Username John wrote: » Have a few hoggets with what I assume is strawberry footrot... It breaks out where the leg meets the crubeen, and then the leg half rots inside the crubeen... I imagine the crubeen will eventually fall off... how do others treat this? I normally run em through a formalin foot bath, but I don't know if it does much for this... Now to be fair, they were bad enough too by the time I looked at em... but they are in a very bad way now, putting no weight at all on the bad leg... Just wondering what's the best treatment for the future really, as these few I have will be sent to the factory once they put on any bit of weight (which will be slow enough with the lame leg)
Username John wrote: » Yeah, I had a look at a few videos on that... it could be, but I don't know if it is... I'd be thinking it isn't... It's only a few hog, it hasn't spread beyond them... I suspect i wasn't good enough at the foot bathing maybe, and it's footrot that got a good hold before I treated... and it kinda went through the hoof, before I stopped it... Tis only now I realise how well I had it with lameness... we culled hard for lame sheep, and lameness wasn't a big issue for us... when we got the store lambs there last Aug, it brought it all back again... having to bring em in often cos some few of em were always hopping around...
rangler1 wrote: » Overuse of formalin will harden the crubeen and it'll eventually crack off so it mightn't be the stuff to use for that problem. You might google CODD and see some images, it sounds like what you have....it can be very infectious. Antibiotic injections, and zinc sulphate, or even lincosin in the footbath might be the way to go. formalin will wreck the feet if overused
cattle man wrote: » Dosed and bolused lambs yesterday lot of scalds on lambs just came all of a Sudden this week little or no lambness up to this. I walked all through a 5% solution of formalin and stood for 20 mins on concrete do ye think this will be enough or should I repeat again today. How long before I could expect them to be healed up ?
Cran wrote: Cull, long run do you no favors for further sales. Checked April hoggets here few weeks ago when shearing, one the same gone to factory
Inchilad wrote: » Have a hogget ram i bred myself last year.noticed today that he has one ball alot smaller than the other.was going to bring him to ram sale later in the year.i had a few lambs from him as i put him in with a few ewe lambs late in the season.anyone any opinions?should i just announce it in the ring or cull or any other ideas?
ganmo wrote: How much smaller? I wouldn't bother announcing it if it's only a small bit smaller
tomwaterford wrote: » But I find it unfathomable someone would bid on a ram (even breeding ewes) without checking it out in the pens before the sale I might be just too cynical though
ganmo wrote: » arse thats some serious drop in a year
Green farmer wrote: » Not really answer I wanted to hear but sort of guessed. A few have a shedded entire fleece and bits everywhere. I'll be busy so. Seperately read wool has fallen back to 60 cent a kilo this year. Fair useless price !!!
Western Pomise wrote: » It is the time of year for birds to be building nests(or near end of that time) but realistically you will end up having to pick up the wool as you will always get the odd lamb that eats it and it can then lodge in their stomachs.
charolais0153 wrote: » If you were doing a small bit of sheep fencing would you use 4 or 5 strands electric or a strand of electric at the top of sheep netting
Green farmer wrote: » Have a few ewes here that are shedding their wool. Don't really mind that, but the fields are covered with bits of wool everywhere and is making place look untidy. Do the crows and birds take the stuff away ? Or will I end up havin to pick it all up ? Wonder if it's an issue with easy care ewes ? The place must be covered with shedding ?
roosky wrote: » would they not need a bigger fleece if out wintered or would i get away with shearing again in September
charolais0153 wrote: » Going shearing tomorrow. Well shear again in September for September to be the annual time.
sea12 wrote: » Sold all my ewes this year as too much going on with full time job and with young family. Bought in ewe lambs instead. Had about 30 of my own ewe lambs aswell. Noticed a few heavy ones a month ago and realised there was a few teenage pregnancies. Three lambed in the last few days. Went through them all and another 10 in lamb. Balls when you don't know due dates or haven't been feeding them to milk well.
