Winter dipping!

DJ98

Do many of ye do this and how long after dipping have you to wait before letting the RSM out with the ews?

IH784man

Don't see any reason to wait

DMAXMAN

never wait here, usually dipped and rams let in same day

charolais0153

Got maggots in a ewe a few weeks after dipping

Western Pomise

charolais0153 wrote: »

Got maggots in a ewe a few weeks after dipping

That's unusual....what dip did you use?

charolais0153

Don't know, sheep shower lad supplies it

cattle man

Same problem here maggots in ewes today and them only dipped 3 weeks

Bleating Lamb

cattle man wrote: »

Same problem here maggots in ewes today and them only dipped 3 weeks

Dip obviously did not do the job then!....was it mixed at proper rate?...have heard people saying that dip definitely doesn't have the same 'power ' in it since the elements linked to cancer were removed.

rangler1

cattle man wrote: »

Same problem here maggots in ewes today and them only dipped 3 weeks

Was that shower or dip, don't have much faith in the shower
Tommy Boland on the journal during the summer was saying that the dipp wasn't lasting as long as the withdrawal requrement.....35days i think

Bleating Lamb

Used ' Ectoflits' dip here this year following recommendation from man who has a mobile dipper.

solerina

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Used ' Ectoflits' dip here this year following recommendation from man who has a mobile dipper.

We use that too, seems to do the job. Only one we have had problems with recently is Hygea, didn't seem to work properly at all !!

jd06

It's 1.30 a sheep here
Says he's using Osmond
I can get it done for a euro but not sure bout the quality?

I shore my ewe lambs last week would there be any point dipping them.i suppose it would reach the skin quicker.
Any ideas?

cattle man

rangler1 wrote: »

Was that shower or dip, don't have much faith in the shower
Tommy Boland on the journal during the summer was saying that the dipp wasn't lasting as long as the withdrawal requrement.....35days i think

Yes showered. They were actually done twice because the first time I done them I got maggots in them after 3 weeks and he came back to do them again free of charge and yet again maggots in them after 3-4 weeks Total disaster will never use again.

rangler1

jd06 wrote: »

It's 1.30 a sheep here
Says he's using Osmond
I can get it done for a euro but not sure bout the quality?

I shore my ewe lambs last week would there be any point dipping them.i suppose it would reach the skin quicker.
Any ideas?

Recommended to leave them 3 weeks as it can be poisonous in cuts, shearing cuts, I always leave them 3 weeks here, even at that i lost a ewe due to a bad dog bite on the day of dipping that i didn't see till after