- Location
- Essex
Half to three quarters of a ml does a lot of good.
Jabbing a ewe, post lambing.
- Thread starter steveR
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Kentishfarmer
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I'm surprised you have any sheep left after selection
And I like to think I'm quite ruthless with the culling
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'm surprised you have any sheep left after selection
And I like to think I'm quite ruthless with the culling
He doesn't. That's why he gets another load of draft Shetlands down every year...
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
Yes. It's a faff, though. Not many of the flock is needing a large dose, though. Breeding types a little smaller, now.
- Location
- Fife
My 5yr average for lambing intervention is 1%.I'm surprised you have any sheep left after selection
And I like to think I'm quite ruthless with the culling
Culling for that isn't a big drain on numbers. I cull on lameness, dagg and failure to rear a lamb as well.
500 draft Shetlands will generally yield 200 easyshet 2ths, will 5-7% culling of that cohort for the next 4yrs, before the whole lot is age culled at weaning in their 6th year of life.
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Our gets the red dot of death and little red cable ties added to ear tags because sure as eggs are eggs it will be the one that looses the wool from her neck or gets missed to be remarked at shearing.
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Shocking big difference between 0.5ml and 3ml!
I’ll only jab if I feel like Iv been a bit hard on her or she might of torn a bit
Vet here the other night and he said 4ml, I was giving them 2.5ml of metacam
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
Iirc, sheep metabolise it more rapidly than cattle? It's definitely been found that sheep need twice the rate/ml that cattle do. They're far more stoic, too, so despite the cost (would that be because metacam price is factored into the meds for insured pets system?), that's what they get.
- Location
- Fife
Pet metacam is a different strength. There more than 1 farmer fatally poisoned his dog by injecting it with the livestock version.
- Location
- SW Scotland
Usually carry some long arm gloves in my pocket. Would only jab if get caught out without them, and have to go in with an unwashed hand.