General sheep thread

Buford T. Justice XIX

kk.man wrote: »

Imagine those tags on small lambs ...surely a cruelty issue.

They seem to manage alright?
https://twitter.com/IrelandsFarmers/status/1088462342948569088

wrangler

kk.man wrote: »

Wrangler are they linked to the Dept data base? ...How do they know the tag numbers given that they are a uk company?

Yes, They're linked to the Dept, I can't believe they're gone up in price so much.
We were talking to the owner last year and he said the chip was as cheap as they were going to be so unlikely that they'll get any cheaper when compulsory for all sheep....... he has since sold out to a company called Datamar, they must have paid too much for the business.
The tagger loading itself and holding 20 tags was the main reason we used them

orm0nd

wrangler wrote: »

Yes, They're linked to the Dept, I can't believe they're gone up in price so much.
We were talking to the owner last year and he said the chip was as cheap as they were going to be so unlikely that they'll get any cheaper when compulsory for all sheep....... he has since sold out to a company called Datamar, they must have paid too much for the business.
The tagger loading itself and holding 20 tags was the main reason we used them

are the tags for that tagger 1.50 per set ?
https://www.easytag.online/products/35


BTW the irish shearwell website seems to be down

wrangler

orm0nd wrote: »

are the tags for that tagger 1.50 per set ?
https://www.easytag.online/products/35


BTW the irish shearwell website seems to be down

They won't sell much at that, they were much the same as all the others last year

Lambman

Any pictures off pipe drinkers for sheep looking ideas for a small shed I'll be using till house a few sheep.

DJ98

For the sheep census are Suffolk X cheviot ewes consider as mountain crosses or lowland crosses?

ganmo

DJ98 wrote: »

For the sheep census are Suffolk X cheviot ewes consider as mountain crosses or lowland crosses?

I'd put them down as Mountain crosses

Green farmer

When’s the deadline ?

Dinzee Conlee

Green farmer wrote: »

When’s the deadline ?

End of this month **I think...**

DJ98

How many ewes or factory lambs would an 8x5 trailer with decks carry?

Green farmer

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

End of this month **I think...**

That’s what I’m thinking as well, 31st. Just don’t want to be caught on the hop.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Green farmer wrote: »

That’s what I’m thinking as well, 31st. Just don’t want to be caught on the hop.

You'd want to have it in the post on the 29th to make sure it gets there by the 31st.


There's an extra two weeks if you supply the data online, though.

charolais0153

DJ98 wrote: »

How many ewes or factory lambs would an 8x5 trailer with decks carry?

25 lambs 15 ewes

orm0nd

charolais0153 wrote: »

25 lambs 15 ewes

I used to bring 34 springs {38 to 42 kg}

charolais0153

orm0nd wrote: »

I used to bring 34 springs {38 to 42 kg}

Probably would. I was just thinking of hoggetts at this time with wool etc. Theyd be up on 50 kgs.

Green farmer

charolais0153 wrote: »

Probably would. I was just thinking of hoggetts at this time with wool etc. Theyd be up on 50 kgs.

Used to have decks before and found problem was knowing when each level was full and pushing up the sheep to make more space. I don’t have decks anymore but find I’d take 15-16 butchers of the type I run now without issue. Some trailers might only be 8x4.5 or shy of 8x5, so that would reflect as well. Met a lad at the mart who had a ifor p8x4 and he had 13 butchers in that. Wouldn’t have believed it other then the fact that I saw them in it.

arctictree

Green farmer wrote: »

Used to have decks before and found problem was knowing when each level was full and pushing up the sheep to make more space. I don’t have decks anymore but find I’d take 15-16 butchers of the type I run now without issue. Some trailers might only be 8x4.5 or shy of 8x5, so that would reflect as well. Met a lad at the mart who had a ifor p8x4 and he had 13 butchers in that. Wouldn’t have believed it other then the fact that I saw them in it.

13 butchers is pushing it for an 8x4. In mine, 12 would be max.

Green farmer

arctictree wrote: »

13 butchers is pushing it for an 8x4. In mine, 12 would be max.

Maybe they were 45kg butchers, I don’t know, but I was standing there at the side of the trailer, talking to him and looking at them in it. Well fleshed Suffolk x lambs. Couldn’t believe it myself.

ganmo

Any ideas what would be killing ewes this time of year? 4 young ewes died over the last few days
We're thinking worms.

wrangler

ganmo wrote: »

Any ideas what would be killing ewes this time of year? 4 young ewes died over the last few days
We're thinking worms.

Hope you have them gone for Post Mortem, be interesting to know,
Could be fluke, worms, clostridial.......anything

Green farmer

wrangler wrote: »

Hope you have them gone for Post Mortem, be interesting to know,
Could be fluke, worms, clostridial.......anything

Most likely one those alright. Changeable weather would open the door for clostridial.

razor8

ganmo wrote: »

Any ideas what would be killing ewes this time of year? 4 young ewes died over the last few days
We're thinking worms.

I hope your last fluke dose didn’t contain
triclabendazole?

What did you use?

Common things are common as my vet says

ganmo

razor8 wrote: »

I hope your last fluke dose didn’t contain
triclabendazole?

What did you use?

Common things are common as my vet says

Wouldn't be flukey ground so fluke doses aren't normal
If there's a vet in backweston they'll be going in the morning
Injected them with closmectim so we'll see what happens

razor8

ganmo wrote: »

Wouldn't be flukey ground so fluke doses aren't normal
If there's a vet in backweston they'll be going in the morning
Injected them with closmectim so we'll see what happens

Did you dose before or after other died?

Green farmer

Any government regional vet labs nearby Ganmo ? Only cost you €5 plus vet fee to get the full job done on them.

ganmo

razor8 wrote: »

Did you dose before or after other died?

Did them today

The national lab at backweston isn't too far away but the last time I checked they had no vet to do pms

wrangler

ganmo wrote: »

Did them today

The national lab at backweston isn't too far away but the last time I checked they had no vet to do pms

No vet, like WTF..... Public (dis)service again
Athlone is probably only a little over an hour from Backweston , after losing four it'd be important that you find out, there could be any number susceptible

foxirl

razor8 wrote: »

I hope your last fluke dose didn’t contain
triclabendazole?

Out of curiosity why not. Is there a reason not to use it. Thanks

ganmo

wrangler wrote: »

No vet, like WTF..... Public (dis)service again
Athlone is probably only a little over an hour from Backweston , after losing four it'd be important that you find out, there could be any number susceptible

Ya it was about 8 months ago that I checked and at that stage the post was vacant for 8 months.
It seems fairly foolish to pass backweston on the n4 to head to Athlone.

wrangler

ganmo wrote: »

Ya it was about 8 months ago that I checked and at that stage the post was vacant for 8 months.
It seems fairly foolish to pass backweston on the n4 to head to Athlone.

Of course if they're doing PMs there it would be foolish, but to have a vet lab not doing PMs is fairly foolish as well.
.Your own vet, if he was any good, should be able to do the PM and you take the tissue/organ samples into backweston yourself.