f**k Up Fortnight

[Aspiring Peasants]

Just let a ewe out of the stocks where she's been for a week because she didn't want one of her lambs, well she's treating them both equally now..........you can guess the rest

 

[hill shepherd]

Why have you lot still got scanned empty’s about. Mine go the day after scanning.

Mine will be young sheep/ first timers so I’ll give them another chance

We keep our younger empties, cost nowt to keep them around till next tupping time when you can just turn them out onto the fell, usually sell older empties first opportunity after scanning but still got them this time, didn't realise how long meat withdrawal was on supaverm and I'd just dosed them so they'll go shortly with a few lambing casualties to put with them

 

[BAF]

Took the wife to see the lambs in the sunshine this afternoon so of course there was a ewe dying of mastitis. Hunched up and generally very sick looking. Typically it's a really good hogg that lambed triplets on her own and was rearing a mega set of twins and was a really good attentive mother. Big jag of draaxin, metacam and betamox and hope she lives to survive the withdrawal period. 2 big lambs in the cade pen picking at creep so they'll be fine but f**k sake!

 

[steveR]

Took the wife to see the lambs in the sunshine this afternoon so of course there was a ewe dying of mastitis. Hunched up and generally very sick looking. Typically it's a really good hogg that lambed triplets on her own and was rearing a mega set of twins and was a really good attentive mother. Big jag of draaxin, metacam and betamox and hope she lives to survive the withdrawal period. 2 big lambs in the cade pen picking at creep so they'll be fine but f**k sake!

Kill or cure dose....

 

[BAF]

Kill or cure dose....

That's the one! She's at home on the lawn so at least if she does drop dead I won't have to traipse across the field to fetch her.

 

[steveR]

That's the one! She's at home on the lawn so at least if she does drop dead I won't have to traipse across the field to fetch her.

Good to hear you can find one positive there....

 

[Boydvalley]

Talking of positive, someone’s just phoned wanting to harvest the dandelion seed from one of my fields if the wind doesn’t get them first. Don’t know whether to be happy that its an extra £50 acre or embarrassed that they are that bad someone thinks their worth harvesting

 

[Levelsman]

Good to hear you can find one positive there....

...and it gets the lawn cut...win, win...unless she decides to stop eating!

 

[Estate fencing.]

Took the wife to see the lambs in the sunshine this afternoon so of course there was a ewe dying of mastitis. Hunched up and generally very sick looking. Typically it's a really good hogg that lambed triplets on her own and was rearing a mega set of twins and was a really good attentive mother. Big jag of draaxin, metacam and betamox and hope she lives to survive the withdrawal period. 2 big lambs in the cade pen picking at creep so they'll be fine but f**k sake!

Did well to catch the lambs. I was doing well at getting every one off dead ewes and mastitis ewes, got a few running about now though causing problems (think they spreed the mastitis pinching) so will have to get the catching dog on the job.

 

[yellowbelly]

Mr in Skin still alive, she hasn't killed him and he hasn't starved. Still needs a bit of supervision, looking hopeful. UNTIL I was fiddling with the sprayer peeing disinfectant all over my hand, and heard scraping. She's licking and chewing at the plywood divider wall OMG. Twitchy eye. Bit skittery.
Just got the calmag in her, TLD, and a chunk of salt in her dish. She's eating cut grass so hopefully I caught it in time. I can only think the lamb has pulled a lot out of her pretty quickly. He was only 24 hours old but well on the go and could suck a bottle down no problem.
I'm half a mind to give him a half bottle this evening to let her get going again. Defo getting the green cable tie, one misstep next year and gone. Her lamb died in the cowl.

We had one, who'd been on the bottle a fair while, fostered onto a ewe who's lamb was 'born in a bag'.

It was while our vet student was here. We never saw him suck. His new mum didn't mind him being there but didn't really love him - every time you went past, they were sitting at opposite ends of the pen.

It was the students job to keep an eye on them and put him on to suck.
He just wouldn't suck at all. After a couple of days, she tried him with a bottle. Little sod wouldn't have that either.
He never looked empty though.

One night on a late shed check, I didn't disturb anything but went up into the lambing cabin, up in the roof, and peeped through the window....

..the bafty little crastard had been playing us for mugs, all along, and having a drink when nobody was looking

 

[Muddyroads]

We had one, who'd been on the bottle a fair while, fostered onto a ewe who's lamb was 'born in a bag'.

It was while our vet student was here. We never saw him suck. His new mum didn't mind him being there but didn't really love him - every time you went past, they were sitting at opposite ends of the pen.

It was the students job to keep an eye on them and put him on to suck.
He just wouldn't suck at all. After a couple of days, she tried him with a bottle. Little sod wouldn't have that either.
He never looked empty though.

One night on a late shed check, I didn't disturb anything but went up into the lambing cabin, up in the roof, and peeped through the window....
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..the bafty little crastard had been playing us for mugs, all along, and having a drink when nobody was looking

Going to have to remember that one. It can go alongside a mucking fuddle!

 

[BAF]

Did well to catch the lambs. I was doing well at getting every one off dead ewes and mastitis ewes, got a few running about now though causing problems (think they spreed the mastitis pinching) so will have to get the catching dog on the job.

I was surprised as well! Probably helps theyre on a little patch and the lady who owns the ground and has been keeping the water topped up, has 2 little girls who have been taming them with carrots and handfuls of corn so they're not that wild. I did have to run the bigger one into a corner of a pen I've got down there but the smaller one was very friendly. So you don't need the dog just a few small children

 

[steveR]

As long as she brings the rest.

In time, in time!!

 

[Northern territory]

3 with mastitis today in the field, all twins, different nt think weather is helping, cold north easterly winds

 

[Wood field]

Moved the inbye ewes and lambs out of the meadow last night, seen one ewe and her twins crashed out so went and looked , ewe twitching away and not getting up Back to the shed for calcijet and ketosis drench
Thought of cunning ways to catch two very spritely lambs all night , no need , she’s parading around a 15 acre meadow like the queen
Hope she likes nitrogen, their spreading it tomorrow
Downside today , fil had scans and tests , he’s got cancer as well as liver and kidney problems, being transferred to stoke mandeville tonight
not sure of the full prognosis yet, but many many thanks to you all for your good wishes, as was said before, it puts things into perspective

 

[steveR]

3 with mastitis today in the field, all twins, different nt think weather is helping, cold north easterly winds

Same here. treated her last night with Trymox LA and Metacam, and spoke with vet this evening and will change AB (Synulox) in the morning, and possibly a tube. One side is shot. so it's keeping her alive to cull... 3 week old lambs will be caded I suspect One last week responded well, but we caught it quickly...

 

[Northern territory]

Same here. treated her last night with Trymox LA and Metacam, and spoke with vet this evening and will change AB (Synulox) in the morning, and possibly a tube. One side is shot. so it's keeping her alive to cull... 3 week old lambs will be caded I suspect One last week responded well, but we caught it quickly...

Just found another, disheartening to say the least. Is Synulox good for it, I have a bottle in the fridge, just used Trymox here

 

[Northeastfarmer]

3 with mastitis today in the field, all twins, different nt think weather is helping, cold north easterly winds

It’s been as cold the last few days as it has all winter

 

[Jerry]

Just found another, disheartening to say the least. Is Synulox good for it, I have a bottle in the fridge, just used Trymox here

I use this and it works very well

Tulieve 100 mg/ml Injection

Cattle Treatment and metaphylaxis of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni and Mycoplasma bovis susceptible to tulathromycin. The presence of the disease in the group must be...

www.farmacy.co.uk

(I pay a fraction of that price luckily)

 

[Lili]

Draxxin and metacam . Maybe pricey but only one injection needed. (Just noticed that Draxxin is the same as Tulieve). Your vet might dispense just single doses.