Maggots

AnFeirmeoir

I'm sure its not news to some but i can confirm there are maggots in Galway

ganmo

we had a case 3 weeks ago in the east...never had one so early, I was lucky to spot the poor fella

Conmaicne Mara

There were maggots in Galway weeks ago.

Western Pomise

Are you referring to canvassers for the elections Con!

Conmaicne Mara

Western Pomise wrote: »

Are you referring to canvassers for the elections Con!

Just the usual ones, didn't see the doorstep type.

Bleating Lamb

Haven't had time to treat lambs yet for maggot protection,have used Clik last few years,expensive but works well.
Hope to get to them over the wkd,definitely dodgy weather for dirty ended ewes of which we have a few.

AnFeirmeoir

Bought click there. I was surprised how the clikzen was nearly the same price as it. It did the same amount of animals but has shorter coverage.
Click is definately better value.
I know it has a longer withdrawal.- but still.

Will do the lambs the weekend. The ewes are starting to suffer. only had 1 small case of maggots so far. shearer due soon so hopefully won't get too bad.

Green farmer

Just a silly thought , if you didn't have click, or anything like that, would Stockholm tar be good warding off the fly. Maybe a bit of tar on the lambs shoulder and over the tail ? Would the smell of it put off the fly from laying eggs. What did people do years ago before click was invented ?

Conmaicne Mara

Green farmer wrote: »

Just a silly thought , if you didn't have click, or anything like that, would Stockholm tar be good warding off the fly. Maybe a bit of tar on the lambs shoulder and over the tail ? Would the smell of it put off the fly from laying eggs. What did people do years ago before click was invented ?

Compulsory dipping (never should have been got rid of).

tabby aspreme

Green farmer wrote: »

Just a silly thought , if you didn't have click, or anything like that, would Stockholm tar be good warding off the fly. Maybe a bit of tar on the lambs shoulder and over the tail ? Would the smell of it put off the fly from laying eggs. What did people do years ago before click was invented ?

Years ago they dipped them in salty water, organophosphate was used in ww1 as a nerve gas before it became an insecticide / sheep dip

Lano Lynn

can understand dirty sheep getting maggots,but when they get hit on the shoulder or on the back of perfectly clean sheep....there seem to be some real maggot magnets.

once upon a time
I bought a ram once he was perfectly clean but a couple of weeks later he got flystrike across his loin,the following summer his lambs were the first to get hit.and his daughters(not all of them)appeared more suseptable.and would get struck across their loin in september.
culled the ram after 4years and retained a son of his who bred very well and never got 'strike and his daughters did not have a noticiably higher rate of infection.

didnt think much about it until a friend asked me if I thought there could be a genetic influence to fly strike after he had a similar experience.
It probably is some sheep sweat more than others but
got to sayI would not buy any sheep that had evidence of fly strike.

Conmaicne Mara

Think the NZ'ers have done some research on genetic flystrike potential. Has to be something in it with clean sheep.

Green farmer

Just after dosing all my ewes and lambs today. 4 ewes out if 100 had a touch of fly strike . Wouldn't mind but they were clean sheep. I was trying to get them sheared this weekend , but after checking a few of them the other night I knew that they were just not fit to shear yet. Moved to new pasture now so hopefully they'll put on condition fast and I can get them sheared. I cannt remember getting fly strike this early last year.

supersean1999

There is maggots in galway all year. Sorry i had to say it

Conmaicne Mara

supersean1999 wrote: »

There is maggots in galway all year. Sorry i had to say it

Spot the real ones, some are only acting

Conmaicne Mara

Had a ewe and a lamb with waggy tails this morning so I said I'd pen them all up, mostly twin ewes, and shear them. Flew through the first 4 handy, the fifth one broke my heart. Fleece hadn't risen, took me longer to shear that one than the others put together. Out with the knapsack and two fills of dip and opened the gate, will leave them another fortnight yet.