how long are you giving them before getting involved?
Ewes seem to have been slow lambing this year
Calcium work really well here, had one that had prolapsed before then wouldn’t open up.Jab of calcium and leave for an hour usually works for us-mostly pre empted by dead lambs or a breach ime
How much calcium you give em?Jab of calcium and leave for an hour usually works for us-mostly pre empted by dead lambs or a breach ime
jab calcium as you would a downer ewe in emergency situation. try and get some mag in their diet either in concentrates or blocks ... should help them mobilise their own calcium reserves and improve muscle function.How much calcium you give em?
I’m getting the same. Ewes in good nick, and grazing decent grass, but many just not slackening off. Lambs are properly presented and toes peeping out but no way the ewe will push them out. Leaving for an hour making no difference. Having to just get them lubed and pulled outWe have had a relatively high number of ewes not opening up this year or certainly more than usual! Would this be down to a deficiency? All of them were multi-Vit drenched pre lambing as usual.
60 or 70 ml between the ribs under the skin. Slightly warmed.How much calcium you give em?
60 or 70 ml between the ribs under the skin. Slightly warmed.
It is double now we're on red top (Calciject 5) since they stopped doing blue top (Calciject 6).Double it
I was still on blue top, seemed to do the job at that rateIt is double now we're on red top (Calciject 5) since they stopped doing blue top (Calciject 6).
I was still on blue top, seemed to do the job at that rate
Where do you buy the limestone flourHad a few the same at the start of our early lambers in late Jan / early Feb.
Started putting limestone flour in our home mix and not seen any more.
Maybe just coincidence
Comes from our local merchant.Where do you buy the limestone flour
What kind of money?Comes from our local merchant.
They can't get flour at the moment, so are supplying this.......
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£4 a bag (25kg)What kind of money?