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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="hendrebc" data-source="post: 6550104" data-attributes="member: 70166"><p>It would have been about 10 years since we saw any number of anything that would look like iodine deficiency. I think I had to put about half of the claves on the teat the first time and then a few of them would have been put on for about a week. But we had always had the odd one and it just got a bit worse every year till I started getting more picky about which heifers were kept from which cows and getting rid of the cows that seemed to be worse for it. I know now that some iodine would probably have fixed it but didn't then. Haven't had any dopey calves for a long time now. Changing the bull has helped as well though. </p><p>With the sheep any that lost their lambs would have been culled so it was nipped in the bud pretty damn quick. But I never had a lot of those so the deficiency can't have been that bad compared to some because I know some who lose a hell of a lot when they first find out they have a deficiency. </p><p>I think I might do some blood tests and then if it's needed give the ewes that will be going to the terminal sires a bolus or something to correct the levels for some extra lambs. But I won't do the ones I breed replacement ewe lambs from just in case it affects them. If there is a massive jump in scanning and weaning % then I might have to do all of them. Can't see it happening though we usually scan about 170% and could manage them better pre tupping than we do. I think better management would make more difference than a bolus would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hendrebc, post: 6550104, member: 70166"] It would have been about 10 years since we saw any number of anything that would look like iodine deficiency. I think I had to put about half of the claves on the teat the first time and then a few of them would have been put on for about a week. But we had always had the odd one and it just got a bit worse every year till I started getting more picky about which heifers were kept from which cows and getting rid of the cows that seemed to be worse for it. I know now that some iodine would probably have fixed it but didn't then. Haven't had any dopey calves for a long time now. Changing the bull has helped as well though. With the sheep any that lost their lambs would have been culled so it was nipped in the bud pretty damn quick. But I never had a lot of those so the deficiency can't have been that bad compared to some because I know some who lose a hell of a lot when they first find out they have a deficiency. I think I might do some blood tests and then if it's needed give the ewes that will be going to the terminal sires a bolus or something to correct the levels for some extra lambs. But I won't do the ones I breed replacement ewe lambs from just in case it affects them. If there is a massive jump in scanning and weaning % then I might have to do all of them. Can't see it happening though we usually scan about 170% and could manage them better pre tupping than we do. I think better management would make more difference than a bolus would. [/QUOTE]
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