cocci

Must be time for an updated discussion on feeding in lamb ewes through the winter and lambing. Firstly hard feed is not being considered here due to system change. Not needing the time, disturbance and cost of fuel and wear and tear in ATVs and Snackers. When you add it all in to the...

Morning all. Looking for some advice. March born suff cross lambs getting very dirty. they had Zolvix wormer nearly 3 weeks ago as a fire break dose but have had white wormer twice before that in previous months. Also had a copper bolus (2g) at end of May Any ideas ?

This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...

We normally start bringing our sale ram lambs for the late August sales in at night at the start of the month to get them shed trained to go on the long journey North. This time we haven’t got ourselves together over the past two weekends. I decided they knew best how to cope with this week’s...

Been having issues with my youngstock, lack of clean, quality grazing so grass not much of an option... This is from weaning to say 6 to 9 months. Usually on ad-lib cake, hay and straw to 4 (!) Months then hay, maize and 2kg cake. Previously had good results but recently had a lot of animals...

Currently we are running easycare ewes and think they are great sheep the only problem we have is keeping them in! I’ve never seen sheep to be able to jump or push under anything like them! When we have them in the pens they are clearing hurdles or pushing under them. I wouldn’t say there wild...

Never had it before. Was probably going to wean my best group of lambs. 300 lambs in the group. Nice big females to select from. Then about 10 days ago I noticed one or two. Since got them in to worm/wean. About 60 in the mob now. Some real bad swollen faces. Lambs have gone backwards 10 fold. I...

Probably already discussed. Considering they used to be given away for free, and now even a plastic piece of rubbish costs 30 or 40 quid, it probably makes buying a better quality drencher a more sensible option. I don't drench sheep much but I still need a gun and I hate paying money for bad...

We have seen a lot of flystrike this year, and I came across a post on social media asking how they used to treat flystrike in pre-crovect days. Several posters suggested that 19th century shepherds carried copper coins which they rubbed on affected sheep and this somehow discouraged flies...

Hi first year we have done this. First count yesterday, I collected a pooled sample and vet tech did the count for me. We have a written parasite control plan to refer to as well as vet advice, but I'm just interested in what 'cut off' people use for wormer. These are 9 month old heifers...

Morning, I've got a group of calves at the moment which have cocci. Treated on Sunday night with tolracol and metecam, they've practically gone off their cake completely, eat hay not to bad and straw, but they're steady still. Muck isn't to bad, and not seen much blood, just one speck I found...

I'm looking at rearing calves again, not done it for a few years now so a bit out of touch with the expenses.. Would anybody be able to give me an idea of the costs, I have a outlet for weaned animals but it has to be viable, looking at local mart prices there's got to be a couple of quid in it...

What's folk using this year for the first dose, white stuff?

Last year we had a few issues with fly strike on our lambs, we were using crovect and did a couple applications on the lambs. None of them died, but it did stall us from selling them for a while. This year we were thinking of buying clik instead but it’s much more expensive, is it worth it?

I always vaccinate for orf as soon as practical after 2 weeks of age. This year, for the first time, I've had a pet lamb react to the vaccine and is in a poor state with it around her mouth, up over her nose and around her eyes. It's not infected and she still sucks. Besides the obvious, which...

As above, bought a decent month old strong calf from market about a month ago and was doing well, then all of a sudden he's started scouring, very pungent smell, and looks abit sorry for himself. He's super keen for his milk still but just wondering what it could be at 8 weeks? Usually scours...

Looking for some advice on identifying these eggs. Taken from lambs last year. I was thinking the first is cocci then nematodirus, strongyloide, tapeworm and the last just to compare size

Anyone had this issue ? Best treatments ?

Had medicated deccox buckets for young lambs at grass for the last decade, positioned against fence behind half ring feeder so only lambs had access, got on really well using this system. Previous buckets Came from Scotmin or Dallas Keith, depending on who my rep was dealing with, this year...

Can nemo eggs still hatch when it’s cold at night? It’s -1 too 2 degrees every night atm but up too 13 in the day at the minute…. scops forecast says hatching to start in 7-14 days for my area but has said that for the last 21 days so it’s hard too use that as a guide 😂