Hi we have a ewe that is going to be culled on Wednesday but when we sheared her yesterday she had maggots on her back not broken the skin so just tried purple foot spray but they were back this morning and sprayed some iodine on her than she had more eggs then wash the eggs off then came back...
Just joining a vet practice and to isuse any medicine they want to come see my sheep first but a charging a visit of 30pounds and a sheep check of 40 +vat so makes it 90 ish quid which I haven't really got a problem with but they said there have to do this every year which I think is just a...
I've a favour to ask can those of you with a compie clamp easy grip sheep squeeze measure the length of the squeeze bit if that makes sense also a few photos please the more the better I now I could just measure the sheep but there's no harm in copying the experts was hoping to go to NSA but...
Hi I'm trying to find a aluminum canopy with side doors new would be great but obviously expensive so trying second hand also after some pull out drawers to put in the bed for storage for tools any ideas will be helpful thanks. Uggman
Hi just wondering if there is a better breed of duck to help train a young collie dog or just any duck. A fox had our Muscovy ducks last night and we are thinking of getting a puppy soon so to help with training cos we only got 40 ewes might get some more ducks thanks
A few posts on here have got me thinking particularly one from @som farmer has any tested suckler cow milk for protein and fats because the more good stuff it has it in the faster than calf we grow I know that growth weights will show some of the better cows because of those weights but they...
Just wondering if anyone has got a clh trailer just phoned up for a price and quite expensive compared to say ifor Williams? I want one of the clh trailers and put a sheep clamp on it to turn into a sheep handler trailer thing
Does anyone else think that the reason that beef has gone up too 4pound a kg because non Irish meat can't come into southern Ireland and get packaged and called British and Irish. My uncle has always said that this happens and that southern Ireland is the dumping ground or the world I don't no...
Hi I come from a farming family who don't vaccinate for anything hoping to get animals to build up own immunity apart from bluetongue the 1st year which was a waste of money and I've married into a family that does vaccinate for a lot off things and now I got my own sheep about 15 charlais ewes...
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