WINTER MAKEOVER FOR THE LAMBS | They grow better right?

[@jldisme]

Well done, Cammy, Mum, Meg and Skye! Some team!

[@jldisme]

I love how, at times, Meg seems to be supervising you to make sure you have it under control it right. The kids too. Lol

[@kathyintraining5720]

Great to have Mum's help and support!

[@harrygoochie5361]

Hi Cammy, I’m new to your channel but utterly obsessed! Pretty sure I’ve binged most of your vids in the last couple of days 😂 and great to see new videos still coming - thanks a lot and keep up the great work! 👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Some man Harry. Hoping to keep them going steady each week.

[@coolefarm2517]

Great stuff Cammy. I don't know how you look after 1100 head and work the mysterious city job on top of that! I work full time too but struggle with 20 sheep and a few cattle. You're making it look easy. Keep up the good work 👍🏻. Rowan

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Rowan!! I'm not sure how it all works out either lol

[@meghanplamondon8639]

Such a nice video again, drone footage, cute sheep, and your dogs! Omg! They are amazing! Such workhorses! So well trained! What athletes! I see the absolute need for them in a Scottish farm such as yours. The best part however, we’re the three little darlings, helpers in training, even helping pack down the wool. Thanks for taking the time to post, it was just lovely. ❤️❤️👍👍🐑🐑

[@TheSheepGame]

Keep the comments coming i love the positive feedback!

[@edwardmuir7806]

Hello Cammy, regards from France, Thankyou so much for your videos a great help for us . We have recently changed from goats to sheep. We only have a small herd 15 texel x mules and a Hampshire Ram .... But it is only the start!!! Your enthusiasm for this job is fantastic !! Have you come across Churchmount Sheepdogs ? Paddy Fanning definitely worth a watch !!

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Eddie, no I haven't seen that but i'll look it up! Thanks very much for the positive comments and I look forward to hearing your feedback in future videos. Cammy

[@john-xx8nc]

Great video, and to be able to show Joe public how we identifier our food and where it comes from is priceless ,cheers

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks John!!

[@valorizehojeesempre6583]

Assisti um de seus videos e é divertido acompanhar seus videos. Brasil.

[@cherolynwolf5913]

Love watching you. Question what does the k mean on your right hand?

[@wendyrowland7787]

I used to cut the loop to prevent them catching and ripping out. The bairns are very bonnie and cute. Glad I no longer have to do the beaurocracy.

[@stuartw1891]

Great video Cammy, you must be a wizard on the keyboard by now with all the subtitles. Never had these scanner things when i was a herd it was a chunk taken out their lug and the ewe lambs got a plastic tag as well which usually fell out in a few months.

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Stuart. Problem is we need to have all this now to keep the Gov folks happy =D

[@jamesdonal8599]

Good job explaining the recording we must do to comply with requirements ,from the big chiefs in Edinburgh. You will be pleasantly surprised how many lambs will be born,from that group of ewe lambs next spring. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheSheepGame]

We'll find out soon enough the months are flying past!

[@jamesdonal8599]

@@TheSheepGame I suggest using a easy lambing tup, I always used Charolais Which I bought very local to you.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thought about charolias myself. I have a mileniun blue that might do the job.

[@n04h94]

Love the sheep scanning thing for the tags dad should we get one? 😂

[@TheSheepGame]

Pricey but effective!

[@hutchlinda9]

An absolutely brilliant video. Thanks for the info.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Linda I appreciate that

[@jaynechalmers2779]

You lambs look so healthy, I subscribe to Sheepishly me and enjoy her channel a producer in Canada, your channel is very informative different breeds very interesting, keep up the good work👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Jayne. i sub to Sandi too she is brilliant.

[@alicegamble6145]

Great video.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks!

[@Hailstonepie]

Do you have a copy of the country code ? You tag good, not further in as need growing room.

[@shanedevlin6509]

Great video’s keep them coming!

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Shane. Appreciate the comment bro!

[@shanedevlin6509]

@@TheSheepGame I appreciate the video’s a lot as I’m only getting into sheep and learning a lot off your video’s

[@Niasaurus-Rex86]

4:56 The sheeps legs went faster then its brain could think of what to do by the look of it.. Hahahah

[@MyWKC]

Cammy, that was a good video. I always enjoy seeing the differences between the UK and Oz on livestock handling, production etc. Here we have PIC numbers rather than flock numbers, but based on you explanation I think they are essentially the same. The PIC (Property Identification Code) number relates to the property they were born. I also use the Shearwell EID tags and the Shearwell reader. I did not know about having the circular ring on top. That is an excellent tip, thank you!. I had noticed some of the tags do spin around. Here we do not have the second tag, only the one tag. Although I put in a non EID tag on the prime lambs to differentiate them from the Merino lambs when they come rushing down the draft at a thousand miles an hour.

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah we are mad for the paperwork and regulations over here. Double tags for any stock over a year old and any breeding sheep.

[@99037149]

Good video and the sheep are looking well. I have never seen one of those tag scanners before but it looks like a good bit of kit if it's not outrageously expensive.

[@TheSheepGame]

It is outrageously expensive lol. About £800 I think!

[@99037149]

@@TheSheepGame Yes that is outrageous. I thought it would be expensive when I noticed you still had the box it came in. Definitely not something just to chuck in the back of the pickup.

[@viscache1]

You speak perfectly clearly! Why the subtitles?

[@llally6121]

Hi cammy great video as always similar system here in Ireland we have to double tag every sheep going to mart EID + visual tag a single eid would do direct to factory

[@TheSheepGame]

Interesting to know! Thanks for the comment!

[@lisagarcia5457]

September was beautiful here in Ontario as well. Enjoyed the video, sheep and children running through the gates! Perfect...

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Lisa 😁😊

[@JD-zr1ew]

Another gid yin Cammy, might try shearing my lambs... all 8 of them, Hebrideans! Hardly big business but better than sitting watching the telly. Cheers again Jd

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers JD. I'll be better organised next year and get them all shorn (I've said that the last 4 years lol)

[@LauraHinnekensSheShepherds]

Love the wee guys running around and eating ice cream 😋🍧 do you shear the lambs in September?

[@TheSheepGame]

Some lass..... You have to shear your ewe lambs!! Especially when you're a shearer =D.... or make Ewan do it =D

[@LauraHinnekensSheShepherds]

@@TheSheepGame haha yes it was the plan last year! But the weather was really crap end of September, I just worried they would get soaked to death and chickened out! the big man was going to shear them! If I do it, I might finish them when their teeth are out! 😂

[@farquharmacrae7866]

Do you like your Ifor trailer? We have just ordered one the same as we have only ever had the different style of tri axel. They have had good reports!

[@TheSheepGame]

It's braw. Wheels on the outside are good for stability. Will last a long time even with the abuse I give it!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@markelton2594]

Great video again, what kind of weight do you get your wethers to before you market them. Nice looking bunch of lambs you have there.

[@TheSheepGame]

See what weight they are when the grass runs out😂. Would aim for 40kgs plus.

[@markelton2594]

Do the wethers go to butcher after the grass runs out or do they go on to get fed up some more?

[@TheSheepGame]

@@markelton2594 the grass won’t run out i’ve a fair bit in reserve. 😁

[@magsprettejohn2160]

Great video. I did like your advice on what to do if sheep only has one ear, lol.

[@TheSheepGame]

hahahah I have a sheep with two tags in the one ear that's why i mentioned it

[@jimmynicolson3214]

The Datamars tag reader looks better than the Allflex one I bought last year. Great that you get the printer with it.

[@TheSheepGame]

Aye it's handy Jimmy. Cost a fortune though!

[@jillcrowe2626]

As of today, your subscribers number 311,000 people. Today is 11 May 2023 from Escondido, California, 27 miles north of San Diego.

[@karenm6887]

Please tell me what is "tups? Also what is the K tattoo on your finger stand for?

[@farmscotland]

What software do you use for editing all your content, works well

[@TheSheepGame]

Premier pro

[@davidnicolson6443]

Grate vid as ussual cammy your lambs are looking in grate nick i whish the grass was still as green up here

[@TheSheepGame]

Aye we get it easy down here bro! =D

[@Jp12987]

Great lambs you have there. When you hope to sell them weather lambs? How come you have to have them lambs tagged when you not selling them?

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks James. All the weather lambs will be sold when fat. U have to tag them to move them do another holding. It also means I can just load the wagon later when taking them to market and don't need the race to tag them.

[@datschildish7186]

Well lad just wondering if you’d be able to do a video talking about different breeds and your experience with different breeds and what breed is best in different situations such as lambs for slaughter or ewes for breeding and what suits you

[@TheSheepGame]

That's a good idea I might try do a wee video covering that!!

[@pryslewis9959]

Great video!! I always tag my ewe lambs in the front of the ear and the base of the ear. I found that a lose less that way!! 🙈🙈👍👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Thought about that myself. Where i'm doing them is maybe a fraction high and easy caught. Only money though eh? =D

[@pryslewis9959]

@@TheSheepGame when i used to do mine in the back of the ear i used to lose loads of them!! And i use shearwell tags as well!!

[@janegrieve]

Good one Cammy 😁

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks 😁

[@janegrieve]

@@TheSheepGame 😀👍

[@johnjones3848]

Great job again.tags can be opened by using handle of pliers to pop open.waste not a good tag.🐑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Some man John i'll give that a go next time!

[@ewanferguson2085]

Great video again cammy. How many ewes do you run?

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Ewan. I will have about 6-700 to the tup this year and have about 1100 head on the ground just now.

[@seancorbett4236]

Great video. What brand of scanner do you use

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Sean. It's a datamars. Got it from Roxan maybe???? Don't quote me on that!

[@roberto33812]

How do you find the tunnel for sheep looks a good idea new subscriber from Shetland 👍

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Robert thanks for the Sub!! It's ok but doesn't beat a proper shed. That one doesn't really get used. There used to be two here when my dad lambed 700 on this farm. Now I just rent the ground.

[@roberto33812]

Sheep looking good 👍

[@KellysAdventures305]

Oo! Tight tank top! And SHORTS!

[@davidcooke8002]

Great video as usual! How many ewes can you fit in the trailer with the decks!

[@TheSheepGame]

Cheers Davy! On mule ewes be about 50-60. Probs get 70-80 of these shorn lambs on.

[@davidcooke8002]

@@TheSheepGame thanks Cammy. I may find a set for my second-hand ivor Williams trailer so. Cheers for all the help and advice

[@andreja8373]

Great videos, the subtitles are very helpful for us non-Scottish folk, although they probably take quite a bit of time to be put in. It's interesting to see how different sheep farming and farming in general can be from country to country. I was just wondering, if you ever use livestock guardian dogs in Scotland or UK in general like we have to, or you don't have many issues with predators?

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks very much. We don't need that here. We don't really have any predators that would tackle an adult sheep. Foxes and badgers would cause some issues at lambing time but apart from that I think we killed all the bears a while ago =D. Where are you farming?

[@andreja8373]

@@TheSheepGame I'm from Slovenia. I grew up on a farm, but unfortunately we don't farm much anymore so for the past 10 years we've been renting out our pastures to a local sheep farmer. He uses a couple of guard dogs due to predators so I found it interesting that I haven't seen any in your videos. :)

[@TheSheepGame]

@@andreja8373 amazing! I’d love to see that in action! I’m going to try and get to different countries and see different sheep farms!

[@andreja8373]

@@TheSheepGame yeah, those dogs are amazing and can be a bit intimidating when they feel like their flock might be in danger. Fortunately the part of the country that I live at rarely has trouble with bears and wolves (they usually only pass through; other parts of Slovenia are a different story), so in this case they are used mostly as a precaution.

[@jldisme]

My brother has two Great Pyrenees as pets (He only keeps chickens and guinea fowl so he doesn't need them as guardian dogs). From what I understand, trained guardian dogs are incredibly expensive. Jo Lori D. in rural West Virginia, USA (where we have black bears. One stole an entire 20 lb bag of cat food from my mother's porch! She heard the noise and opened the inside door. Imagine her surprise to see the bear staring through the storm door at her!)

[@rmagrivideos41]

Good video cammy are your tups out yet. ?

[@TheSheepGame]

Churrr Ross. No Mate be 7th November give or take!

[@aled702]

How the hell do you farm? Do you rent land? If so how much and does it cost?

[@steverichardson7263]

What eid reader is it you’ve got mate and do you use any software for record keeping or do you do it pen and paper.

[@TheSheepGame]

It's the Datamars. I had to remortagage the house to buy it and I just use it with the printer. I have 17 holding numbers so the paperwork is wild to keep on top of.

[@nicklane1234567]

Hi cami I new to this sheep thing not long got 5 ewe lambs can u do a video on condition scoring as all your video are good and informative aas well mate

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Nick, Think that's covered in a video I have coming out in about 2 weeks. Thanks for watching and any questions just ask.

[@nicklane1234567]

Thank u much appreciated

[@TheSheepGame]

Just finished editing the video on Condition scoring ewes. Think it will be out next Sunday.

[@nicklane1234567]

Appreciate the update thanks cami

[@shawnwales696]

Cracks me up that Cammie thinks 23°C is hot. It's regularly 27°C where I live, 8-9 months of the year. Of course we don't get snow, so it balances out I suppose.

[@Forsgren530]

I’m new to your channel. Where do you live? I raise Dorset sheep in Utah, USA. When do you lamb? Very nice video.

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi Jake, I live in Ayrshire in Scotland. I will be lambing from 1st April! What about u?

[@Forsgren530]

@@TheSheepGame I start lambing the same time April 1. Your videos are really informative. Do you strictly feed grass and forages? Do you grain your lambs?

[@TheSheepGame]

No grain for lambs. My cross bred ewes will get some concentrates about 8 weeks before lambing and then while they are in the shed.

[@tammysarrazin7078]

so how many pups did skye have and are they all gone now ??

[@TheSheepGame]

Skye just had 2 pups, and I sold them both as at the time I didn't have enough spare time to give them the training and didn't want them to go to waste.

[@owainjones3104]

Heyy are you a 1st generation farmer? im in llysfasi agri college and work on a farm and im hoping to one day have my own :)))) cheers

[@TheSheepGame]

Yes Owain. My father worked as a shepherd.

[@kimbeale797]

This south Texan appreciates the sub titles. I love your videos but can’t understand a lot of what you are saying. This Sheepishly Me fan has another channel to enjoy! Y’all take care, now ya hear!

[@TheSheepGame]

I realise my accent can be quite hard for the international viewers, hope the subtitles help and you enjoy the channel Kim!

[@lorlorslinger9617]

For the Peta loons that say tagging is cruel, etc. it's the same as getting your ears pierced, it hurts for maybe a few seconds & then it's fine.

[@TheSheepGame]

That's it LorLor and to be fair it's not our choice it's what we have to do to comply with regs

[@lorlorslinger9617]

@@TheSheepGame I'd much rather have livestock ears tagged for Defra regs than see babies get their ears pierced by untrained staff at Claire's Accessories!

[@joshstrycharczyk7207]

Tupping hoggs - for 'the needy or the greedy' according to many clients. Which are you Cammy?

[@TheSheepGame]

Just doing it for the education. I suffer so others don't have to. =D

[@sisterjanetstrong6214]

How long have you and Lizzie been together‽

[@TheSheepGame]

About a year and a half 😁

[@traws2]

sooner the better with lambshearing shore mine in july this year big diffrence usually its later lambs seem to have grown better

[@TheSheepGame]

Aye i’ll need to be sharper next year!!

[@alanwhalley1384]

They do grow better, we’ve done all our lambs, but weather needs to be right so they get off to a good start

[@TheSheepGame]

Aye they've done grand this far!

[@EbrahimAL_awami]

Magic is disbelief

[@EbrahimAL_awami]

Cola means magic

[@45ltr]

Hte trying to read ear tags that have crusted over , totaly minging, cheers from Brechin

[@TheSheepGame]

Ken what you mean!!

[@comedyforlife1146]

If your taking ram lambs to slaughter do u need two tags in uk

[@TheSheepGame]

under a year old then no. Just one tag is fine

[@jamesmurray2343]

hey cammy how can i get a jacket?

[@TheSheepGame]

Hi James, I only have small sizes left but if you follow my insta @thesheepgamevlog or facebook - The Sheep Game then i will update when i get my next lot in before Xmas. Thanks for the interest mate.

[@jimkinloch2360]

First keep up the good work

[@TheSheepGame]

Someone has to be Jim. Well in =D

[@paulfairbrass4424]

I use the button tags and the dummy one's are a bigger, the pain in the arse with them is guaranteed two or more sheep end up tearing them out. Sticking there head through the fences and they get caught.

[@TheSheepGame]

Aye no tag will be 100% sheep proof. Especially if the ewes running for 5-6 years!

[@johngilbert5430]

We tup our ewe lambs but only put a Shetland ram on them, they lamb them easy the lambs get up and go and being a smaller lamb they don't put any pressure on the ewes.

[@TheSheepGame]

That's different John. Never heard of that one. What type of hoggs u lambing?

[@johngilbert5430]

@@TheSheepGame bit of a mix, mainly llyen x a few Suffolk x some Dorset x. Tryed using the llyen ram on them a few years ago and had endless problems, put them to the Shetland since and have hardly touched one.

[@EbrahimAL_awami]

2 is cola

[@farmerskip9039]

Great Video, watch a movie called 'Sunday Too Far Away' it's great

[@TheSheepGame]

Is it ear tag related ? lol

[@farmerskip9039]

@@TheSheepGame Its an Aussie Shearing movie

[@TheSheepGame]

I’ll look it up.

[@annahkurtin5345]

Beautiful babies. You're gonna have to give 'em back though. Donald Trump has a flock of one eared sheep.

[@MrCa107]

Lose the subtitles bro - sod the English (i’m half Scottish) hybrid vigour and all that.

[@TheSheepGame]

It's not the English bro! it's the whole world that isn't Scottish =D

[@kelvinstewart9437]

@@TheSheepGame There are only two types of people in the world,the Scots and those who wished they were :)

[@TheFamilyFarm1]

Almost went snow blind with them legs 😄 stick to your guns don't tup hoggs

[@TheSheepGame]

That's why i give them a run out a couple days a year. Stop them going transparent.

[@aled702]

How the hell do you farm? Do you rent land? If so how much and does it cost?

[@TheSheepGame]

It’s all rented man. Enough for 1100 head. i couldn’t honestly say the total i deal with each bit individually. Rents are fairly high but it’s all about the lifestyle! 😁

[@aled702]

@@TheSheepGame It takes one hell of a person to do that. Respect

[@aled702]

@@TheSheepGame one more question!! Does the income from farming cover the rent?

[@TheSheepGame]

@@aled702 good question mate but a better one would be do i make any money from sheep? The honest answer is that i don’t know. I’ll know better in April when i do end of year accounts. My problem is that i’m always expanding. Hard to make money while u are constantly investing. I shear around 16-17k per yer plus i crutch maybe 12,000 lambs. Then i scan about 15,000 in winter plus i have a city job that pays around £37k a year. All of it just goes back into sheep. I’m confident it will come right though. May just be a few years before i’m making actual profit from sheep.

[@TheSheepGame]

Well that’s a good start!! Get in with the old man😁