Blowfly prevention

d-wales · Jul 3, 2020

neilo said:
You’re right, those with scab should dip their ewes. Not treating infested sheep is what spreads it around, not the non-treatment of sheep that are isolated from others, closed flocks, etc.

Not treating or 'not seeing'

Or the best one "I used cydectin to sort the lice problem and dysect to sort the ones with scab, but not all of them needed treating so I didn't do them all"

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Maybe training on such matters should be mandatory for farmers to sell sheep to other farmers.

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PhilipB · Jul 7, 2020

An ancient git said:
Ewes here all crutched out in individual pens at lambing . Just stick a halter on and tie up ..... 1st time they jump about , but remember proceedure after ..... Simples !! Way easier than doing them later on .....

What? After they've lambed?

Why not do them two weeks before and be able to see what's happening when they're lambing?

Fendt516profi · Jul 7, 2020

d-wales said:
Not treating or 'not seeing'

Or the best one "I used cydectin to sort the lice problem and dysect to sort the ones with scab, but not all of them needed treating so I didn't do them all"

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Maybe training on such matters should be mandatory for farmers to sell sheep to other farmers.

Or maybe a licence to keep animals [emoji848][emoji6]

They'd do much better to use cydectin to treat scab and dysect to treat lice surely

neilo · Jul 7, 2020

Fendt516profi said:
They'd do much better to use cydectin to treat scab and dysect to treat lice surely

I think that was his point.

Fendt516profi · Jul 7, 2020

neilo said:
I think that was his point.

Oh I thought his point was that all the sheep in the packet didn't need treating so he didn't do them all

neilo · Jul 7, 2020

Fendt516profi said:
Oh I thought his point was that all the sheep in the packet didn't need treating so he didn't do them all

That too, I think. All leading to resistant scab and ineffective treatment.

Dan@JF · Jul 7, 2020

Has anyone experimented with put an oil based substance with Crovect? There's a fella round here who swears by diluting it with red diesel (amongst a few other daft things, like no fences) it sounds a terrible idea to me, but did get me thinking about other oil based products.

Nithsdale · Jul 8, 2020

Dan@JF said:
Has anyone experimented with put an oil based substance with Crovect? There's a fella round here who swears by diluting it with red diesel (amongst a few other daft things, like no fences) it sounds a terrible idea to me, but did get me thinking about other oil based products.

Why?

tinsheet · Jul 8, 2020

Never used clik, does it kill ticks?
Always thought it didn't, ectofly and dysect here.

neilo · Jul 8, 2020

tinsheet said:
Never used clik, does it kill ticks?
Always thought it didn't, ectofly and dysect here.

No, Clik doesn’t kill anything, or have any effect on ticks.
It is a growth regulator that stops maggots developing to the stage where they bite, so they hatch, starve and die before they do any harm.

tinsheet · Jul 8, 2020

neilo said:
No, Clik doesn’t kill anything, or have any effect on ticks.
It is a growth regulator that stops maggots developing to the stage where they bite, so they hatch, starve and die before they do any harm.

shame it doesn't sort ticks, would jump at it then.

An ancient git · Jul 8, 2020

PhilipB said:
What? After they've lambed?

Why not do them two weeks before and be able to see what's happening when they're lambing?

Used to do b4 , but it's way easier here to do post-lambing . Can see easy enough when lambing in sheds

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