General sheep thread

We'd replace a few at lambing too, you'd have them in the race a few times then but wouldn't lose many tags through the year any way, tags a a lot better than they used to be

A neighbour that has no experience of sheep bought some store lambs from a sort of a dealer for reseeded ground. i seen they all have only the one tag the electronic one, and as far as i was aware you have to have 2 tags so i told my neighbour this. So anyways he rang the fella he bought them from and he told him no all they needed was one...maybe i am wrong but i was sure it had to be 2.

Disgraceful..tell your friend to go back to that 'dealer' and get proper two eid tags on the sheep or else he be reported. Some ppl just can't do anything honest.

Scanning: €1 a ewe. Kerry

The country is full of light lambs . I’ve a good few of them left still and am really considering just letting them finish of grass in April and may .

The most expensive option this year was to not feed meal if needed, a lot of poor lambs around due to the bad autumn

To have to feed now until april /may will be more expensive and lambs will be grazing what will be needed by ewes and lambs in spring.

There's also a bad outlook for lamb prices this spring

Leave him run with your ewes over the summer hel grow into something eventually. Had them. Here two years ago and still got spring lamb price for them as they killed out under 20kilo dead weight.

I know there is no product licensed for treating Rumen fluke but the active ingredient in Zanil, oxyclozanide, is supposed to be effective against it.

Is the dosing rate people use for treating Rumen Fluke the same as indicated on the Zanil can for Liver Fluke? 20ml for 45kg and over.

Have ewe lambs showing signs of fluke. What would be best to dose them with. TIA

How do you know there showing fluke ? What are the signs ?

Why do you think the outkook is bad for prices this spring ?

I dont think it will be that great of prices for early spring lambs atall, there will be way too much of a carryover of hoggets (store lambs) that weren't finished in 2022 due to shite prices, these people that held off will have no other option than too finish them for March April Easter time which will increase the supply more than usual for that time of the year and will be directly competing with the early spring lamb. Remains to be seen how it all pans out yet - but you are right with the price of meal there was f'all doing the early xmass lambing around me anyway.

Sounds like he’s hungry. Small feeds and often might get enough into him.

I notice very little of roast beef or roast lamb on the menu for lunch in smaller restaurants during the weekdays. Loads of pork and fish.

Was out a few times over Christmas and Steak was over €30 and rack of lamb was €28

Had one in 2021 the week before Christmas Young95. He rang the night before. All sheeps ear tags were read. I had mineral buckets out with them and he took the details off of the buckets. Took the flock register and all the record books.

Make sure you have receipts for scanning if that was one of your options.