Bloom dip

[RMSLLOYD]

Thinking of bloom dipping some mule shearlings that I'll sell middle of Sept. When do they need doing and what sort of results using a shower rather than plunge?

 

[Old Tip]

Shower works just as well in fact a lot of folk just use a knapsack sprayer now especially if they inject for scab rather than dip. Main thing is test the colour out on some sheep your not selling first till you know what your mix is like and how it drys out. Nothing worse than a pen of blotchy sheep

 

[Dyffryn]

Dont do it. Bloody horrible stuff that should be banned!

 

[pine_guy]

Dont do it. Bloody horrible stuff that should be banned!

Could you expand on this? Why is it horrible?

 

[pine_guy]

Shower works just as well in fact a lot of folk just use a knapsack sprayer now especially if they inject for scab rather than dip. Main thing is test the colour out on some sheep your not selling first till you know what your mix is like and how it drys out. Nothing worse than a pen of blotchy sheep

Yeah, pressure washer at a distance works as well. Can use higher concentration without costing the earth.

 

[Dyffryn]

Have you ever been to a mule sale. It stinks! And it makes me ill for days. And I'm not the only one.

 

[pine_guy]

Have you ever been to a mule sale. It stinks! And it makes me ill for days. And I'm not the only one.

Bloom is a colouring and I don't think has any notable smell. More likely that the sheep have been in a dipper with bloom in and the smell is from the dip, and that is what makes you feel unwell.

 

[Dyffryn]

Its the purl dip that gets me. Anyway what is the mater in showing sheep for sale in there working clothes. As long as there feet and teeth are good and they are clean. I haven't purl/bloom dip my mules for a couple of years and I have had people buying them because they haven't been coloured.

 

[pine_guy]

Its the purl dip that gets me. Anyway what is the mater in showing sheep for sale in there working clothes. As long as there feet and teeth are good and they are clean. I haven't purl/bloom dip my mules for a couple of years and I have had people buying them because they haven't been coloured.

Nothing at all. I don't always do it, but I buy a lot of ewes with lambs at foot and sell on anything worth breeding in the autumn. It can be hard to batch up groups as they all come from different places. I find that blooming them helps make them look a more even batch. Each to their own though.

 

[RMSLLOYD]

All fair points. The beauty of a forum is all different angles. More confused than ever now

 

[sam1]

Nothing wrong with it at all. If you want to use it carry on!

 

[RMSLLOYD]

Nothing wrong with it at all. If you want to use it carry on!

Champion. Roughly how long before selling so they need doing?

 

[multi power]

Am I right in how I'm reading this that sheep are being dipped or sprayed just to make them look the right colour?

 

[TL100]

Champion. Roughly how long before selling so they need doing?

Can you ask someone locally how they do it?

Unless you can do a good job I wouldn't bother especially with yearling ewes. There's nothing worse than seeing them done and the fleece has gone dull and stale looking, or the opposite 'florescent' look where you need sunglasses to look at them as some ram breeders seem to achieve.

 

[pine_guy]

Champion. Roughly how long before selling so they need doing?

It will wash out if it rains, usually do as close to sale as possible, but you really want the to dry. Also it works a lot better if they have more wool growth.

 

[RMSLLOYD]

Can you ask someone locally how they do it?

Unless you can do a good job I wouldn't bother especially with yearling ewes. There's nothing worse than seeing them done and the fleece has gone dull and stale looking, or the opposite 'florescent' look where you need sunglasses to look at them as some ram breeders seem to achieve.

Thanks.

 

[RMSLLOYD]

It will wash out if it rains, usually do as close to sale as possible, but you really want the to dry. Also it works a lot better if they have more wool growth.

Thanks

 

[Old Tip]

If you do it right it can make your sheep look much more even and catch the eye of a potential purchaser, done wrong they can look a mess, all different shades or blotchy

 

[sam1]

At least a week before sale if weather is good

 

[multi power]

So this is no different to ugly women troweling on make up