Sheep Dip DIsposal
- Thread starter LAMBCHOPS
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- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I always had that too. We discussed it when I did my dipping course (30 years ago?) and the instructor nearly had a fit. He explained that OP was a cumulative nerve poison, building up in your system until it caused you real problems, with some people being more susceptible than others. The ‘feeling a bit grotty for a couple of days’, which I’d always considered as normal, is a sign that you (and me) are one of the susceptible ones, and should take every chance to avoid using OP.
He scared me enough that I won’t have anything to do with it if at all possible.
I've never understood the claims of a ‘good dipping’ being like a tonic. If you have scab in your sheep, then it is the most effective treatment we have currently. It will also kill other ectoparasites (which are also reliably killed by cheaper/easier/safer methods. It doesn’t do anything else beneficial to the sheep, other than give them a wash I suppose.
livestock 1
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Try buying loads of sheep out of the auctions from now until April. Try farming on stinted ground. You will soon realise why you need to dip. Nothing else provides the cover or works as well.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I don't intend to, but I agree (as I posted) that for scab treatment, dipping is the most effective option. What I don't see though, is the claim that dipping is somehow 'good for them' for any other reason.
livestock 1
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Well they improve here compared to an injection of x
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east
None that i know of
Just dipped our smaller lambs who do not have scab and they are running and skipping tonight full bellies and have altered immensely better than the injectables. Family have always dipped in the past and fattened lambs by the 1000s
Maybe Dwr Cyrmu can point you in the right direction? They were taking unwanted pesticides etc for free, no questions asked, but doubt they will take a few IBC's
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- Location
- Montgomeryshire
i don’t think anyone was suggesting that using injectables was more effective than dipping for ectoparasite control, you guys are the only ones comparing them.
Are you suggesting that dipping them in OP, in the absence of those ectoparasites, somehow makes them skip about with fully bellies and put weight on?
For the record, I watching my lambs skip about with full bellies today too and, having just finished sorting the pedigree ewe lambs ready for tupping, I am surprised how much weight they’ve put on in the last 3 weeks.
Nothing here has been dipped, or had injectables, for several years. I put it down to a flush of fresh grass and a nice sunny day. I doubt they’ll be skipping much tomorrow.
The sheep dipper man
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- Location
- north east
I have worked with themin the past i am very doubtful they will take waste sheep dip for some resson wales is s nightmare to dispose of dipMaybe Dwr Cyrmu can point you in the right direction? They were taking unwanted pesticides etc for free, no questions asked, but doubt they will take a few IBC's
Each to their own.i don’t think anyone was suggesting that using injectables was more effective than dipping for ectoparasite control, you guys are the only ones comparing them.
Are you suggesting that dipping them in OP, in the absence of those ectoparasites, somehow makes them skip about with fully bellies and put weight on?
For the record, I watching my lambs skip about with full bellies today too and, having just finished sorting the pedigree ewe lambs ready for tupping, I am surprised how much weight they’ve put on in the last 3 weeks.
Nothing here has been dipped, or had injectables, for several years. I put it down to a flush of fresh grass and a nice sunny day. I doubt they’ll be skipping much tomorrow.
Hi I’m just getting into the contract dipping myself now I was wondering how much it costs to have it taken away?
- Location
- Cheshire
Wouldn’t that come under “importing hazardous material”? I’ve wondered this myself and just assumed that the reason it doesn’t happen is they don’t want it carted about. That way they can charge more people for the licences?
Pistonbroke
Member
What is the cost of a permit to dispose of dip yourself?
still not found anyone in Wales/borders who will take the old dip presently stored in IBC. Happy to pay for delivery to or collection of to a waste disposal firm. Who is out there??? Any info please
livestock 1
Member
You must know some dipper men they should point you in the right direction
- Location
- West Wales
Can it not be put onto grassland these days?
They dispose on their own land . You can dispose on your own land but at a very hefty cost .