General sheep thread

never had any problem here,

The condition of the sheep has a bearing on how well it works. as they have to build immunity themselves

They would have some immunity after four weeks from the first, but it doesnt last , It needs to be built on by the second injection, I've never had any problem and I'd venture to say you'd have good immunity from week 3 after the first injection.

We'd have had problems where a couple lambs died and 2 -3 weeks after first injection there'd be no more, It was always an pnuemonia problem here. Maybe others here would have found different

hi folks , question for yea,

I bought a ram back in September for sis scheme which I was told by breeder he was sis eligible, but when I look up the ram on Sheep Ireland ram search on today’s date it says ineligible but he was eligible a month earlier according to ram search .

Am I okay still scheme wise for this action?

when I put in the date on dispatch docket into ram search it says sis eligible yes , but today’s date it says sis eligible no . I am okay so ?

great , thank you .

I was talking to department earlier and they said there’s massive confusion with the star ratings as there always changing from in and out of eligibility on system ,

I was dragging a few lambs for the factory this morning.

Seen what looks like tape worms in their dung.

Lambs are dirty, but in good form. I done a FEC last week and worms came back at 240. No trace of cocci.

Pic of dung attached.

Should I dose them??

I thought it was maggots myself at first but it wasn't. They were more tapey looking than maggot looking.

Actually had a fly strike on lambs during the week

It doesn't look like tapeworms, Tapeworms are flat, they're round. experts say that tapeworms don't do any harm but Id always dose them with a white dose if I saw them. If you dose your dog regularily you wont have tapeworms

How much did he come into ?

You shouldn't leave any more than 6 weeks between injections, you'll get poor immunity.

The pre lambing injection needs 4 -6 weeks to get the immunity into the milk. It doesn't matter when you inject them around breeding

Christ that is an odd way of selling.

Why the hell is the auctioneer not out where the lambs are like all other marts ?

What's the best nut to give ram lambs that are being kept on for breeding.

Currently giving them a handful of intensive lamb pellet.

I was reading in the beef page, that young bulls shouldn't be getting a finishing ration. As it's low in protein, and protein is needed for growth of the bull.

Would I be better of feeding them a high protein sheep nut??? Or getting a bag of soya.

I bought 2 ram lambs this year. 1 Cheviot and 1 belclare. Cheviot is running with 20 hoggets at the moment as I'm short rams.

Belclare will be run with a few ewe lambs in a fortnight

Again thanks in advance for any replies.

14 or 15% ration is good enough in both cases, but don't give ram lambs a ration with magnesium in it or you'll kill them

i see where the goverment is cutting the sheep payment by 1.50 per ewe when in budget they said they would.nt.if they done that to dole payments they be a uproar they should.nt able to change their minds