Store Lambs

could be scab they will melt if they have it i should know! watch them and see if they are scratching or turning around to bit themselves

Generally once u have one it will spread through them so you might need to do them all to stop re infection.

Anyone look at buying or selling store lambs yet ? Wonder what the trade for them will be like this autumn?

Bit early for them yet but did anyone see any Mountain X or brockie type ewe lambs sold yet?

Would imagine prices will be back on last year when brockie type lambs were very dear.

From what I can see good Suffolk x lambs are back 10-20 euro on last year.

Good quality Suffolk lambs suitable for breeding making around €110-€115 for 40kg. Same type lamb last year were €130+

Not the same appetite for men given rising cost of all inputs.

Im buying around 100 at the minute out of south Kerry and west cork, ill put up pics and prices/weights when i get them home. im expecting prices back maybe 10euro/head. confident enough of prices over winter and early spring. NZ lamb into EU and Uk wont be near as much as feared as i think a lot of theres will go to china still. contiued reduction oon ewe numbers in NZ still going on, no sign of reduction stopping yet. reduction in ewe numbers on island of ireland too, id say will show up big time in the census of 2023/24/25. Anecdotly how many young farmers under 40 have gotten into ewes in last 5 years ?

hi dickie10, is it through the Mart that you arranged transport ?

dosed lambs for fluke last week and dipped on friday. must get a picture or two.

yeah within a week every year i dose for all stages of fluke, used Endafluke this year. they are coming out of south kerry and west cork mountainous terrain so they would be eating and drinking around small pools and wet marsh and bog areas on the mountain. if i didnt dose they would be some dead by november 1st, id say some could have fluke 7-9 weeks in them so another 2-3 weeks they are going to be adult fluke and start damaging them big time.

next job is heptavac p plus all lambs . im going with one last load of by own before i do that. should have maybe 12-15 to go

Take about a tea spoon full from 10/12 lambs and put it into a zip locked/freezer bag. And leave it in with your vet.

I'd have them in the pen and just collect a few samples. Or in the corner of the field even.

They were dipped last Friday 1 September, dosed for all stages of fluke a few days before that, next vaccination heptavac P plus

Yeah hes a good guy, once you tell him what your looking for. overall hes very easy to deal with.

For animal welfare reasons I'd use a preventative rather than treating than treating maggots as they happen, also if you miss a case for only 24hrs this time of year, maggots do terrible harm

I wouldn't use mineral licks if giving meal. I dose with cobalt but think meal should have enough of trace minerals.

What sort of money are stores making. I've horneys here from 35 to to 40 kgs and wondering if I should hold on to them till after Christmas and put them in a shed

I gave mine welmin licks ,find them the best and get time out of them unlike the molasses ones

I've that hopper in a shed feeding ram lambs ad lib. No problems with it. Find it holds a large amount of meal so they don't go empty

Think lamb will be scarcer next spring, some amount of breeding hoggets and cull ewes slaughtered.

Shearers saying only the large flocks keeping numbers.

I’m Co tasting Kenmare tomorrow I’ll prob buy around 150 wethers and ewe lambs . Might get a batch of scotch to keep prices down