Another disappointing 168% here but on the bright side only 1 geld! Need to concentrate on getting condition off my ewes more [emoji85][emoji848][emoji849]
I had a lot of empties this year in the early lambers
But the bigger problem is I can't pin it down
Came from mixed ages and different Rams. And as far as I know I did the same as every other year.
It seems as though the ewes were in lamb at some stage but wernt at scannning as we use yellow red blue Radford and only a handful were done with the last raffle blue and these were in lamb
Could they have been exposed to something nasty like Toxo/ Enzo?
Not sure at what stage of pregnancy they start aborting but I'd be having a chat with a vet and getting bloods done if I was you...
I had Toxo a couple of years ago...not good!
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If it's toxo I think I'd be too late to act would I?
I think you are right. AFAIK the Alamycin LA surpresses the bug and allows the ewes to carry long enough for the lambs to be fully developed when born. Think you give the ewe the LA about 2 - 3 weeks before due date. Might be wrong.Pretty sure its only Enzo you can go in with Alamycin LA at a certain stage to try and help.(But I was once wrong),,,,,
If it's toxo I think I'd be too late to act would I?
I think you are right. AFAIK the Alamycin LA surpresses the bug and allows the ewes to carry long enough for the lambs to be fully developed when born. Think you give the ewe the LA about 2 - 3 weeks before due date. Might be wrong.
I had a lot of empties this year in the early lambers
But the bigger problem is I can't pin it down
Came from mixed ages and different Rams. And as far as I know I did the same as every other year.
It seems as though the ewes were in lamb at some stage but wernt at scannning as we use yellow red blue Radford and only a handful were done with the last raffle blue and these were in lamb
What ewes are you tupping earlyWhilst it might be worth doing some bloods to investigate, if only to rule out anything for which you could do something next year, I've spoken to several early lambing flocks (mostly Dec) that had more empties and a lower %age than normal. Scanners have told the same story. Our own early mob where just the same, for no good reason, which is why I only lambed 64 last week, where I'd normally do around 100.
My earlies on get one chance of the ram, then drop back to lamb in March. Those same ewes took the ram very quickly in October, and with only 3 returns marked after 17 days. Mine are vaccinated against Toxo, all bar the shearlings were vaccinated against Enzo and the yearlings are all vaccinated against Campylobacter, so covered pretty well all bases for infectious causes here. All were treated for known TE deficiencies and kept very calm for several weeks after mating (AI and natural service).
Just one of those years?
What ewes are you tupping early