1st time outside lambing

[itsintheblood]

Am hoping to cut out most of the ewe pour on though.

Until you get scab from a neighbour

 

[exmoor dave]

Until you get scab from a neighbour

Nah, haven't you heard....... organic sheep don't get scab!

Obviously just like to itch and bite for the fun of it

 

[GTB]

Our vet is warning against regular preventative doses of Cydectin etc against scab. He reckons there's a lot of worm resistance to Moxydectin because of this and he said that it isn't impossible for the scab mites to become resistant too.

 

[sean m]

Our vet is warning against regular preventative doses of Cydectin etc against scab. He reckons there's a lot of worm resistance to Moxydectin because of this and he said that it isn't impossible for the scab mites to become resistant too.

absolutely right what a nice bloke, get them dipped you know it makes sense

 

[TALDLONKTUP2]

Credit where credit's due @willy should certainly be commended for his honesty, and in large flocks on dry conservation land there probably isn't better system but for me with 700 sheep on rented land and no subsidies (I'm not bitter, honest!:() 160% lambing just doesn't work for me.

 

[willy]

was it this one

 

[willy]

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[100percent]

Out of interest, if you out door lambers go out and find a ewe with dead lamb (s)
Do you catch catch her and adopt something on?
Or sell her as a cull in place of the dead lambs when the mobs are rounded up for the first time?

I do the latter with my wilts which i lamb outside, mainly because they are sods to adopt anything on to- tend to try to kill any lambs put near them.
Also I'm breeding the wilts out so look for any reason to cull.

Also interested to hear our kiwi friends views @$Sheep @JD-Kid @Global ovine

Breed out problems, so my answer is no you have to cull! Setting on to outdoor lambers is just prolonging the agony. Better to spend your time to save a life, you have to prioritise your time, master this then look forward to a better future.
A neighbour of mine went down the no care approach to his intensive system after his father died, year one looking over the fence was a disaster year two not much better year three gimmers coming into flock getting better by year 10 he unknowingly has a very usefull what I would call totally no care flock through pure survival selection, lambs all over the place with very little death now. Amazing how not giving a damn can actually work in your favour, I would have looked for a rope on year one :/