Blowfly prevention

[B.Will]

Do many of you treat the ewes pre shearing?
Not had problems before, but this year had a few ewes too tight to shear getting struck so I'm considering it

 

[An ancient git]

Yep , but need to follow the bumph on when you can shear post application .Use Clikzin on the ewes , so need to leave for the 8 weeks here . Actually dobbed on 21/4 and sheared 21/6 this year . Done like this for years now . Great peace of mind , and despite cost it's way better than chasing maggoted sheep around ..... And that costs also !

 

[Filthyfarmer]

Do many of you treat the ewes pre shearing?
Not had problems before, but this year had a few ewes too tight to shear getting struck so I'm considering it

Yes, crutch ewes mid April when we start getting strike around here then up the race and 20ml crovect from shoulder to rump in a fairly wide band. Sheared last of the ewes last week and all clear. Same as the last 3 or 4 yrs
We used to find that the shoulders and back was the problem area in clean wool usually triggered by bird crap. Hardly ever the back end after crutching.

 

[Amcnab]

Yes. Sometimes a surfactant too.

It's a hangover from spraying dilute sheepdip which had the same active.

wares the part time small holders when you need them

 

[An ancient git]

Ewes here all crutched out in individual pens at lambing . Just stick a halter on and tie up ..... 1st time they jump about , but remember proceedure after ..... Simples !! Way easier than doing them later on .....

 

[Northern territory]

Cliked our lambs this week although I had same price for clik extra so will use that next year, crovected ewes for last two years as a lot cheaper. No bother last year but slightly nervous as they have got very mucky since shearing, put it down to the rain giving lush grass.

 

[Tim W]

What does everyone find better for the prevention of blowfly strike? I currently use crovect but not sure what is best to use, a lot of people say Clik, what's everyone's expierences with it? Does it last the 16 weeks? Any reviews and expierences is appreciated!

You should all know the answer by now & i'm disappointed no one else has come along to point it out----i'm obviously not shouting loud enough

Greatly reduce risk by reducing wool cover through genetics (breed the wool off your sheep unless you are making a fortune from it of course)
No strike here yet despite NADIS saying we are at high risk (parkland surrounded by lakes/woods etc) funnily enough the neighbours are having a bad time with strike plus they have lots of wool to shear & get rid of

It ain't rocket science folks

 

[The sheep dipper man]

Do many of you treat the ewes pre shearing?
Not had problems before, but this year had a few ewes too tight to shear getting struck so I'm considering it

We just deal with anything on our morning rounds of checking ewes anything that might look sus if caught cheaked if it needs its arse clipped done there and then. Usally only have a half a dozen needed dodding out pre clipping. No major issues with strick then straight throught the dipper 16 days later no more issue, cheapest way snd everthing cleaned right up.

 

[neilo]

We just deal with anything on our morning rounds of checking ewes anything that might look sus if caught cheaked if it needs its arse clipped done there and then. Usally only have a half a dozen needed dodding out pre clipping. No major issues with strick then straight throught the dipper 16 days later no more issue, cheapest way snd everthing cleaned right up.

it might be the cheapest way if it’s your own dip, but at £1/ewe (or thereabouts) for 8 weeks (?) cover against blowfly, it certainly isn’t cheap any more. I appreciate scab treatment is a very different argument, and dipping certainly comes into it’s own there, but op just doesn’t work against blowfly for long enough ime.

Out of interest, is there a label withdrawal period between dipping and shearing currently? I’m guessing it would be silly long in the risk averse system we operate in these days.

 

[Mc115reed]

it might be the cheapest way if it’s your own dip, but at £1/ewe (or thereabouts) for 8 weeks (?) cover against blowfly, it certainly isn’t cheap any more. I appreciate scab treatment is a very different argument, and dipping certainly comes into it’s own there, but op just doesn’t work against blowfly for long enough ime.

Out of interest, is there a label withdrawal period between dipping and shearing currently? I’m guessing it would be silly long in the risk averse system we operate in these days.

I was quoted £1.50 to dip my 200 ewes ! Put click extra on them.. 2 weeks ago 1 line down the back and a line across the arsenal 40ml and you can still see the spray lines on there fleece now which worries me [emoji15]

 

[neilo]

I was quoted £1.50 to dip my 200 ewes ! Put click extra on them.. 2 weeks ago 1 line down the back and a line across the arsenal 40ml and you can still see the spray lines on there fleece now which worries me [emoji15]

it’s not rained on them I guess? All you can see is the dye on the fleece, which dissipates after a bit of rain. The chemical spreads rapidly through the grease on the skin, covering the whole body.

Much as I hate paying the bill for it, Clik/Clik Extra works very effectively, it’s simple & safe to apply and you can have confidence in it working for several months ime.

 

[The sheep dipper man]

it might be the cheapest way if it’s your own dip, but at £1/ewe (or thereabouts) for 8 weeks (?) cover against blowfly, it certainly isn’t cheap any more. I appreciate scab treatment is a very different argument, and dipping certainly comes into it’s own there, but op just doesn’t work against blowfly for long enough ime.

Out of interest, is there a label withdrawal period between dipping and shearing currently? I’m guessing it would be silly long in the risk averse system we operate in these days.

At the end of the day its horses for courses and what works for one man isnt the same for another. They state 3 months pre shearing is advised but unless you had a massive problem you wouldn't dip pre shearing anyway .

 

[The sheep dipper man]

I was quoted £1.50 to dip my 200 ewes ! Put click extra on them.. 2 weeks ago 1 line down the back and a line across the arsenal 40ml and you can still see the spray lines on there fleece now which worries me [emoji15]

£1.50 seems expensive to me i must agree, but a 5lte click extra bottle at £230 average will dose 136 ish ewes @ 50+kg =£1.69 head

 

[Mc115reed]

it’s not rained on them I guess? All you can see is the dye on the fleece, which dissipates after a bit of rain. The chemical spreads rapidly through the grease on the skin, covering the whole body.

Much as I hate paying the bill for it, Clik/Clik Extra works very effectively, it’s simple & safe to apply and you can have confidence in it working for several months ime.

Has rained on them 3/4 times now which is what confuses me lol..

 

[neilo]

£1.50 seems expensive to me i must agree, but a 5lte click extra bottle at £230 average will dose 136 ish ewes @ 50+kg =£1.69 head

Is that a Farm Marketplace price? I paid £177 for 5L of Clik Extra this year (Carrs Billington), leaving a 36ml dose at £1.28. Still plenty dear enough of course.

 

[neilo]

I was quoted £1.50 to dip my 200 ewes ! Put click extra on them.. 2 weeks ago 1 line down the back and a line across the arsenal 40ml and you can still see the spray lines on there fleece now which worries me [emoji15]

The dose on the label is 36ml for the biggest sheep.

 

[neilo]

At the end of the day its horses for courses and what works for one man isnt the same for another. They state 3 months pre shearing is advised but unless you had a massive problem you wouldn't dip pre shearing anyway .

Thanks.

That depends when you are shearing of course. For the last decade I have treated ewes with Clik in May, then sheared after weaning, 3 months later. So much easier on sheep, shearers and labour (me) and I know several people that have followed suit now. Anyone winter shearing would be needing to make sure they were covered through the summer too, and to be sure of pre-shearing withdrawal periods.

 

[The sheep dipper man]

Is that a Farm Marketplace price? I paid £177 for 5L of Clik Extra this year (Carrs Billington), leaving a 36ml dose at £1.28. Still plenty dear enough of course.

That was just a averge price i could see online as i dont use it myself.
Even at £1.28 head it still works out more expensive the dipping @£1-£1.20 and only possibly preventing one thing. I only say possibly as i have been to a few places were clik has not worked correctly, i understand that a number of factors can affect it, eg application, weather.

I also understand it is ease to a certin degree aswel .

 

[Sheep92]

I do think everyone should be dipping their ewes though be tipping, I see an awful lot of scab around

 

[neilo]

I do think everyone should be dipping their ewes though be tipping, I see an awful lot of scab around

You’re right, those with scab should dip their ewes. Not treating infested sheep is what spreads it around, not the non-treatment of sheep that are isolated from others, closed flocks, etc.