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Anyone use it? Work well? Timings for vaccines in UK climate? Costs? It seems like quite a lot of effort, but after constant reinfection this year, and generally being pretty nervous about resistance (something a number of people I know that use cydectin are now facing) I think it's becoming...

Have only had issues with haemonchus here for the last 2 years, so slowly learning how to deal with it. Got some lambs in today to draw for market and they've lost condition for the 2nd time since weaning due to haemonchus. They had only just put it back on again 2 weeks before 🤬 All wormers...

Hi - hopefully not too obvious question! My understanding was always that lambs should develop an immunity to nemo quite quickly after being exposed and wormed. I've found nemo in dung samples twice this year (once at 8 weeks and once at 12). Lambs dosed on both occasions (white drench) and...

We planted some herbal leys 2 years ago....like a lot 👍 I was keener on plantain than chicory as I think it will survive shorter rotations with sheep better....plantain had been looking very healthy this March...then spotted a lot of holes appearing across the plantain leaves, looking similar...

Hi - looking at options for wintering sheep next year...managed all grass wintering this year....which was great! However....like all, i'm cursed to want more sheep 😅 and we really couldn't have run many more that we did this winter on grass alone imo. Keen to grow some turnips for the last...

Hi, Just after some advice about how people feel their lambs perform on root crops. After last summer, I'd like to get something in the ground as likely need a back up due to increase in stock. We've done redstart (rape/kale) in the past and lambs performed very poorly vs. those on PP, but it...

Hey folks - had some soil results and blood results come back for sheep. Good news - blood tests all very good. Iodine was an issue but flexidine injection has definitely fixed that. Mayo 4in1 bolus is covering everything else well. Soil results show low zinc, sodium and iodine. A few...

Hi Have a possible opportunity to buy the above drill. Haven't seen it yet to know state etc. so it may be a quick no! Mainly a livestock farm and no previous experience of DD. Mainly interested for stubble turnips, some limited cereals and grass/clover reseeds. Also sometimes drilling into...

Morning - we used to vaccinate with both of the above after having issues with both causes of abortion. We were an indoor lambing system that was relatively intensive, buying in from everywhere, so risk was quite high. We have now switched to outdoor lambing and only buy from one flock (who also...

Hi, Currently changing sheep policy a lot (only recently up to me), so trying to not make too many f ups on the way. Always been an indoor lambing suffolk/cheviot x mule flock and then feeding lambs for early market. Now switching to smaller but multiple bearing ewes, lambing outside in April...

Hi all, First time posting. Have always 'lightly' rotated sheep round the farm. We have small fields that lend themselves to it. This is the first year I've made more of a conscious effort. I'm generally moving stock every three days(ish) and using stocking rates that work with this. This has...