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15-04-2010, 09:09 AM
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16-07-2010, 09:22 PM
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Lets get something on forum, where is everybody,something happening somewhere? is there going to be lots of leicesters at melton mowbray.:
 had two lambs this year 1 ewe -1 ram not registered yet i will get moaned at 
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18-07-2010, 09:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-07-2010 09:17 AM by jeni thomson.)
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(16-07-2010 09:22 PM)derek roll Wrote: Lets get something on forum, where is everybody,something happening somewhere? is there going to be lots of leicesters at melton mowbray.: I would love to see discussions involving problems people have with their sheep, for example a few years ago we had a huge problem with the sheep having dirty bums but a very low worm count, it seems to have cured itself but I would love to know if anyone else has problems like that or even better explanations and cures. We only breed a few lambs each year, this year 3 ewes, 3 tups, usually quite late on so they are never really well grown enough to show or to go to Melton sale but we really are amateurs and choose to lamb at a time that is easiest for us. That reminds me I really must get them registered or I will be in BIGGGG trouble!! |
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19-07-2010, 09:59 AM
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Hi Jeni
Dirty bottoms on longwool sheep can be a real problem in the summer. A new" flush" of rich new grass can be all it takes , but if it is on going then "yes "normally worms are the most common cause. I think longwool sheep take extra care and need "Dagging out "more regularly than a shortwool- to keep them clean behind and prevent flystrike. Tilly |
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20-07-2010, 03:52 PM
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(19-07-2010 09:59 AM)Tilly Thomsett Wrote: Hi Jeni You're definitely right about the new flush of grass, we have had no rain for over a month and the fields were beginning to look yellow in places. Last week it rained and the grass has now started to grow again and I see a couple of sheep who will need dagging in the next day or so which will be the first dirty bums since well before shearing in May. I normally use a pour on such as Clik or Crovect to prevent fly strike 6 weeks after shearing but haven't done this year, it looks as if I will need to do them all now, there seems to be a huge number of flies about since it has rained. Do you think there is a connection with the wet weather and the flies? We also seem to have many more thistles this year. |
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21-07-2010, 07:49 PM
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Hi Jeni
yeap --this humid and damp weather seems to encourage the flies does`nt it. |
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21-07-2010, 08:02 PM
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hello jeni
I have more thistles than ever this year, Old saying if lands not good enough to grow thistles it won't grow grass. why are we all junior members ? is it wishful thinking. |
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16-08-2010, 09:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-08-2010 09:59 PM by sonia glover.)
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(19-07-2010 09:59 AM)Tilly Thomsett Wrote: Hi Jeni Hi Jeni and Ewe lot, We couldnt get Crovect this year as it was in short supply. We were advised to use Dysect, upside - it worked well keeping the flies away downside - it stained the fleeces a dirty yellow and spoled them for showing. Sonia and Alan Hi All, we had a yearling ewe in lamb for the first time who was really thin and was scouring on and off. She was wormed, brought inside and fed well but didn't put on any weight. She lambed but as soon as she went back out to graze scoured constantly. We had an egg count done which showed no worms but a coccidial count of 400. We treated her with Baycox and hey presto, she stopped scouring and we soon had a ewe who was putting on weight despite feeding a lamb. She is now well, has anyone else had this happen? Sonia and Alan |
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