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That’s cheating! Did you remove their other lambs too?Ram lambs were fostered onto singles
That’s cheating! Did you remove their other lambs too?Ram lambs were fostered onto singles
You've missed off the column for ammunition .........I probably missed several things off this list
No the fox didThat’s cheating! Did you remove their other lambs too?
There is a scheme for free blood tests for enzo and toxo you just have to pay vet time to take the blood from a proportion of the flock, we done it years ago and are going to do it again next week1. Enzovax, Toxovax. Don't use either here but, although we have decent scanning percentages we never seem to get the 'dizzy heights' that some report on here, so, just wonder if we have something 'in the background' that could be improved by vaccinating
Would need to cost it out to see how many more lambs we'd need.
1. Enzovax, Toxovax. Don't use either here but, although we have decent scanning percentages we never seem to get the 'dizzy heights' that some report on here, so, just wonder if we have something 'in the background' that could be improved by vaccinating
Would need to cost it out to see how many more lambs we'd need.
2. Bravoxin. Already using it on the ewes but our lamb losses when we've tried not vaccinating have been mainly pasturella so stuck with ovivac/heptavac. Just wish another manufacturer would come up with something in competition.
Pretty much the same here, only not so efficient as you at Lowerye Towers.I have bought enough Ovivac to do this year's lambs (before the April 1st price hike) once, but their follow up will Bravoxin to make sure clostridials are covered.
Probably didn’t help I bought 5,000 doses on March 30th Company I cleared out didn’t know there was a price increase happeningPretty much the same here, only not so efficient as you at Lowerye Towers.
Availability of Ovivac and Heptavac has been sporadic, to say the least, so the vaccination programme this year is pretty much 'mix and match'.
Probably didn’t help I bought 5,000 doses on March 30th Company I cleared out didn’t know there was a price increase happening
£134 for Ovivac P and £175 for Hep P+To give my vets there due, they got loads in at the end of March and rang round a few bigger flocks.
50p might not be the difference between success and failure but if you're making a profit why not make 50p more?This is going to offend someone in a serious way I’m sure.
See a lot of stuff about cost cutting which I am all in favour of!
However someone the marginal costs that folk obsess over ...... it sort of makes me think their business must be pretty much f*cked. If a 50p a year saving per ewe is the difference between success and failure.
Not going to go into profit but will tell you that my commercial ewe with the highest gross output last year would have brought in £390. She was a broker. And that didn’t involve killing her. She is still here and set to give something like £260 - £300 this year.
Aaahh, so it's all your fault thenProbably didn’t help I bought 5,000 doses on March 30th Company I cleared out didn’t know there was a price increase happening
Oh I do get that.50p might not be the difference between success and failure but if you're making a profit why not make 50p more?
If you're only getting 10 good ewe lambs from 2600 ewes then you need some better sheepOh I do get that.
But I’ve seen plenty of folk make life real hard for the sake of 50p.
10 £130 ewe lambs are 2600 50ps
etc
If you're only getting 10 good ewe lambs from 2600 ewes then you need some better sheep
Oh I do get that.
But I’ve seen plenty of folk make life real hard for the sake of 50p.
10 £130 ewe lambs are 2600 50ps
etc
Gonna take a long time to get through 22000 toilet rolls so still some here but not selling any incase monkey pox kicks off and they decide to bring more lockdowns inAaahh, so it's all your fault then
You cornered the fudgin market.
Have you got through that 5 ton of toilet rolls you snapped up at the start of lockdown yet
Now now Mr O.You could say the same of the increased popularity of shedders of course. Folk producing fewer lambs, of lower value, because the wool comes to 50p less than the cost of shearing (temporarily hopefully)?