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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    Puff away until there's a cloud of it gone over the back and head, it's a cheap and cheerfull approach. It doesn't have medicinal properties so it's harmless. It works by damaging the bugs through the microscopic sharp edges of the dust particles.

    “We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality.” George Orwell.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    Wear a mask to prevent it entering your lungs - fine silica dust particles are a major cause of Silicosis



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    “We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality.” George Orwell.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭Cavanjack


    Better advice would be to just use the pour on. Can do them in the shed without all that nonsense. I squirt it onto them from the feed passage and do them again after 3/4 weeks to kill any that were just eggs the time of the first treatment.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭leoch


    Anyone else notice cattle starting to cough a bit this last few days would it be a change in the weather to colder or would it be lung worm



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭Who2


    pour on is far more expensive and not near as good as the injectable versions in most doses.
    Check the price of the injectable against the pour on and you’ll find you will be well paid for the little bit extra inconvenience.

    If dosing is an issue I find cydectin long acting is a good dose and if timed right will cover weanlings up until sale. I must check it but Theres one of them cover for either 3 or 4 months. A bit dearer but works well.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    MOD: CK, be good!

    Post edited by greysides on

    “We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality.” George Orwell.



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