Maggots while waiting to b shorn

eorna

What do people here do to avoid ewes getting maggots before they are shorn??
Every year waiting for shearer ewes get maggots, its in my opinion too expensive to use any pour on/spray fir the sake of 1 or 2 weeks.. So my solution is catching them in the field and treat them but its time consuming so wondering what do people do..

Username John

eorna wrote: »

What do people here do to avoid ewes getting maggots before they are shorn??
Every year waiting for shearer ewes get maggots, its in my opinion too expensive to use any pour on/spray fir the sake of 1 or 2 weeks.. So my solution is catching them in the field and treat them but its time consuming so wondering what do people do..

Are they dirty?

My ewes woudn't be the cleanest (Suffolky type) but I find keeping em clean and I seem to escape most years. But I only have a few, so I accept that wouldnt scale up like...

eorna

Not particularly dirty john.. Most maggots i find are on top of the tail, end of the back so they are clean there.. We are in a wooded area so mayb we have higher fly problems.. Not sure..
Wouldnt b that many, mayb i treat 2-3 ewes every couple of days.. But its enough and its annoying..

Username John

eorna wrote: »

Not particularly dirty john.. Most maggots i find are on top of the tail, end of the back so they are clean there.. We are in a wooded area so mayb we have higher fly problems.. Not sure..
Wouldnt b that many, mayb i treat 2-3 ewes every couple of days.. But its enough and its annoying..

Ware they all off the one ram?

I had a Hampshire ram before, and I found his lambs to be savage prone to fly strike... Way more than any other lambs, and this was over two years, so twasnt just the one season...

Nekarsulm

Would you not mix up five gallons of water + recommended amount of dip, and run them into a tight pen/chute and run over them with a watering can or knapsack sprayer? Easier than catching them in the field continuously.

orm0nd

Username John wrote: »

Ware they all off the one ram?

I had a Hampshire ram before, and I found his lambs to be savage prone to fly strike... Way more than any other lambs, and this was over two years, so twasnt just the one season...

agree with that John, usually our HD lambs are gone before flytrike, have a few stragglers this year & had to pull in 2 of them last night.

davidk1394

Have a few sheep here with maggots. Dagged 250 ewes this morning. Any with dirty behinds were clipped using the electric shears

Bscan86

We sheered around 70 ewes and hoggets yesterday, bit early but der was 1 who had maggots. They did some scratching after being shorn so dipped them today plus the lambs.

Green farmer

Ewes just shorn here but When would lads have to start worrying about lambs getting maggots, or give lambs clik ?

Username John

Green farmer wrote: »

Ewes just shorn here but When would lads have to start worrying about lambs getting maggots, or give lambs clik ?

I'll chance mine for another while, and might only go with dip on em every few weeks rather than clik...

If you were going to clik the lambs, now would be the time. Think it's 16 weeks isn't it, so that'd bring you to 1st Oct...

I'd leave the ewes for 3 weeks, after shearing if you were going to clik em...

sea12

Bscan86 wrote: »

We sheered around 70 ewes and hoggets yesterday, bit early but der was 1 who had maggots. They did some scratching after being shorn so dipped them today plus the lambs.

Waste of time dipping ewes after shearing. Should wait a few weeks wait until worn is growing back a bit

Bscan86

sea12 wrote:

Waste of time dipping ewes after shearing. Should wait a few weeks wait until worn is growing back a bit

We were doing lambs anyway, besides it cleans dem off. Find dat both lambs and ewes thrive better after dipping.

Green farmer

Username John wrote: »

I'll chance mine for another while, and might only go with dip on em every few weeks rather than clik...

If you were going to clik the lambs, now would be the time. Think it's 16 weeks isn't it, so that'd bring you to 1st Oct...

I'd leave the ewes for 3 weeks, after shearing if you were going to clik em...

Spotted a lamb with maggots last night so do all the lambs with clik today. Hard in the pocket but done now and won't have to worry about any more this year, so for that alone, it's worth it.