Username John wrote: » No no, I am not lambing this year, I only bought a few store lambs. I am a pure hobby farmer now Mayo. That's what I meant by done with lambing...
ganmo wrote: » Feckin armchair farmers
ganmo wrote: » by the letter of the law you're meant to put a red tag(i think) in her and then you can only sell her to the factory
Sheep breeder wrote: » as for letting sheep loose both tags in a small flock is just pure laziness.
Sheep breeder wrote: » The red tag is no longer in use, if a ewe looses the EID, there is two options, first order replacement single like the way cattle tag is ordered and insert, Second put in a new set and correlate the old tag to the new one inserted, as for letting sheep loose both tags in a small flock is just pure laziness.
ganmo wrote: » then explain why its still on the tag order forms?http://www.mullinahonecoop.ie/downsheepPDF.aspx and ... bottom of page 14 https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/animalhealthwelfare/animalidentificationandmovement/nationalsheepidentificationsystem/NSISInformationBooklet230512.pdf the trick is to work smart not hard
Sheep breeder wrote: » That booklet is going back to 2012 and mullinahone have not up dated there sheet in recent years, the red tag is no longer in use to simplify the tagging and traceability on farm.
connolly18 wrote: » i have just had a lamb and its very weak anyone got any good ways to help it
Bullocks wrote: » Is there any way a ewe with one spin will rear twins ? I only noticed she had one teat after she lambed and have nothing to foster one of them onto , she is very maternal and I wouldnt mind if I could leave them on her and top them up with a bottle every day . Neither lamb wants to take a bottle though and they're reasonably full . I ran out of patients trying them with the bottle so put the two young lads in the trailer and let them at it , where I was running out of patients they thought it was the funniest thing ever watching the lambs chewing and sticking their tongues out around the teat
connolly18 wrote: » lads i need some advice with a lamb he is a very big lamb and i had to pull him from the ewe and i have him alright and all now i just need him to stand but he has no energy is there anything i can give him
rangler1 wrote: » It'll be a first if it works I'm finding this years that lambs that are obviously in need of supplementing will not drink lamlac this year while they are on the ewe, anyone else finding this. we've tried supplementing while waiting for a foster ewe and have had to take them off the ewe to give them lamlac, they'd waste away on the ewe before they'd give in to lamlac
Oldira wrote: » Yeah. Had triplets wehere two lambs were good but the third was a little runt. Tried supplementing him with the lamlac but he just wouldnt take it. He tried to suck but obviously couldnt get past the other two. Died of course. My fault as I should have jsut removed him and reared as a pet. But he was very small anyway.
connolly18 wrote: » lads does anyone know how much lamb volostrum do u give a lamb in his first 2 days
razor8 wrote: » It needs 20% of its body weight in colostrum in the first 24 hours. Split into 4 or 5 feeds
razor8 wrote: » Little premature perhaps. If he makes it through night he'll should make it I've a lamb born as triplet but the ewe absorbed other 2. He has something similar to swayback and a useless sucker. It takes an hour to nearly drink 200ml . I took him away from ewe this evening and put a bucket with him. I've stomach tubed him a few times to try and build him up . At a lose to what else to try???
