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Anymulewilldo

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Cheshire
They must look better on the picture, look heavier! Done well for you, look fit 👍
Given how big they were when they arrived i’m really pleased with how they’ve grown. I did get bollocked when a wagon of tiny Cheviot and x lambs arrived. But these are the smallest in them and they’ve done grand on 2nd quality grass. Mortality in the polled lambs is at 2.4% so far. The horned lambs.... not so good. At 9% up too now. I bought some “cheap” blackie lambs and they just haven’t done. Will try and remember to get a snap of the blackies when we gather on Wednesday
 
Given how big they were when they arrived i’m really pleased with how they’ve grown. I did get bollocked when a wagon of tiny Cheviot and x lambs arrived. But these are the smallest in them and they’ve done grand on 2nd quality grass. Mortality in the polled lambs is at 2.4% so far. The horned lambs.... not so good. At 9% up too now. I bought some “cheap” blackie lambs and they just haven’t done. Will try and remember to get a snap of the blackies when we gather on Wednesday
I’ve been dosing my blackie lambs with levafas Diamond (basically Nilzan) it does rumen fluke. Don’t know if there’s anything in it but it’s helped them on
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
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Cheshire
I had some lambs that weren’t moving much, give them a mineral drench an you wouldn’t recognise them in a fortnight!
One batch of mine weren’t right so I thought the fact it covered rumen fluke would eliminate one more thing. They came right afterwards
I pulled the 70 smallest blackies early December, dosed then with everything. Put them on turnips and sugar beet pulp nuts. Apart from 4 the rest of them have started doing well now. It was just all the death beforehand that was getting very annoying!
 
I pulled the 70 smallest blackies early December, dosed then with everything. Put them on turnips and sugar beet pulp nuts. Apart from 4 the rest of them have started doing well now. It was just all the death beforehand that was getting very annoying!
Don’t beat yourself up about it, it’s what they do. I often wonder if some are snuffing it before you buy them? Then we have to work out what they need from a blank page.
 

JSmith

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Livestock Farmer
Don’t beat yourself up about it, it’s what they do. I often wonder if some are snuffing it before you buy them? Then we have to work out what they need from a blank page.
I had barbers pole worm an wormer resistance in a batch of lambs about ten years ago an feck me did they die!! Never had it before, cost some time an money to put it right I can tell you, fecking depressing as well when you try your best for them!
 
I had barbers pole worm an wormer resistance in a batch of lambs about ten years ago an feck me did they die!! Never had it before, cost some time an money to put it right I can tell you, fecking depressing as well when you try your best for them!
What did you give them in the end?
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
Don’t beat yourself up about it, it’s what they do. I often wonder if some are snuffing it before you buy them? Then we have to work out what they need from a blank page.
I’m pretty sure some of those smaller models just won’t survive no matter what we do. I normally don’t buy them that small but the miser in me was pulling my purse strings!

Yes, always have too start as if a blank canvas.
 

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