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: https://goo.gl/maps/vVsQFSxFbBpvQCPfA The Cotter Crate will also be on display with live demonstrations taking place throughout the event. See you there! Link to Frank Fagan videos as mentioned: Could This Be How To Save Money Sheep Farming? Shearing Is Cancelled...    • Sheep Farm Tour - Shearing CANCELLED   1000 Sheep: Expert Farmer Interview and Farm Tour Of Slatted Shed, Handling System and Sheep.    • 1000 Sheep: Expert Farmer Interview and Fa...   I hope you enjoy the video and if you do, please gives us a like and click the subscribe button and bell for future content. 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.