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Are the days of lambing inside numbered?
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<blockquote data-quote="primmiemoo" data-source="post: 7235907" data-attributes="member: 83588"><p>I can see why some systems end up with every lamb dosed. You want to do the best for them, and it's easy to see a squirt or jab of anti-b as protection. Start full on lambing, and it clicks into the standard pattern of work on autopilot. </p><p>It would be better for the lambs to use a homeopathic preparation of Suck Rose & Akwa at 0.5ml/lamb, orally, in those circumstances ~ the dosing equipment and shepherd's hands being washed and dried between lambs.</p><p></p><p>Came close to dosing all doubles here for the autopilot reason, although singles never were. Now, it's only the quads that have had the single bottle bought stored nearest their group. Better to have the bottle unopened, and clean tubing kits on standby.</p><p></p><p>Ime, for tubing, the clear tubes to fit on 60ml catheter syringes are far and away the best. They can be washed in hot water before sterilising with Milton, and don't perish.</p><p></p><p>The COP figures are saying, as others have mentioned, that a few p/head on better feed before lambing, combined with sampling fodder, scanning, and long-term selection for milky, vigorous ewes makes for a much easier and cheaper lambing time. There's time to focus on lambing hygiene, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="primmiemoo, post: 7235907, member: 83588"] I can see why some systems end up with every lamb dosed. You want to do the best for them, and it's easy to see a squirt or jab of anti-b as protection. Start full on lambing, and it clicks into the standard pattern of work on autopilot. It would be better for the lambs to use a homeopathic preparation of Suck Rose & Akwa at 0.5ml/lamb, orally, in those circumstances ~ the dosing equipment and shepherd's hands being washed and dried between lambs. Came close to dosing all doubles here for the autopilot reason, although singles never were. Now, it's only the quads that have had the single bottle bought stored nearest their group. Better to have the bottle unopened, and clean tubing kits on standby. Ime, for tubing, the clear tubes to fit on 60ml catheter syringes are far and away the best. They can be washed in hot water before sterilising with Milton, and don't perish. The COP figures are saying, as others have mentioned, that a few p/head on better feed before lambing, combined with sampling fodder, scanning, and long-term selection for milky, vigorous ewes makes for a much easier and cheaper lambing time. There's time to focus on lambing hygiene, as well. [/QUOTE]
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