ARE MY LAMBS HEAVY ENOUGH TO SELL? | First time inside Livestock Mart since lockdown!!

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video I am weighing lambs to take to the livestock mart at Lanark.
This isn't the happiest of processes but it's the reason we farm, to feed the nation, and I'm proud of the grass fed, low carbon footprint product we have in our Scotch Lamb.
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ABOUT ME
I’m 31 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 600 breeding ewes.
I shore over 15,000 sheep this season in UK and I also travel to Norway for shearing in March and September. (Covid messed it up this year)
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.
I watched a few farm vlogs on KZfaq and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.

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@gungadin6889 2 жыл бұрын

A man, his good wife, a child, dogs n a farm. Livin' the life

@vwvw4 2 жыл бұрын

Your patience with Fern even though she was being selectively deaf, makes me believe you'll be a kind and patient Dad. So nice to see you appreciating all Lizzy does and the two of you working as a team. Your Mom must be so happy you found a partner who's interested in sheep and good with dogs and most of all who had that handsome grandson, Jock.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

I am VERY luck. Thanks for being so kind 🥰

@pumperswife2248 2 жыл бұрын

You are simply glowing talking about Lizzy and the baby!!! Glad I get to leave the first message!!!

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Such a buzz!

@SuperKristinG 2 жыл бұрын

Fern is going to be an excellent sheepdog! I absolutely love watching the dogs work. You and Lizzy are a great team.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kristin!

@donnafink6262 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching the dogs work the sheep. Fern is amazing as a young dog. Congratulations again on the new baby!.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donna!

@traceymcclymont7175 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Cami, Lizzie and Jock, Thank you for great vlogs, you are doing Scotland proud!!👍🏻I'm from down the road in Dumfries and Galloway so more familiar scenery in the Hoof GP!, but we see more of the country via you and your 🐑compared to Graham and the 🐄!!. Love all the films showing my background and basically life from the farming side but also the stunning country we live in and it's people who make it.!! Oh, the red/orange "fruits" in the hedge are rosehips , used in beauty, pharmaceutical industries.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tracey! U are very kind! And that’s another wee bit of knowledge I have to pass on to Jock some day 🥰

@cheriefletcher6087 2 жыл бұрын

I loved seeing everything in action and how it's done. Congratulations to you and your wife.🐑❤

@TheBachBabe 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you are finally getting a chance to upload some of your back log lol. Great video. Your nephews are adorable. I think you and Lizzy will be amazing parents. Love from Oregon USA

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Pushing hard to get caught up so my videos are relevant again 😂. I’ll still be shearing sheep at Christmas if i don’t catch up 😂

@munizfamily99 2 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting to see this side of the business. Thanks for sharing!!!

@mamawnamidreviews9978 2 жыл бұрын

Those dogs are so amazing! I can't believe how just a couple can help bring the whole heard in! Little Fern will pick it up soon.

@inglis7086 2 жыл бұрын

I am just watching your vlog from New Zealand sitting on the coach with my Jock and just saying to him Cami and Lizzi are having a Jock soon as well - my Jock is a 11 year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier - Jock, Jack and John are family names from our roots when we came out of Scotland in 1840

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Good Scottish names! 😁

@tammysarrazin7078 2 жыл бұрын

the way you talk about Lizzie and the baby your eyes kind of light up hugssssss

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

🥰🥰

@hazetheherd2214 2 жыл бұрын

Rose hips Cammy , as kids you’d open them and put the seeds down the back of someone else,s tea shirt, they itch like crazy For hours !!

@howdoyouknowthat 2 жыл бұрын

+1 for rose hips :-)

@carolilseanne2175 Ай бұрын

Definitely rose hips, you can make rose hip syrup from them, full of vitamin C

@Charlotte-ue9sy 2 жыл бұрын

MMMMMEEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! 😍 Looks like Fern is coming right along, but LOVE seeing Meg work. Great video! Cheers!

@jonathonnichol9582 2 жыл бұрын

Those were some nice looking lambs. Even and consistent. Good job and another great video!

@DeerheartStudioArts 2 жыл бұрын

You are going to a great dad just listening to you talk about the dogs and the you gone learning.🦌💌❤️🐑

@elizabethkingson519 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see the market, Cammy. Thanks. Oh, and you can make a tasty (tart!) tea out of the rose hips. Just steep them in boiling water. Easy and good for you!

@vickijones3660 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your family and sheep. I enjoy the videos. I’ve been to Scotland once, such a beautiful country.

@Kathleensailorgirl 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video was really interesting, some beautiful looking sheep. Always nice to see Lizzie 😊👍👍👍

@roadrunnercrazy 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciated this video today. It was a good distraction from a rogue migraine. Very interesting to see inside the market. Your nephews are adorable, by the way.

@brendagervais5566 2 жыл бұрын

Totally appreciate watching those dogs do their work and your patience in training the newbie

@barbaralavoie1045 2 жыл бұрын

Such a nice couple you are. How exciting expecting your first child. ❤️

@lizhrubik3936 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along. Hope Lizzie and baby Joch are doing well.

@darshe68 2 жыл бұрын

Lizzy, without a clearer view of the vine flower, I believe it's a Trumpet Vine. Birds, especially Hummingbirds love them. Cheers from Texas!!

@cindymarker2087 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I thought the same thing.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shelia, a few people saying they are Rosehips but that could just be the UK name for them 👍

@ajrwilde14 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSheepGame they look like rosehips from the leaves, you ought to pick them they are tasty and good for you - very high in vit C

@robertaluckow5928 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to have discovered your channel. I have watched Sheepishly Me. I live in Northern Minnesota in USA. I am close to the Canadian border. I am a retired grain farmer, 73 years old, and our two sons now farm wheat, soybeans, corn and sugar beets. I am amazed with the animal part of farming. I love ❤ watching your channel.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment and thanks for watching my vids!

@garymadden2656 2 жыл бұрын

Great video cammy I used to go to the market every Thursday as my grandfather worked in it and when I had to sell lambs I sold them there great memories 👌

@alicegamble6145 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Your dogs sure do love what they do & Fern will get better at her job as she gets older. Great looking lambs as well.

@peggycrain532 2 жыл бұрын

VERY nice job backing that trailer right up!!! And so pleased with how you’re training Fern. It’s obvious y’all have some years under y’all’s belt!

@tammykaltreider 2 жыл бұрын

I throughly enjoyed this vlog!!! Brilliant 😊🐑💙

@diane9247 2 жыл бұрын

Fern is gorgeous! She knows which one of you means business, too! 😂

@karenwise1201 2 жыл бұрын

love watching, watched you on the Hoof GP and started following

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen!

@marypagebailey2375 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel. I got a great giggle when I put on the close caption. For the most part it translated well , but when you were calling Fern, it got "value fern" or "hello fern". Keep up the good work and congratulations on your baby.

@jillpickup9981 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you xxx

@mjallenuk 2 жыл бұрын

Love these informative and fun videos ... not too complicated and really gives a good look at the way things are done.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Matt!

@gloriabailey9861 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch your blog I gain a better understanding to your chosen profession Snd without our farmers we’d be nothing well I dude would not be worth s poop although my heart would be init not sure my body would thank you both gor your courage

@alastairscruton715 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent show of lambs👍

@patriciaruppert201 2 жыл бұрын

That was very interesting. Loved watching Finn work and he looks like he will be another good sheep dog. ❤️❤️

@JudyJudyJudy44 2 жыл бұрын

Fern ...

@ffudon 2 жыл бұрын

Another great informative video - thanks for sharing your dream life 👍

@billpotmesil 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy and learn a lot from your videos. I’m sure new sheep farmers gain a lot from your videos. Learning it the first time is the hard part! You are really helping the youngsters! Spent a lot of my youth sorting feedlot cattle to go to slaughter. Getting a good, even looking load was vitally important!

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill

@karencastleman8669 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you both.xxx

@marisacarrasco4599 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and perfect health wishes for your baby 🥳💖

@allenbutton8240 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Cammy, really enjoyed it . 👍🙂

@valcourisland1776 2 жыл бұрын

Your English is fine…you’re doing well speaking clearly, plus it’s fun listening because of your upbeat attitude😀

@janetepstein9733 2 жыл бұрын

💕 your Channel.

@maryburgis5295 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations that's awesome 👌

@coolefarm2517 2 жыл бұрын

Good man Cam, your enthusiasm and positive attitude never ceases to amaze me. I tend to just whinge and give off about my sheep but I keep doing it all the same 😂

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

I have my moments too when the rain is lashing down and they’re breaking out everywhere 😂

@budnspud 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lambs. I enjoyed the video.

@claymonsterpottery 2 жыл бұрын

Love seeing the business side of it all. Hope Jock is letting you sleep. ☺️ Stay well and thanks for the videos. Please let us know how the Jacob cross lambs are doing? They were so cute.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Getting a few hours per night but that’s what we signed up for 😂😂. I sold the two girls recently to a small holder but still have the 4 boys to find a home.

@jonwright7394 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, nephews are cute.

@mary-ruthflores4107 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see the dog working!!

@susanmarsh4351 2 жыл бұрын

Loved seeing the market sale. Memories of my childhood. Sheep or cattle sales they move huge numbers in Tetris like conditions. Amazing skills. Live feed of auction a great innovation. Sheep are much improved from last year Cammy. Did you see you used a police stop signal when directing Fern? I cracked up.

@sisterjanetstrong6214 2 жыл бұрын

You sound like you're not sure whose child it Is! Jock is going to have a complex when he finally sees these videos!

@rmagrivideos41 2 жыл бұрын

The trade is just unreal at the moment 🔥🔥

@ms-rachel-anne 2 жыл бұрын

Why do they sound 100x more Scottish when they talk to the dogs? lol. As an American, I have no clue what they're saying when they talk to the dogs but I can understand fine when they talk to the camera or each other.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

😁 I try to speak very clear to the camera but the way I speak to the dogs is more like how I would speak to another Scottish person. 😁

@ann-or6ev 2 жыл бұрын

Mostly it's "lie down fern!'" 😂😂😂😂

@ms-rachel-anne 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSheepGame In that case, your international audience thanks you for your efforts 😂😁

@Gardenergal 2 жыл бұрын

I will have to give up my dream of sheep farming because I could never back up the trailers with such finesse.

@julielumsden5184 2 жыл бұрын

That was fun I’d like to see more of the auction, in our area we are no longer allowed to go and watch unless we are selling or buying. It used to be a fun outing at least for me.

@nanalesa24 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations better every year, can't beat that.

@robertgraham6053 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Cammy Rab here from Antrim. As a Pedigree Suffolk breeder I was happy to see the Suffolk was the heaviest and out preformed the Texels. As they usually do. You need more Black heads and black legged tups. Don't worry about the black arses. Texels are slower to finish. If mixed lambs Texels and Suffolk run together same age.the plian looking suffolks always surprises me while a good looking texel is not up to weight I observed that over the years. The old British traditional breeds ever time. 🤣👍🏼.I Love the videos keep it going. Rab Graham

@samanthasimental3788 2 жыл бұрын

You are a lucky man.

@aidanelliott6228 2 жыл бұрын

Unreal pen off lambs well done very best off luck with your sale and weighing 👍🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

@barbaralavoie1045 2 жыл бұрын

Such a cute little lad.

@Damaaskrose 2 жыл бұрын

"Did you miss me?" "No" 🤣🤣🤣🤣, yep, my kinda humour. Fab Lizzie, fab 😁... and BTW, when did she have time to miss you? 😉 You two are brilliant

@middlekingdomfarmrebeccapa5035 2 жыл бұрын

Those are nice looking lambs. We ship at a similar weight and are getting $225 CAD (£131) We are very lucky to have just about the best market in the world for lamb here, which is partly because we have a shortage. We only supply about 45% of the demand.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hear there is a global shortage. These prices are actually the lowest prices I have got this year and most sales average over £100. After Christmas our lambs will be back up to £140-£180 again. Due to shortages like u described.

@peacepeople9895 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you for the video, this is the type of stuff that is very interesting to me. How long they've been grazing, how much they weigh and what they sell for and when. I guess now you have some cash to buy yourself some new tops.... Thanks again for the awesome and informative video, good luck with the rest of them, hope they put on some kilos and the market stays strong or gets stronger.

@II-ot5to 2 жыл бұрын

Her chil, my child and our child😘

@hillridgelivestock4501 2 жыл бұрын

Good level pen of lambs!

@92alphagal 2 жыл бұрын

Fern, LOL. She’ll get there ❤️🐾

@rodneywroten2994 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rodney

@rodneywroten2994 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSheepGame just subscribed sorry something happen before. But i am joined now

@roadwarrior8560 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel. mind that woman for God's sake, best of luck to you both and the new baby when it arrives, I find it best to train a young dog in a small paddock and gradually get them used to field work, they have to obey commands, takes some work but it's worth it.

@struancochrane753 2 жыл бұрын

Rosehip, aka itching powder. Seeds are very itchy, usually placed down someone's collar......well 35 years ago at primary school.

@2friesshortofabigmac407 2 жыл бұрын

fern looks exactly like my banjo... his sire came from scottland his name was wisp

@dianer.9461 2 жыл бұрын

Signed on with no views and then got interrupted by a camera club zoom meeting. Love watching the dogs. Instinct is strong and training does take some time. I wish I could try Scottish lamb, but it doesn’t make it to So. California. One of my favorite meals is some nice chops, medium rare.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Love chops myself! Hard to beat grass fed Scottish Lamb 🥰

@marilynhukill 2 жыл бұрын

Keep laughing. I so enjoy it.

@keithaspin5160 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video Cammy very enjoyable watch for a non farmer like me. With farms and land prices so high do you aspire to leasing a farm or will you go for an outright purchase? I imagine renting fields all over the place could be quite time consuming rather than in a ring fence...your texels looked fantastic but your suffolk x earned more in the ring but I'd love to know if it earned more per kilo against the Texels. I definitely would love to see a full video on getting your lambs ready for market. Keep up the good work Cammy I always enjoy your vids 👍

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith, I’m probably going to have to try and find a lease farm as the capital required to buy a farm is huge. Now that KZfaq is getting more popular I look at people like Tom Pemberton and Sandi and think maybe it could make enough to save for a farm! I could be the first person every to buy a farm from KZfaq if i keep working at it 😁😂

@susanmarsh4351 2 жыл бұрын

You Tube has made a huge difference in Both Sandi Brocks and Tom Pembertons operations. Made some badly needed upgrades possible. You Tube profile will help you find land too.

@sarahcontento9516 2 жыл бұрын

I thought you were having a hail storm but it was the sheep horns on the stones. Lizzy is looking so beautiful.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sarah😁. Could be a new asmr sound.😂

@sarahcontento9516 2 жыл бұрын

LOL I meant sheep hooves.

@mcmurphy5 2 жыл бұрын

They were rose hips on the hedge, that's shrub roses and that is the seed pod of it, you can grow your own roses from seed...oh no Scottish men should not attempt English accent🤣

@guilhallfarm 2 жыл бұрын

When cammy tried to do the English accent that cracked me up 😂.

@mariannegoudswaard3996 2 жыл бұрын

Remind me what the blue spray has in it. ? AWESOME VID. thanks for the inspiration. loved your isle vids From owner of a flock of 3 ewes in NZ ❤

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Is it a teramycin based thing? I’m not too sure.

@100nanay 2 жыл бұрын

Could the flowers on the fence be trumpet vine!? 🤷‍♀️ I bet it could grow in Scotland since it will survive Iowa, USA winters. Your videos make me wish the grocery stores in the area carried lamb meat. There’s a little ice cream ship in Grinnell, Iowa that sells lamb burgers and I loved them. I’d probably have to drive an hour to Des Moines, Iowa, our state capital to find it. Or some other larger town. Is it offensive to say it tasted like beef? Maybe it had some beef fat on it from cooking it on same grill as hamburgers. Very interesting video.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

I think the UK name is Rosehip from some other comments i’ve had but could be the same as your trumpet vine! I’m not sure about it tasting like beef but we all taste things different and I love beef too so it’s a win win 😂

@viscache1 2 жыл бұрын

The wee one is only 17 kilos…not big enough to sell yet!

@buzzard732 Жыл бұрын

Itchycoos!!🐑🐑❤️

@wendyrowland7787 2 жыл бұрын

Just want to give a shout to Laura whose youtube channel is called SheSheperds. She has brilliant dogs and currently has puppies for sale from quality registered Border Collies.

@GotAnUmbrella 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously you both understand training sheep dogs, but I don't actually know if you practice inside or not! All Dogs Are Smart KZfaq channel has great tutorials of stock dog training that Lizzy could do inside. You said Fern was Lizzy's and doing drills inside away from stock are super helpful to proof Fern's skills! Being the superwoman that Lizzy is I bet she could do drills with baby in hand like it's nothing. Lizzy seems to be superwoman, if I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to do half the things she did on a daily basis. It's rather intimidating if I'm being honest lol.

@sampatterson8709 2 жыл бұрын

the things you were looking at are dogrose berries ie rose hips

@samanthasimental3788 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't do this. I word want to keep them all. I would be the crazy lamb lady.

@samanthasimental3788 2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely my thing. And I've only seen a real sheep once.

@gordonnoble5864 2 жыл бұрын

Red things in the hedge are rosehips.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gordon!

@ginaquincey5905 2 жыл бұрын

Difficult to judge, but were they rose hips?

@ja6368 2 жыл бұрын

They are so innocent, like rabbits, only bigger🐑🐑🐑

@edro3838 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@user-kl3il9mw8i 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to see them even in 4k but I would gues those might be hips.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

I think that’s the general consensus! Thanks!

@ferdinanddias8066 2 жыл бұрын

Is the brown fleece sheep dorset,ryeland,jacob or dutch spotted sheep

@kaykringle8241 2 жыл бұрын

😁 I had a double take seeing Lizzie pregnant again 😂

@chrislaw3451 2 жыл бұрын

Get the cake in to them before market 😂

@Hailstonepie 2 жыл бұрын

Foot bath them all. Get a fence put in, replace every 10 years, no cutting required lol.

@hollyjensen2371 2 жыл бұрын

Cammie, is there a price breakdown on the market lambs? for say meat vs worth of the hide or other by product? or is that too irritating to break down at the sales stage?

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

So that price is for the live lamb so it’s then up to the buyer where it goes so I don’t know how the other costs break down. 👍

@EbrahimAL_awami Ай бұрын

ما شاء الله

@karenwise1201 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious if you and Lizie have a favourite sheep? Sandi Brock I think has Billy as a fav! lol

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

Lizzy’s fav is a Shetland called Abe and mine is a texel cross that I haven’t named but I will and i’ll show you her 😁

@karenwise1201 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSheepGame perfect! I look forward to seeing her, but you definitely need to name her 😁

@danielleschnoberger4670 2 жыл бұрын

The weight of the lambs at home I didn't learn that in school just basic math. So next time you do a video at home at least I do like knowing for some reason how much they weigh at birth and when they go to the auction barn. Sometimes Sandi would let us see it but not much lately or I'm not catching all the videos. Like say a number on the scale for us to watch for. It's 10-1-21 at 2:11am. Shopping for tomorrow late morning I hope. Later.

@viscache1 2 жыл бұрын

Weight is a subjective thing in sheep..in fact..sheep are a subjective thing! The breed that i raise is critically endangered because they were used for parliamentary wigs and dolls hair (having 37-50 cm long white, black or blue curly locks that are lustrous and shiny like real human hair) during the Edwardian and Victorian periods. When those industries fell from favor, because these sheep take a full 18 months to reach maturity, the meat industry had little use for them and they vanished…almost completely…until a flock of 45 pure breeds were found in Tasmania! There are now 1000 breeding sheep of the Leicester Longwool of breeding quality and we are working hard to bring them back to favor. My point (nearly lost a few sentences back) is that they are still considered lamb (not mutton) until at least 16-20 months depending on their physical maturity and it is possible to raise a 130 Kilo lamb in 8 months on just grass! I’d go crazy if I had to sell out my lambs every 16 weeks! I recently sold a 3 year old to a lamb expert who want to try it..he assured me it was 4 month old lamb! I corrected him and he refused to believe it. It was the sweetest and most mild ‘lamb’ he had ever served his guests. But not all lambs are mutton at 10-12 months.

@TheSheepGame 2 жыл бұрын

That’s brilliant! Over here they are sold as either lamb / mutton depending on wether or not their adult teeth have came up.