General sheep thread

Lambman

That's good going. That happened here 1 year aswell but ended up alot off them repeated in the end up. Think I'm around 25% tipped in first 4 days on the batches a ewes and less than 10% on hoggets

kk.man

Lambman wrote: »

That's good going. That happened here 1 year aswell but ended up alot off them repeated in the end up. Think I'm around 25% tipped in first 4 days on the batches a ewes and less than 10% on hoggets

Yes was thinking of the same with repeats.

Murang

Can somebody tell me what is the difference between traditional blue Leicester rams and crossing blue Leicester’s

Young95

Anyone here ever dip and give there ewes a dose on the same day ? Any problems? Might have to do it next week!

wrangler

Young95 wrote: »

Anyone here ever dip and give there ewes a dose on the same day ? Any problems? Might have to do it next week!

Dose them before you dip, it's not good to be handling freshly dipped ewes

solerina

Young95 wrote: »

Anyone here ever dip and give there ewes a dose on the same day ? Any problems? Might have to do it next week!

Every time, we dose them on the way to the dipping tank, has never been a problem !!

Lano Lynn

Murang wrote: »

Can somebody tell me what is the difference between traditional blue Leicester rams and crossing blue Leicester’s

traditional blues are blue
crossing type have brown r black spots or blotches theory is they breed darker faced mules when mated with blackfaced ewes.

fashion is for crossing types but be aware you might buy a real go traditional type for less than a middling crossing type


traditional types are in demand for mating with white faced sheep.


as with most pedigree breeds the whims of 'top breeders' drive selection in pursuit of traits that may have very little to do with production

390kid

Anyone here strip fields with electric wire? What do they find works the best the the thin wire or the tape?

DJ98

390kid wrote: »

Anyone here strip fields with electric wire? What do they find works the best the the thin wire or the tape?

Use 2 strands if polywire and a strand of tape in between, never any bother

Country lad

I always just use 2 strands of wire for last few years and sheep never broke out

Young95

Anyone here Ever graze beet tops before with sheep ?

wrangler

Young95 wrote: »

Anyone here Ever graze beet tops before with sheep ?

It'd be a big ask this year to get them clean enough to slaughter, be some mess this year

joe35

Had 2 tips with a hole in their side. Taught it was a nic the got shearing and maybe flies were at them. Kept geno ointment on them but no sign of healing. 1 got fairly sore looking. Tips are on a small plot of ground rented away from the farm.

Talking to a local around there and he said he seen a crow sitting on the tips pecking at them. Flecking farming

wrangler

joe35 wrote: »

Had 2 tips with a hole in their side. Taught it was a nic the got shearing and maybe flies were at them. Kept geno ointment on them but no sign of healing. 1 got fairly sore looking. Tips are on a small plot of ground rented away from the farm.

Talking to a local around there and he said he seen a crow sitting on the tips pecking at them. Flecking farming

Yea, I've seen crows doing that, they make a right mess of them and can burrow in far. Stockholm tar stopped it here

Westernrock

joe35 wrote: »

Had 2 tips with a hole in their side. Taught it was a nic the got shearing and maybe flies were at them. Kept geno ointment on them but no sign of healing. 1 got fairly sore looking. Tips are on a small plot of ground rented away from the farm.

Talking to a local around there and he said he seen a crow sitting on the tips pecking at them. Flecking farming

Yea seen it before, crows or magpies, tied a bag doubled over a few times onto the fleece over the spot that’s affected. Iodine or engamycin spray could help kill any infection and speed up healing.

joe35

Thanks for the tips ðŸ

Siamsa Sessions

Anyone dose for fluke yet?

Or has the Dept given it’s fluke warning for this time of year?

Few replacement ewe lambs looking a bit wet and off-form here now

Westernrock

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Anyone dose for fluke yet?

Or has the Dept given it’s fluke warning for this time of year?

Few replacement ewe lambs looking a bit wet and off-form here now

Yea dosed some of the hoggets that were on wetter land and hope to get the ewes all done next week. We’re starting to see faecal samples that are liver fluke positive this week and had reports from RVL in sligo of deaths caused by liver fluke.

Siamsa Sessions

Westernrock wrote: »

Yea dosed some of the hoggets that were on wetter land and hope to get the ewes all done next week. We’re starting to see faecal samples that are liver fluke positive this week and had reports from RVL in sligo of deaths caused by liver fluke.

OK, sound job.

They're on wet ground at the moment here so I might do them tomorrow altogether and be done with it (for a while!)

Ard_MC

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

OK, sound job.

They're on wet ground at the moment here so I might do them tomorrow altogether and be done with it (for a while!)

Dosed last week here. Cause have been in Japan since and wasnt takin any chances!

Lambman

What colour raffle do u guys use after green? Blue then red i was thinking will that be easy enough seen? Or orange then red maybe?

kk.man

Lambman wrote: »

What colour raffle do u guys use after green? Blue then red i was thinking will that be easy enough seen? Or orange then red maybe?

I don't use raddles but the orange marker can look 'red' after a while with rain etc.

Western Pomise

Lambman wrote: »

What colour raffle do u guys use after green? Blue then red i was thinking will that be easy enough seen? Or orange then red maybe?

Personally I think yellow is the best colour to start with,then green.

Lambman

Yea should have started with yellow couldn't find the 3 yellows so used the 3 greens. Hoggets very slow in tupping here older ewes going ok.

Siamsa Sessions

Noticed a few lambs with orf this morning. Is it unusual for this of year? Would ye treat it as normal, with Alamycin, and let it work it’s way out of their system?

wrangler

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Noticed a few lambs with orf this morning. Is it unusual for this of year? Would ye treat it as normal, with Alamycin, and let it work it’s way out of their system?

It was getting an outbreak this time of year that convinced me to start using scabivax at birth, I don't know how your lambs will react but ours just stopped thriving for a month...... a very frustrating time of year for them to do that, probably wouldn't notice it so much in the middle of the summer.
We used to get them in twice a week and spray alamycin spray on any that had the skin broke, not a lot else you can do, as you say it'll take its course.
Some people leave out salt lick or even Himalayan salt licks in the hope that licking the salt will keep the wounds clean

Dinzee Conlee

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Noticed a few lambs with orf this morning. Is it unusual for this of year? Would ye treat it as normal, with Alamycin, and let it work it’s way out of their system?

Funnily enough I saw one of mine with a spot on their nose this morning as well...

I don’t plan on doing much - will keep me eye on them, but usually it doesn’t amount to much...
I will keep minerals and dose into them,i think keeping them as healthy as can be is the best thing you can do...

As Wrangler says tho, it does nothing to help thrive...

DJ98

Have a ram running with ewes gone lame, sprayed his feet with alymicin spray this morning, anything else I can do to speed up his recovery or will this effect his breeding

Young95

Don’t think so had a really lame ram last year and thought that but he stayed on working! Just watch his body condition tho .

Western Pomise

DJ98 wrote: »

Have a ram running with ewes gone lame, sprayed his feet with alymicin spray this morning, anything else I can do to speed up his recovery or will this effect his breeding

You need to check if he has a temp....there are injections which are safe to give him during tipping time.