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    Ewe teat pre lambing

    Quick question….. How many days / weeks before lambing would you see a teat appear? Some due to lamb from next week but next to no teat on them yet. Been getting fed 5 weeks pre lambing steadily increasing each week and now at the limit getting 2lb a day split evenly over 2 feeds (morning and...
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    Barley or Wheat Straw for sheep bedding?

    Might be a silly question but would wheat hold the wet more?
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    Barley or Wheat Straw for sheep bedding?

    What is best for bedding sheep? Barley or Wheat straw?
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    FlockWatch

    Have many people on here got FlockWatch? What is it like and is it worth getting? Like to hear what everything thinks.
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    Lamb weaning weights

    No reason that I can pinpoint. All clear of worms, got double Heptavac’d, get Vitamin drenched etc. I’m thinking that it is probably the same as every year or very similar but because I have every weight in front of me in black and white it makes you sit back and look at the results more and...
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    Lamb weaning weights

    This is the first year I have took weights at 8 weeks of age and at weaning time so i suppose it will be a lot more beneficial for a comparison from next year etc. They are all putting on a good daily live weight gain all from .2kg to .45kg per day so happy with that. No matter what I suppose...
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    Lamb weaning weights

    Hi everyone Just interested to see but I have started to wean lambs and they are all 12-14 weeks of age. What weight should they be at that age on average? 3 batches: 1 batch averaging 35.5kg 1 batch averaging 31.6kg And the last batch averaging 27.5kg albeit this batch are not even 12-14...
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    Feeding ewes post lambing

    Sorry I meant 2lbs a day.
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    Feeding ewes post lambing

    How much meal do people feed ewes post lambing? And what date do they feed them to? Usually feed 2kg per day (split over 2 feeds) before weaning down to 1 feed and feed til middle of May time. What’s everyone’s thoughts?
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    Housing ewes

    Cheers. Many problems with feet?
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    Housing ewes

    When does everyone house their ewes that are in lamb? I usually house 3/4 weeks before lambing but tempted to house a bit earlier this year and footbath them once a week / 10 days to try and keep feet problems to a minimum. Whats everyone’s thoughts?
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    Sheep feet problems / Footrot

    Thank you i will give this a go. I’m doing it pretty much apart from the footbath part. Vet did say copper sulphate but I was reluctant a bit when I seen them improving and was scared to footbath incase the infection passed to good feet through the footbath. does CODD not reoccur once cleared up?
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    Sheep feet problems / Footrot

    To help? 🧐
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    Sheep feet problems / Footrot

    It possibly could be the more I look at CODD. What other way of treating it is there bar what im Already doing? Cull or will they recover fully?
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    Sheep feet problems / Footrot

    Does anyone else seem to be having a problem with sheep feet this year more than normal? Vet has told me it is a bigger problem this year. Does Footrot reoccur year on year now the ewe has had it or once recovered should it be ok? Or is it now a cull ewe? Treated with antibiotic spray and...
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    Scanning 2021

    No not ewe lambs - they are yearlings. Mixture of Texel Mule cross and Mules.
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    Scanning 2021

    Texel Mules 192% Mules 182% Hoggets 170% Overall 182% Down slightly from last year but had a few more younger sheep this year so I suppose that is understandable?
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