Lambman wrote: » Top off the hoof looks like that picture there with bare skin showing but this boys hoofs are perfect so far anyways. Any advice what else till try him with? Don't wanna keep injecting him with la300 much longer.
Ard_MC wrote: » If its Cod the la300 wont work. Tell the vet the symptoms and the will give you. Cant remember the name. But had to buy a bottle last yr for bought in hoggets..cost me 197 euro is all i remember!
Lambman wrote: » Aul fella has herd test tomorrow will get vet till look at him then.... Is codd contagious? I'm feeding 5 rams around 1 trough there at the minute.
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Yeah, tis contagious. Had it here a few years ago. Think the vet gave us stuff called linocin but not sure it’s that the right spelling. Killed the infection very fast and they recovered fully after about a week
wrangler wrote: » I went over to the darkside at the Sheep Ireland sale last Saturday, we bought a double five star charollais hogget ram of James Murphys for €500......... lovely ram
Ard_MC wrote: » What was trade like at it? U passed the vendeens!
wrangler wrote: » Between this years vendeen premier and the Sheep Ireland sale, twelve vendeen rams have been bought by Tommy Boland UCD.
charolais0153 wrote: » What price did the nice vendeen go?
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Has he some sort of new trial going on?
wrangler wrote: » A hogget 620, he was a beaut,he was built like a tank with a leg on four corners, my charolais wouldn't be a patch on him, charolais are getting very narrow in the shoulders
charolais0153 wrote: » I noticed that in charolais, bought a nice thick charollais last year but he lacked the length imo, a big sheep man near us that would have traditionally used charollais across all ewes is now beginning to use texel on mature ewes and charollais on ewe lambs only,
farawaygrass wrote: » What ye make of beltex? Friend of mine bought one at the weekend, he looks a beaut to be fair
wrangler wrote: » I'd think Chartex now..... Growth rate with conformation eh
charolais0153 wrote: » Not a big fan reckon you'd need to be in that qualeutex group for it to be worth it, 30c/kg bonus
wrangler wrote: » and no bonus for Rs, our deal is way better than that
farawaygrass wrote: » Is that deal just thought your producer group? What are the specs of it?
RobinBanks wrote: » When you say Chartex. Do you mean running a Char ram with Tex ewes
Ard_MC wrote: » No id say he is talkin about a hybrid chartex ram wrangler off with the ewes.
wrangler wrote: » Post wasn't clear either, I'm referring to a pedigree charolais crossed with a pedigree texel and using a ram out of that as a terminal sire. Despite your manflu you explained it better than me. Ryan Texels have some have some chartex in their sale in blessington on saturday. Actually don't know whether it's a Ryan sale or a texel sale
Ard_MC wrote: » Yeah, there was some cracking chartex at the sale in carrick a few weeks ago. Hybrid rams seem to be getting more popular this year.
wrangler wrote: » What did they make, a neighbour wants me to go to Blessington with him for the drive, but he's concerned that there's only eight Chartex in the sale and will be too dear
