- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I have been trying to get onboard with this no trim sheep feet idea, I really have. I haven't trimmed a foot since last October in my ewes. Tomorrow I'm trimming the lot. I have never had so many cases of maggots in the 'armpits' of my sheep as this year. My ewes are never usually an issue with fly strike, they get shorn reasonably late and are clean of backside. But this year is taking the pee. Always the armpit. A number of folk I've spoken to have blamed dirty hooves and scratched skin. I now believe it. Each ewe struck has had Aladdin's slippers and muck in the folds of hoof material. I couldn't stand the look of the feet but the vet said in time they'd wear off ( not happened in 10 months on our soft loam) but enough's enough the girls are getting a tidy up and I'm calling time on my experiment.