Sheep Farm Tour - New Handling System, Sheds And Compact Lambing, Farmer Interview.

In this video we go on tour to a sheep farmer in Killeigh, Co Offaly with Alan McDonald who runs a flock of 120 registered purebred ewes. Alan runs through his system including an interesting setup during mating to compact his lambing with 90% completed in 1 week.
Alan runs a flock of purebred Lleyn ewes and retains his ewe lambs on to hoggets for sale the following autumn. Ram lambs are finished on a hybrid forage crop of Redstart.
We have a look at his new sheep handling system which includes a Pratley scales, a new investment to help with performance recording.
Lleyn Sheep Open Day takes place on Saturday 15th of July at 12.30pm.
At:
Alan McDonald's
Killeigh
Tullamore
Co Offaly
Ireland
Eircode R35 FP68
Location Pin:
goo.gl/maps/vVsQFSxFbBpvQCPfA
The Cotter Crate will also be on display with live demonstrations taking place throughout the event.
See you there!
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Let me know if you enjoy the video and feel free to drop me a comment and also if you have any questions or suggestions....
Thanks for watching,
David.

[@exkatt]

I have to say you’re an exceptionally good interviewer. Really allows for a relaxed and meaningful conversation. Very enjoyable

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it..👌

[@RONAN3790]

This could turn into a series of going around seeing different sheep set ups and breeds great idea 👍🏻

[@robertbeattie3849]

Great interview, very interesting learning about other systems, I would like to see a video on performance recording and all the benefits that can be achieved, keep them coming.

[@sheepschool365]

Great suggestion!

[@mj3026]

Thank you for another brilliant video 😊😊

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it...👌

[@1fiatman]

really enjoying these videos on other farms keep up the good work

[@sheepschool365]

Glad you like them!

[@patrickkelly1055]

Fantastic video 👍

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you 👍

[@tomvalentine9985]

Keep these types of videos coming david. Very informative and interesting.

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you..👌

[@garymadden2656]

Great videos David that you’re doing meeting other sheep farmers 👌

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you Gary. Good to know you are enjoying the videos 👌

[@johnpeppard7423]

Really interesting video

[@sheepschool365]

Good to know you enjoyed video 👌

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Another great informative video. Cheers to you and Allen. Those are good looking sheep. 😊👍👍

[@sheepschool365]

Thanks Linda, Glad you enjoyed it..👍

[@adamkelly2665]

Very good interview

[@emmettmccabe1796]

Loving these videos. And interviews. Epic stuff 👌🏻

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you 👍

[@paulthompson8467]

Brilliant interview very interesting thanks for sharing 👍

[@sheepschool365]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimmy.....9446]

Great informative video. Keep up the great work

[@sheepschool365]

Glad you liked it!

[@mylesreilly-cu2es]

Great video super content hope open day goes well lads hope to make it

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you. Chat to you on the 15th...👌

[@paulgilliland7288]

Thank you, another informative video 👌

[@sheepschool365]

Glad you enjoyed it...👍

[@patrickmurphy6847]

Great information tagging lambs at young age labour intensive

[@sheepschool365]

Definitely adds to the workload but it's the only solution when performance recording.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@robertsndral7376]

Weary good interwiue ,interesting 👍🐏🐂🇳🇴

[@sheepschool365]

Good to know you found it interesting...👌

[@mannionjonny695]

Brilliant video again, great interview as always. What size farm is he running?

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you. 👌 Not sure on the farm size but I gathered he is fairly highly stocked with all the hoggets on farm also.

[@neil3352]

Outstanding again!
I’ve started performance recording (very minimal this year) but going to go into more detail from scanning time this year right through. What age do you tag lambs at? 2 days? Finding it very hard to get my head round tagging them so young!

[@sheepschool365]

Thanks Neil. Interesting... that was the most difficult thing I found when starting recording. Didn't like the idea of tagging. Once lambs are dry no major issues. Some people believe it can contribute to joint ill... I'm not convinced.

[@neil3352]

@@sheepschool365 thanks for the reply. Would love to see a video of how you performance record and how you base your decisions on the performance recorded info. It’s a mine field but I think it is so important going forward especially for picking ewe lambs to keep etc.

[@sheepschool365]

Will do a video on it soon. Great way of improving the flock in couple of years...

[@neil3352]

@@sheepschool365 brilliant. Always look forward to your videos.

[@kevinloughlin6062]

3 way draughting system is a great idea.takes alot of hardship away

[@claymonsterpottery]

Why do the Clun require recording in difference to other breeds? As a spinner I can say that Clun fiber is lovely to spin. Thanks for the tour. If I wasn’t across an ocean I’d be at the open day for sure.

[@sheepschool365]

Recording is an optional task which allows farmers to make better decisions on what sheep to retain or purchase for breeding.
I had always suspected the wool was good quality because a local wool merchant always shows a keen interest in it...

[@tc6573]

I tag, tail, castrate and record on paper. Have always done it that way. Yes it dose take up time, but it is 4 jobs done all at once. I think the main thing is the recording. You know what mother, number of lambs etc.

[@sheepschool365]

Agree it's great to know the ancestry.. it adds to the workload at lambing but I'd much prefer doing these jobs on a 5kg lamb than a 20kg lamb...👍

[@mannionjonny695]

What date is the sale in Roscommon?

[@sheepschool365]

Saturday 2nd Sept, Roscommon Mart.

[@davidogorman2084]

Could u drop me post code david for sheep demo on 15th july thanks

[@sheepschool365]

Eircode R35 FP68. See you there 👌

[@davidogorman2084]

Goodstuff

[@robertmcdermott241]

Brilliant video good to share. Knowledge.lynn. Sheep the way to go.

[@sheepschool365]

Thank you 👍