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I have quite a few youngsters help me at various times of year. Vet students, 15 year old work experience kids, ag college students, the odd NEET from the county council. Most are ok, some are very good, some are muppets. However the thread that runs between nearly all the youngsters that are...

Has anyone tried to buy an orf vaccine lately?

As we are not RT, it appears as if I will have to jump through the hoops to get our VAN from the Vet... I have spoken with the Vets, and they are happy for a visit to see an animal, that will suffice for them to tick the boxes, and as I have few if any fat animals ready to go, I am happy to...

Can anyone share experiences of shelly hoof with sheep? What prevention and treatment is best..

I have become very disillusioned with our Merlo recently and now do not really trust it anywhere but in the yard. We also have a change in circumstances that require us to maybe do more towing work with the handler. The Merlo is not great for towing and so am looking at changing for a handler...

I know it's very early still, but looks like my neighbour is making a bit of hay on a small field that he lets people camp on. Couple of others seem to be underway with haylage. I've just been and mowed 8 acres that is going to be haylage for a chap this evening. It will be at least 10...

Ordered some more antibiotics to keep in stock over lambing and the vet won't perscribe any untill we have a 6month health plan as it's moved from every 12months. When did this come in to Force?

We’ve ended up getting a lot of trouble with orf on ewes tits. The ewes and jan born lambs are inside and usually stay inside until weaning in late March. Usually we vaccinate lambs against orf at 5 weeks old, but unsure now of the best plan to stop it getting any worse. Any ideas?

Hello farming forum, I am turning to my fellow country men and women for help as I am quickly running out of ideas. My Ram who is 4 years old (Wendy but he's a male) has become both emotionally and physically attached to a bucket; it's causing me huge issues on the farm. If anybody on the farm...

Haven’t used them before but had a bit of bother post calving with scour last year and think it may be down to poor colostrum and shortage of minerals, mostly selenium. Has anyone looked into the different levels of vit and minerals in the different brands of these blocks and have any...

Some very good speeches made and points raised during the televised debate this afternoon.

Waht base rate would become uncomfortable to you?

Ever since a really bad orf outbreak (40-50% affected) in weaned lambs maybe 12 years ago, we've used Scabivax Forte in all lambs when marking them. Never seemed to have an issue in ewes fortunately. Someone was helping a couple of days at the start this year and not sure if he was...

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...

Now i am very sorry if i affend any one firstly.... but this cost of living thing could have a very good effect on some folks health....popped into the local tesco and their are so many overweight....fat people around its a joke...waddling down the isle like turkeys....now if they all get hard...

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...

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...

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...

Regularly seeing used ifors advertised 20-30% above new price. Appreciate there's supply issues etc but is anyone actually buying trailers at £1000+ more than new for a used trailer? Saw a brand new 14ft tri ale with ramps in a sale yesterday made about £200 more than new which looked cheap at...

Hi all Ok I have left my main ewe flock out on some good grass this winter along with a molasses feeder I bought them home today, lambing in 4/5 weeks, and was shocked to find just how fat they have got, I normally would start feeding now Could do with your thoughts on feeding going forward...