General sheep thread

If I had ewes on point of lambing with suspected scab would it be worth mixing some cypergard in a watering can and sprinkling them or would it be a pointless exercise..I can easily inject but have no way to move them somewhere else for 17 days..

Foxes of Goery do one but the best imo is the cradle..less waste. Nothing is cheap now.

It can be fed ti ewe lamb, just not rams incase of urinary calci, as more magnesium and minerals in the meal for ewe and lamb nuts plus no added ammonium chloride. In my opinion if they are being fed along side ewes there won't be a problem as the ewes will have them bullied out and gobbled up in no time and the small amount the ram lambs may get will be minimal, its more so if those nuts were fed intensively to ram lambs you would see big problems and they would not be able to piss with the salts built up.

I have a ewe carrying triplets. She is outside and around a month away from lambing. When she was lying I noticed a slight prolapse and when she stood up it almost completely returned inside her but she didn’t look comfortable urinating.

I put a prolapse harness (no spoon) on her and gave her antibiotic and anti-inflammatory injections.

Should the harness be left on her until just before she lambs?

Leave the harness on her, they're supposed to be able to lamb out through it and I've had some ewes that did lamb out through it.

She could need assistance either ways, not because of the harnes but because prolapsed ewes can be ''ringed''

Yea, calcium and and 2mis Oxytocin can help and give them time

Hi folks just said I’d ask sent lambs off to factory with agent few days ago and got report back from factory saying one lamb was dil which I think is died in the transportation to factory. . Anyone ever had this issue before ? Is it a tough luck of the draw situation?

Feeding .9 kg to ewes. Would feed need to be split?

Had a fine 2 week old lamb a small bit sluggish on Wednesday evening. Just a bit slow moving or stiff in appearance so got stuff from the vet yesterday to treat for joint ill as couldn't think what else it might be but when I went to the field to inject him yesterday he had gone further downhill and was lying over not looking in great shape. I gave him the injection anyway but don't hold out much hope for him.

Anyone hazard a guess at what may have happened him as haven't seen it before.

Of course he had to be a single too.

That lad didn't make it. Must have been something else wrong with him.

Today I have 2 lambs where the bottom knuckle on their front feet is buckling when they try to walk.

Is that a sign of joint ill ?

I caught 1 of them and can't feel any swelling

Went to vet and he said to treat for joint ill. He gave me Resflor.

When I was injecting one of them I could hear the joint making a 'squishy' noise when I bent it so we see how they go.

Will let you know and thanks as always for your advice and knowledge sharing.

Actually lost one of them today so serious enough, have other sheep in new reseeded field and all fine. Its not the usual blood scour like coccidiosis.

Want to get to the bottom of it so will report back when I get results

Yea they get better quick but we always put in the ewe and lambs for a few days so that we can finish the course, If it comes back it's very difficult to cure

I think Resflor has an anti-inflammatory/ painkiller included as well

Unusual this time of year. lambs are susceptible from when they're eating grass usually over a month old and more common around may 1st

What's the best course of action for this. Lambed last night at 2 o'clock, not a particularly hard lambing, had to handle for the second to lift up one leg and gave pull nothing too tight though. I'm thinking pen strep I'm not sure if I need to put a harness on - Thoughts welcome