild Days a few weeks ago a company called Fleecegrow was there - they have a website and are doing well in turning the wool into alternative products - one of which is to grow hydroponic tomatoes in sheeps wool and they have started that with NZ largest tomato grower - they have also made wool packaging - like the UK, NZ wool is worthless and cost more to get rid of than take it to the wool board - we either find alternatives or go to hair sheep like NZ has imported from Australia - called the Australian White

[@carolwilson2502]

Lambs 🐑 look fab!! As for the ducks-keeping everything crossed 🤞 for a happy ending. Loving the owls 🦉 too

[@isabelbridges7527]

Morale seems low over the wool situation- understandably so!- so just wanted to let you know that yours are the only videos I fully watch the ads for- even when they're shite 😅 Also Indy on the sheep herding is absolutely incredible. Some dog that! ❤ Appreciate the effort of the owl footage too. Wishing you & Zoe the best for this exciting new chapter x

[@ElizabethShaw-h9z]

Oh Indy,I just love you,you make me laugh every time.

[@sharonm3677]

Yup, that’s the world we live in. We have recycling where I live, oh but you have to wash and clean the containers you recycle and you get no cut in the price of the water you use to clean the garbage/recycle! Oh I hope the eggs are good and hatch, that would be wonderful, fingers crossed. Loved the footage of the owls! Incredible!❤❤

[@theDavitos]

love that fence... i am stealing this idea for sheep and animals haha. well could cross breed with a hair breed ram instead of wool breed and few gen down the line little to no wool if you keep using hair ram until you are without a wool and swap in ewes that have less wool.

[@grahamshepherd4847]

Shedding sheep are the way forward. Best Easycare sales for you are exeter and worcester.

[@mikesinglemaltspirit]

I made the move from wool sheep to hair sheep a few years ago best move I ever made, Wiltshire are great but I am definitely looking at the Australian white I have heard great things

[@forcesfarming8511]

I've been using fleeces in muddy gateways for a while now. It treads into the mess and makes a huge difference.

[@2bzyblack]

Love the hat, it covers up the hairstyle

[@johnnunn8688]

‘Style’? I saw no style.

[@lukeduke3001]

i love your hat if you get another one send it to me here in New Zealand lol

[@dawnmorgan1262]

We have EasyCare shedding sheep. No shearing - yes. Good feet - yes. Will the lambs have the conformation of your ones - no.

[@kimrafferty7170]

With the state of the world you would think sheep's wool would be wanted by recycling companies or even insulation companies. This country was built upon the wool industry, it is still such an important product in the making of good quality long lasting wool carpets that only the rich can afford. If more carpets were made of wool carpets would not need to be replaced so often and all the chemicals used in making synthetic materials for carpet, so it's a win win if wool was made more accessible to more people. Our farmers are fighting a constant battle with so many factors and it's a shame the isn't an organisation that actually works with the farmers and not just rob them for their own greed. Thank you every single farmer for your dedication and passion in producing everything you produce, my fingers are crossed that next 6 months is huge improvement on the weather so you all have a chance this year of producing your products.

[@pauleastham1686]

I sold 3 teeswater fleeces to people ho do spinning for £40 each , I then sold 200 fleeces to wool board(mule and texel) and got £85 , ridiculous isn’t it

[@HootMaRoot]

Depending on the area you live could try and sell the fleese to ppl that grow veg at home, as it can be sold as a natural and organic slug detterent that will also act as a mulch so the soil doesn't loose much moisture. 20 quid a fleese especially how more young folk are getting into gardening and are on that organic growing ways

[@claymonsterpottery]

Is it possible that keeping a few fancy wool sheep would pay for your sheering expenses? I paid $80 US for a beautiful border leister fleece.

[@tomvalentine9985]

Chris if you are putting any stone tracks on your land or neighbours that are use that wool as weed suppression and put your stone on top

[@HootMaRoot]

Your well situated to be sell the wool as an organic slug detterent that will also act as a mulch to help keep moisture in the soil and stop weeds from growing. And if you can get into these eco friendly home veg/flower growers eyes, with any lucky it could be sold at a profit and at worst breaking even

[@glorifiedlungfish]

You might be interested in checking what even very ordinary whole fleeces sell for on Etsy.

[@Dennismelnychuk]

Cant you use that wool for bedding in your barn once you clean it out?

[@murdaniemacleod9213]

Sent a wee owl book my kids like. Hope you got it!

[@shanecroke7682]

Nice looking lambs. Ya its a shame the wool is worth nothing. Same hear in Ireland

[@norwalfarm]

Next time, candle the duck's eggs. It's very simple to do. Use a strong flashlight instead of a an actual candle. Google how to do it. Great video, especially the owl footage!!

[@jrdahl711]

Love the hat, go black caps

[@inotaarto8719]

small shepard here... Yeah wool... Aint that a pickle... its flame retardent, antimicrobial, anticritterial and akk the rest. But... Its not worth the bother...

[@paulthompson8467]

Good video nice footage of the owls hope your duck eggs hatch ok we all are in the same boat it's great getting the sheep sheared but it's not nice getting fleeced for the wool pardon the pun 🙁

[@andwalker1497]

Got everything crossed the eggs hatch! Wot u done to ur thumb nail looks ouchy…Zoe looking well 😊

[@lisakedward1162]

Ebay fleece £10+p&p while i wouldnt suggest you pack and post yourself chris maybe something zoe could do next year with the little one? Honestly i think you have enough subscriber now to sell your fleeces £5/£10 each

[@barbalbers8920]

Might you be able to offer your fleece free for the taking? Someone may have a use and carry it away for you? Or am I overly optimistic?

[@workingkelpie]

The owl chick was a good finish

[@tc6573]

I am lucky my local uk wool depo is just up the road. Still have the bother of taking it up thoe. I tend to look at it as a free disposal service. £2.50 for shearing a ewe and penny's for a fleace

[@akantiia]

rip Quacky Chan, legend of a duck

[@forzadude1995]

You tried DB wools or Laurence pierce

[@mikefoley360]

Next windy day my fleeces will be burnt...

[@daniellesunley4807]

The fox massacred my silky bantams about 4 weeks ago. I had 6 of their eggs in the kitchen so incubated them. I now have 6 little chicks. I put my fleeces on free cycle they were taken within an hour of posting the add.

[@davidburgess3560]

Have you looked at the Irish for selling wool Laurence pierce.

[@saabsonsan]

The wool board isn’t worth its salt

[@Doubledazzlers]

Love the videos❤❤

[@bluridgefarm]

Who’s the artist for the music

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Wow , time flying by .almost time for seperating those lambs . They are big . Looks like the day got warmer . Farmers in shorts . Sheep always look good sheared . So sad about yhe wool . I totaly understand . They destroyed the market for that . Hopefully itll Chang. Have a good one .

[@cjames21]

Get over the the shedding sheep. Aussie whites, White Dorper or Dorper. Easy care and no time wasted with wool and no fly issues

[@puirYorick]

I thought your missus was meant to avoid sheep for the duration. I must have misunderstood. Good luck with those eBay duck eggs.

[@stevenpowley-pg9ps]

Avoid sheep that are pregnant. None of these sheep will be pregnant .

[@kayroth8750]

That's a shame about the fleece and you not making any money off it.

[@paulhorning3837]

Why are you not a duck farmer? You seem to have a favor for them Nice lambs this year

[@roniwerner4598]

Wow😮

[@claymonsterpottery]

🤞🏻 🤞🏻 🤞🏻 🤞🏻 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆

[@RoryWood-s6s]

First 🎉

[@Jack-wo4xs]

just stop using those animals if you actually care about them which is really illogical considering it is a farm that gains profit off of their torment and misery (a big oxymoron if you ask me) just turn your farm into an animal sanctuary if you actually love those majestic and gentle creatures it doesn't have to be what you were always taught to believe it needed to be trust me people are starting to wake and more and more people are actually starting to make the change because they realized the real value of these animals and it isn't in what they can offer us (IT'S NEVER IN WHAT THEY CAN OFFER US) AND IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE this industry is the actual definition of malevolence and you KNOW IT

[@Jack-wo4xs]

Just turn it into a cathartic soul felt sanctuary where people could connect and heal with these beautiful and gentle souls that have experienced an enormous amount of pain and loss like a lot of other human beings trust me animal sanctuaries make way much more money than you think

[@Jack-wo4xs]

I made one myself after years and generations of being a farmer and neither I nor my family ever felt more happy or alive because finally my morals our morals were aligned with what I always felt deeply and vehemently in my heart and soul❤❤🌹

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Chris I hope you get some ducklings 👌

[@Roosmarijn035]

Are you and your likes going to sponsor farmers for making their farms animal sanctuaries? They do have to pay their bills, you know.

[@Jack-wo4xs]

@@Roosmarijn035 I know but what about God do you owe him anything Ecclesiastes 3:19 19 Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath [al; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. And also Jesus's brother Was indeed a vegetarian can you please imagine for a second how could (Jesus) slaughter a lamb How are you going to explain to him the simple basis of what your industry stands upon how this industry segregates a child from his mother so that we could use their milk to make some money for our selves instead and eventually when their death is more profitable than their life (Well you know the rest)and how cold blooded they’re killed )

[@MrsMeatballs]

Grow that mullet longer down the back and you'll be sorted for next summer.. minus the ridiculous hat