New to Lifestyle Farming
My husband and I have just leased 13ha in Upper Moutere, Tasman. I am a city girl so fairly new to everything.
Looking to run sheep on the place, currently a lot of standing hay in all the paddocks, we are getting the flat paddocks cut and need to get ewes to graze out the hilly paddocks.
This site looks fantastic!
13 hectares, Upper Moutere
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Thanks for response! We have a good water supply but no cattle yards or tractor, should they tip, so cattle are not in the plan yet - hopefully in the future we will run some. Yes will be interesting to see how the ewes do in the long grass on the hill paddocks, and how we move them with no dog! I am getting advice from a farmer I know in Tadmore and he has just suggested I call Bruce Stonach regarding purchase of sheep (next weeks job). All advice is welcome!
13 hectares, Upper Moutere
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I wonder if you could please expand on what happens if cattle "tip"?Fiona B wrote: ... but no cattle yards or tractor, should they tip, so cattle are not in the plan yet...
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5 acres, Ferguson 35X and implements, Hanmay pto shredder, BMW Z3, Countax ride on mower, chooks, Dorper and Wiltshire sheep. Bosky wood burning central heating stove and radiators. Retro caravan. Growing our own food and preserving it. Small vineyard, crap wine.

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13 hectares, Upper Moutere
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I recall we've had to do that once in 20 years. It's not a common occurrence.Fiona B wrote: I mean fall over for some reason and cannot get up - you need a tractor to get them back up, with a sheep you could do yourself
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Ruth wrote:
I recall we've had to do that once in 20 years. It's not a common occurrence.Fiona B wrote: I mean fall over for some reason and cannot get up - you need a tractor to get them back up, with a sheep you could do yourself
Your sheep though Ruth, tipped over all the time on flat ground! :silly:
Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant :S
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5 acres, Ferguson 35X and implements, Hanmay pto shredder, BMW Z3, Countax ride on mower, chooks, Dorper and Wiltshire sheep. Bosky wood burning central heating stove and radiators. Retro caravan. Growing our own food and preserving it. Small vineyard, crap wine.

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And we'll probably resolve that with a tractor and FEL! And some roasts.Stikkibeek wrote: Your sheep though Ruth, tipped over all the time on flat ground! :silly:
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But .... remember that whatever stock that you buy, that they are used to conditions that are more tough than your property. Don't put animals that are older than a couple of years onto your hills if they have been raised on flat land, because it takes quite some time for the right muscles to develop to carry them.
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Just ordered posts and rails for some stockyards - that will keep me busy till Christmas!
13 hectares, Upper Moutere
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Remember not to put cattle into the sheep yards. You might get away with it a couple of times, but fairly early on the timber will get smashed and the fences jumped. Cattle yards need timber at least 200 x 50 mm.
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