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Not sure if counts...

 

Our labrador used to wait to the last lock of any trip then somehow manage to fall in... wet labradors are both heavy and smelly.

 

Our aging collie literally fell off the back of the boat as we were cruising in Blackburn,  Some gentleman of leisure shouted and put their cans of tennents extra strong down and pulled him out, whilst I carefully reversed. I did worry that the collie would bite them as he was prone to nip passing joggers if they got too close. 

 

We also used to take our previous cat on trips and he liked to prowl round the roof as we cruised.  I hadn't realised how far cats could jump until one day he leapt from the boat in the centre channel onto the towpath and scarpered into the undergrowth... I'd have left him but SWMBO had other ideas.... planned pub visit/evening meal out missed whilst we waited 6 hours for him to reappear... (as darkness fell) . Cattery after that....

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10 hours ago, tree monkey said:

Is that carcass value from the butcher or price paid to the farmer for a lamb

 

I presumed "Livestock",  I started with this page 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/livestock-prices-finished-and-store

 

which leads to a table giving 593.2 p/kg average price for sheep in January, and this page (n. Ireland)

 

https://www.lmcni.com/market-information/market-update/

 

gives an average price 550 - 560 p/kg for march.

 

However a bit more digging lead me to this page (you need to select a market to view prices)

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/beef-lamb/individual-finished-auction-markets

 

which gives prices in the range 220 - 300 p/kg for livestock markets and this page

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/gb-deadweight-sheep-prices

 

gives prices ex abattoirs in the range 450 - 580 p/kg, which seems to be more in line with the .gov.uk prices, but the gov.uk is listed as "livestock". I'm confused,  though I probably just don't understand some of the details. All the same given the tendency of sheep to just die for any old reason as has already been mentioned, most farmers would probably make at least some effort to discourage/prevent loss of their  stock for economic reasons.

 

 

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18 minutes ago, springy said:

 

I presumed "Livestock",  I started with this page 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/livestock-prices-finished-and-store

 

which leads to a table giving 593.2 p/kg average price for sheep in January, and this page (n. Ireland)

 

https://www.lmcni.com/market-information/market-update/

 

gives an average price 550 - 560 p/kg for march.

 

However a bit more digging lead me to this page (you need to select a market to view prices)

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/beef-lamb/individual-finished-auction-markets

 

which gives prices in the range 220 - 300 p/kg for livestock markets and this page

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/gb-deadweight-sheep-prices

 

gives prices ex abattoirs in the range 450 - 580 p/kg, which seems to be more in line with the .gov.uk prices, but the gov.uk is listed as "livestock". I'm confused,  though I probably just don't understand some of the details. All the same given the tendency of sheep to just die for any old reason as has already been mentioned, most farmers would probably make at least some effort to discourage/prevent loss of their  stock for economic reasons.

 

 

springy

But that's a sheep that you have fed and tended for several months, a lamb that's a month or 2 old is worth no where near that amount. I have rowed across the River Bure to bring a Ram back who got wind of some ewes on the other side.

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47 minutes ago, springy said:

 

I presumed "Livestock",  I started with this page 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/livestock-prices-finished-and-store

 

which leads to a table giving 593.2 p/kg average price for sheep in January, and this page (n. Ireland)

 

https://www.lmcni.com/market-information/market-update/

 

gives an average price 550 - 560 p/kg for march.

 

However a bit more digging lead me to this page (you need to select a market to view prices)

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/beef-lamb/individual-finished-auction-markets

 

which gives prices in the range 220 - 300 p/kg for livestock markets and this page

 

https://ahdb.org.uk/gb-deadweight-sheep-prices

 

gives prices ex abattoirs in the range 450 - 580 p/kg, which seems to be more in line with the .gov.uk prices, but the gov.uk is listed as "livestock". I'm confused,  though I probably just don't understand some of the details. All the same given the tendency of sheep to just die for any old reason as has already been mentioned, most farmers would probably make at least some effort to discourage/prevent loss of their  stock for economic reasons.

 

 

springy

I must admit after a quick scan, I am surprised at the prices, thank you for the links I will have a bit of a delve later.

 

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4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

But that's a sheep that you have fed and tended for several months, a lamb that's a month or 2 old is worth no where near that amount. I have rowed across the River Bure to bring a Ram back who got wind of some ewes on the other side.

When the children were small we got three orphan lambs from a local farmer. He said they just weren't worth the effort of trying to get them 'adopted' by another ewe or bottle feeding, but we were welcome to try. We soon found that the self-destructive instinct is strong - you really have to force feed them to get enough food into them to keep them alive, and sadly the weakest of the three soon succumbed. But the other two lived to a reasonable old age in the field behind our house.

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This £-a-lot were galloping along the towingpath, (around br 82T&M in Oct2015) fortunately without encountering any innocent walkers cyclists or fisherpeople, ...

 

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... and contrived to push a couple of their number int t'cut, in which they kept up fairly well with their galloping compatriots, who stopped briefly for a quick graze . ...

 

 

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All attempts to get out were unsuccessful, and we left a moored-C&RT maintenance crew to sort out the problem.

 

 

 

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On 09/03/2022 at 17:59, LadyG said:

I'm not so sure about that, I saw a drowned ewe  not so long ago, there was quite a sharp drop off the field, she had no oportunity to climb out.

Farmers are not writing off their livestock, but it was not a great field, ie unfenced.

Price of lamb in Tesco is quite high, so they are worth a significant amount, even if the cost of production leaves gross margins very tight. 

 

exactly - which is why there is little incentive for farmers to try to dissuade sheep from their tendency to try to commit hari kari by any one of many methods.

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10 minutes ago, StephenA said:

I saw a cow on the towpath on the Shroppie that was happily eating the flowers from the roof boxes on a moored boat, and was ignoring the owner who was on the tow path.

They do that at Lechlade on the Thames

 

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Moored in the middle of Skipton (derived from 'sheep town', apparently) a couple of years back and observed a deceased lamb float quietly past. Must have come a fair distance to make the centre of town on the gentle current, presumably caused by the operation of Bingley 5. Didn't mention it to the sensitive crew!

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Ascended Bingley 5 a few years back and answered cri de coeur to retrieve the corpse of a cat which had fallen in. Performed some inelligant and clumsy manoeuvres to push the deceased towards the bank/cafe. Managed to get a better look at the 'poor thing'. "Excuse me - did your cat have webbed feet and feathers?"

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