Recent content by ladycrofter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088 Even the BBC are reporting it.

Weather's no problem when you have a conservatory 😂. Old truck canopies are great shelters.

Here - 😂 What I mean is putting an old frail ewe through the ring and on lorries. Better they go when fitter and likely not suffering arthritis etc. - since we have to guess, they can't tell us. I think the more unimproved breeds can go longer, they're reproductive machinery hasn't been...

+1 Another issue I have with keeping old sheep is that by the time they do go off, they can be quite frail. It's not fair to them after all the work they have done. They deserve a better end. In years past we have actually shot them here or had them die on us. Better a few quid to us rather than...

Link please. Thanks. So glad to read many not keeping them past four crop. We've had some tough discussions over the last year about culling and now the statistics from this year tell us that 4 is enough. We had thought 5 crop but my Dead List says no. So far: 1 Prolapse - already marked 2023...

Two gimmers lost singles to the fox? in 2 days. Think both will be going. They had ONE bloody job.Two less foxes on the planet now. Another was reported yesterday to have "lost" her lamb. I went back, on FOOT, found it dead of course. Just over the fence in the wood from where she was hovering...

We need to do cocci this year and wanted to use Brinicome buckets. They need a vet prescription but Vecoxan doesn't? Wh

Same as others have said, we do 4 rounds a day, 5 things: ring, jag VitE, Spoton, iodine, number at birth. The dogs are ginned up for helping catch, they seem to know where to be to help us hook the ewe. We have catching areas in some fields if the ewe isn't cooperative - from permanent pens...

Yes he isn't going the right way, poor beast. A terrible decision for anyone to have to make, an otherwise fit animal. Sorry for your loss. It's a shame PMs are so expensive and usually inconclusive. It could be a tumour, who knows?

As stated many times before, this sounds typical of toxo. Depends on when in gestation the ewe is infected, what happens to the lambs. It destroys the placenta. Early infection causes dead lambs or mummies. Late infection causes poor, weak, or stillborn lambs, because they developed further...

They never die at the bottom of the field or in a shrubby bit 🙄 always right by the roadside fence. Thankfully very few footpaths through here, and understanding neighbors. Three guesses why this photo isn't in the "Things That Make Me Smile" thread.: 🚪1) Lame 🚪2) Mastitis 🚪3) 5 crop Did...

The supervisor stopping proceedings for a spot inspection (for dog biscuits).

Fat Dave will be on the job! 🐶

This⬆️ we run them along the fence then pull the hurdle over behind them.

Born early this morning and already smiling. Must be part polar bear.