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How's lambing going for ye?

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  • #332
    ganmo
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    I've a mag bucket out. Suppose it's dependant on all the ewes licking it regularly. Mine don't seem to like the taste of the himag one as much as the regular one,

    Mine have a mag bucket too, noticed ewes and lambs licking it


  • #333
    Username John
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    ganmo wrote: »
    Mine have a mag bucket too, noticed ewes and lambs licking it

    Will get a mineral bucket tomorrow...

    I know the local merchant doesn't stock hi mag for sheep.
    Will get a crystalyx hi energy - their online blurb says

    "For use post lambing where there is a risk of hypomagnesaemia in sheep (provides around 2g Mg/ewe/day"

    Not sure twas grass tetany, but easier to buy a bucket tomorrow than look at another dead ewe...


  • #334
    Green farmer
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    Between, prolapse / twin lamb / tetany / bloat , your bound to loose one or two to the knackery at this time every year. His seen me twice in the last three weeks, just the way it goes. And if you don't the department will be asking , why not ? And you'll probably get a visit from them instead.


  • #335
    ganmo
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    Between, prolapse / twin lamb / tetany / bloat , your bound to loose one or two to the knackery at this time every year. His seen me twice in the last three weeks, just the way it goes. And if you don't the department will be asking , why not ? And you'll probably get a visit from them instead.

    Anyone know of the top of your head the cost of a pm for a ewe?


  • #336
    Green farmer
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    ganmo wrote: »
    Anyone know of the top of your head the cost of a pm for a ewe?

    Unless it's changed since last year, then €20 to your vet for arranging it and interpretating results and about €6 to the department lab,


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  • #337
    davidk1394
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    ganmo wrote: »
    Anyone know of the top of your head the cost of a pm for a ewe?

    Its free for young lambs.. €20 for a ewe


  • #338
    Green farmer
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    In fairness it's a great service and worth every cent. Getting it fresh to them really helps, as evidence deteriorates.


  • #339
    ganmo
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    davidk1394 wrote: »
    Its free for young lambs.. €20 for a ewe

    Just found my new (cheaper) way of disposing of deceased ewes...and getting info too!


  • #340
    Bleating Lamb
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    ganmo wrote: »
    lost one here too, she had a good pair of twins too :( at least now we've one for the dept to do their test on

    You must have had a good spring for this to be first case for Scrapie test!....several ewes have gone south here this spring with prolapses.
    Knackery lorry man says deaths way up in sheep and vets have never being busier.


  • #341
    sea12
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    You must have had a good spring for this to be first case for Scrapie test!....several ewes have gone south here this spring with prolapses.
    Knackery lorry man says deaths way up in sheep and vets have never being busier.

    Seems to be allot of loses with tetany. See ure man in the indo lost 6 ewes this spring.
    Mag buckets, hay and feed containing magnesium all help prevent it. Calcium applied on time will cure.


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  • #342
    ganmo
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    You must have had a good spring for this to be first case for Scrapie test!....several ewes have gone south here this spring with prolapses.
    Knackery lorry man says deaths way up in sheep and vets have never being busier.
    Could have lost less lambs but ya so far so good


  • #343
    rangler1
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    Username John wrote: »
    Just in from checking ewes - one of em dead...
    Not sure what happened her - not caught in anything, she isn't on her back, no sign of a struggle or anything like that...

    Great sheep too, always had nice lambs, great to mind em...

    Sickening :(


    had two ewes dead here on thursday mrning, even with the mag buckets out....as you say, sickening'
    All sheep have been stressed due to weather for the last fortnight , losses from grass tetany have been more than usual here... checking ewes twice a day here, those ewes were all grazing at 7oc on wednesday evening


  • #344
    Green farmer
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    You must have had a good spring for this to be first case for Scrapie test!....several ewes have gone south here this spring with prolapses.
    Knackery lorry man says deaths way up in sheep and vets have never being busier.

    Apparently department have eased back on scrapie. Because of volumes sent to them, they've already reached their annual target for number to be tested. Their only accepting sheep for testing one day a week now.


  • #345
    Kovu
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    Dead lorry was here half an hour ago and there were about six sheep on it already. Lad was saying there's an unreal amount of them dying at the minute, feck all cattle.


  • #346
    Username John
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    Kovu wrote: »
    Dead lorry was here half an hour ago and there were about six sheep on it already. Lad was saying there's an unreal amount of them dying at the minute, feck all cattle.

    Lad in the knackery said the same to me yesterday when I dropped in the ewe...


  • #347
    Username John
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    tom_k wrote: »
    That must be the cheapest knackery price in Ireland - not that it's ever cheap. €20 delivered around here, €30 collected.

    15euro for a ewe again yesterday... :(
    Maybe the one in there likes me :)


  • #348
    davidk1394
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    Only 20 left !!! I can breathe a sigh of relief. The pens are coming down and the sheds cleaned out as the first of the calves start arriving


  • #349
    Username John
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    had two ewes dead here on thursday mrning, even with the mag buckets out....as you say, sickening'
    All sheep have been stressed due to weather for the last fortnight , losses from grass tetany have been more than usual here... checking ewes twice a day here, those ewes were all grazing at 7oc on wednesday evening

    I was in the local vet place yesterday, and asked about tetany and sheep...

    They said they had bolus, but there would be no good for that day, twould take a few days for em to start working...

    I assume something like these
    http://www.agrimin.co.uk/rumbul-magnesium-bullets

    Anyone ever use em?

    I don't know if I would, as I'm still not sure the ewe the other day from tetany. But just wondering if it was something people were using...


  • #350
    rangler1
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    Username John wrote: »
    I was in the local vet place yesterday, and asked about tetany and sheep...

    They said they had bolus, but there would be no good for that day, twould take a few days for em to start working...

    I assume something like these
    http://www.agrimin.co.uk/rumbul-magnesium-bullets

    Anyone ever use em?

    I don't know if I would, as I'm still not sure the ewe the other day from tetany. But just wondering if it was something people were using...

    We wouldn't normally lose many,but we've lost five now and saved three since we started checking them twice a day , so never considered anything other than the buckets.
    High risk time would be 4=8 weeks old so you'd have to gather them when the lambs are only three weeks old..... the stress of that alone would induce grass tetany on the ewes, bunches are too big here to do that


  • #351
    Farrell
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    We wouldn't normally lose many,but we've lost five now and saved three since we started checking them twice a day , so never considered anything other than the buckets.
    High risk time would be 4=8 weeks old so you'd have to gather them when the lambs are only three weeks old..... the stress of that alone would induce grass tetany on the ewes, bunches are too big here to do that
    Have no buckets out, giving a handful of nuts (missing the odd day) hoping it's enough.
    Good to know on a peak time


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  • #352
    sheepfarmer92
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    15 euro a ewe in our local knackery too, I have what ever crystalyx buckets we have left over out with all the different bunches of ewes and very little tetany so far, lost 2 so far, touchwood theres no more, I remember we lost 12 in one day few years back all with 2 lambs apeice


  • #353
    ganmo
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    last twin ewe lambed last night
    single digit singles left


  • #354
    rangler1
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    ganmo wrote: »
    last twin ewe lambed last night
    single digit singles left

    Last ewe lambed yesterday, OH and I going out tonight for the first time in eight weeks.
    OH getting an award at the Athlone Show Hall of Fame awards tonight, nominated by the vendeen society, probably means I'm the nominated driver for the night as well :(


  • #355
    sea12
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    3 left here. I off hay for past couple of days but is eating her meal. But she went down yesterday and isn't able to get up. Still eating her meal and is eating hay now again but not able to get up.

    Any thoughts?


  • #356
    Green farmer
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    sea12 wrote: »
    3 left here. I off hay for past couple of days but is eating her meal. But she went down yesterday and isn't able to get up. Still eating her meal and is eating hay now again but not able to get up.

    Any thoughts?

    Twin lamb ?


  • #357
    Willfarman
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    sea12 wrote: »
    3 left here. I off hay for past couple of days but is eating her meal. But she went down yesterday and isn't able to get up. Still eating her meal and is eating hay now again but not able to get up.

    Any thoughts?

    Ketosis? I'd lash 60mls of glysorine into her twice daily either way and a shot of calcium. No bad smell off her rear to indicate dead lamb in her??


  • #358
    sea12
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    Willfarman wrote: »
    Ketosis? I'd lash 60mls of glysorine into her twice daily either way and a shot of calcium. No bad smell off her rear to indicate dead lamb in her??

    No smells. She would hardly eat more meal If she had that would she?

    Will try the calcium in morn


  • #359
    Willfarman
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    Ketovit is great stuff or glycerine is good too in case it is ketosis which is basically twin lamb disease. It won't do her any harm. I've seen all sorts with regard to the dead lamb breached in them. No set rules. But if no smell or discharge that's positive.


  • #360
    sea12
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    Last ewe lamb lambed today. First lamb born 17th March. A long lambing season. Wasn't meant to be as long but Rams broke back in for a visit after I had them them out. Overall poor numbers and need to think seriously whether to lamb ewes next year or switch to keeping ewe lambs for sale as hoggets following year. Getting harder with work and young family.


    Hard to give up your flock you spent years building up all the same.

    Anyway time for s drink tonight I think.


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  • #361
    Willfarman
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    Still 10 hoggets to lamb here. Did your ewe that was down lamb ok sea?


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