Sami23 wrote: » Would you recommend giving the ewes a dose at the same time when doing the lambs ?
DJ98 wrote: » Is it OK to give sheep grass that has been cut with a lawn mower?
DJ98 wrote: » Thought it would be then heard someone say that it was bad for sheep
Green farmer wrote: » Isn’t that the same as zero grazing on a tiny scale. I wouldn’t see anything wrong with it. Just don’t leave it there for days
DJ98 wrote: Is it OK to give sheep grass that has been cut with a lawn mower?
wrangler wrote: » DJ98 wrote: » At what age should lambs get there first dose? Nematodirus is usually the first parasites that effect lambs, a rapid rise in temperature after cold and wet weather usually triggers them. I don't think there's any yet, but all lambs over 5 weeks old will need to be dosed once temperatures rise. A cheap white dose is good enough to control them
DJ98 wrote: » At what age should lambs get there first dose?
Hard Knocks wrote: » Think employers liability covers if anything happened to a neighbor/friend who was giving a hand. Remember employment doesn’t refer to a wage, it could be payment in kind
Rockie1845 wrote: » Ya sheep worrying is a lot for a man who was never attacked! The employers liability is just for me as I take a wage from the Farm but not the Farm owner! The stock are covered every way so will cut them back if say
J.O. Farmer wrote: » The insurance I'd be looking to drop is the sheep worrying. What does it actually cover, I presume dead sheep, knackery charges and vet bills but apart from that does it cover much. Unless you have a lot of sheep worrying resulting in dead going on at €300 a year is it really value for money or just a savings scheme where every few years you get a lump sum back. €300 would nearly cover an average of 3 dead sheep per year unless you have pedigree sheep or exceptional commercial sheep. On the employer's liability does that cover family members anyway or would there be a loophole where they get out of paying. What does the livestock cover give you and is it value or a savings scheme. I presume public liability from them is covered under the public liability.
roosky wrote: » My farm insurance (FBD) is very high I think for what I have: My machinery: tractor, quad and digger: €664 just third party fire and theft Public and employers liability:€470 Sheep worrying : €297 Sheds & contents: €230 Livestock cover: €174 I though it was a lot of money seeing as im only a small farm, how is this comparing to ye, the farm is technically in my dads name so I need employers liability for me but thinking of dropping it.
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Lambman wrote: » Any body else's ewes slow in lambing only have 40% lambed in first 18 days... ewes with 2nd raddle colour lambing now but still a good 50% with first raffle colour till lamb... all scanned in lamb... seems till be the older ewes that's slower with hoggets lambing bang on time. Had the same thing here with first raddle colour slow to lamb and second colour ones lambing before a good few of them. Would they have been tipped a second time but we missed it?
Lambman wrote: » Any body else's ewes slow in lambing only have 40% lambed in first 18 days... ewes with 2nd raddle colour lambing now but still a good 50% with first raffle colour till lamb... all scanned in lamb... seems till be the older ewes that's slower with hoggets lambing bang on time.
wrangler wrote: » I'm surprised that spectam hasn't been restricted more, or the practice of giving a ml of penicillen to every lamb when it's born, I don't agree with blanket treating newborn lambs with any antibiotic. Navel dipping and cleaning and disinfecting the pens between ewes does the job here as well
sheepfarmer92 wrote: » We used to use spectam on everything but like razor says, iv cut down and only started using it this week after nearly 1000 ewes gone through the shed, hoggets and stragglers left now so im.happy to just use it on them Also havent had a case of joint ill in years probably due to using hydrated lime and cleaning out pen after each ewe
