What if I had shedders? Oh yeah I forgot they don’t go lame.
Sheep's feet
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They started a few weeks ago,rest of the year absolutely minimal.
Peak TFFWhat if I had shedders? Oh yeah I forgot they don’t go lame.
That`s just plain extravagant !
It`s just something to break up the expanse of "water" - they don`t know how deep it is so they are bound to be wary of it for a while - imagine trying to walk them through a dip bath!
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They’d probably just walk on the water anywayWhat if I had shedders? Oh yeah I forgot they don’t go lame.
mainly for using golden hoof /stand in but years ago i built a 15' x 15' pen on sealed concrete bath (plastered one brick high edging ) with a full width gates in and out load and unload as a batch forced in with the gate all the splashing over in one go in and out .
closing the flock for several years helped to not have to use that any longer though
used to go out and foot trim as well , but as you get older you try to get a bit wiser havnt done that for years ether.
That`s a grand job then. It`s good when a simple tip works out, especially if it`s low cost. Just hope you sleep well tonight after chucking that valuable wool in sheep`s footbath - such extravagance !!The bit of wool I had and some straw made all the difference, thanks for the suggestions
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Well that escalated quickly 
carry on with the formalin is the answer
carry on with the formalin is the answer
That's the wrong one youve tagged but yes hopefully he is.
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What if I had shedders? Oh yeah I forgot they don’t go lame.
My lame shedders don't live long enough to get to a footbathThey’d probably just walk on the water anyway
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Mortality problems?My lame shedders don't live long enough to get to a footbath
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This ^
some sheep are absolute pansies with foot issues , some can get a tiny bit of scald and its like they have had codd for weeks , others same issue never limp .
I do wonder if a lot of minor foot issues are down to sensitivity of the patient , i generally find a couple times through zinc will sort most issues , though i dont keep rams with recurrent sore feet (foot) more than the trial period, and in ewes lameness is a culling offence at weaning
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A sharp knife and a hungry dog pack.Mortality problems?
Aspiring Peasants
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Serious question, surely not lambs with scald and if adult sheep is it not better to treat and sell? (to kill obviously)
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I was being somewhat facetious.
However, I've draft shetlands here that I've paid less than £20 for. By the time I've put meds, haulage and commission on one of them it's not going to leave much, if anything. Or I could feed the pack for a few days
Most other things I will try and treat. However, my vet and I worked out a lameness protocol for sheep years ago.
Examine. If footrot or CODD in 2 or more feet, euthanasia is best. Otherwise Isolate, treat with appropriate antibiotics and NSAIDs. Cull mark.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If not weight bearing on all 4 legs after 4 treatments euth.
I've shot £2,000 worth of dorper ram this year, so I practice the above quite closely.
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I can see where you are coming from with the Shetlands. We’ve virtually eliminated footrot by vaccinating against it because it seems to me prevention is better than a cure? If you move sheep, they may be immune to the bacteria where they’ve come from but naive to the bacteria where they move to so vaccination seems an easy fix. Codd is isolate treat and cull, repeat footrot is cull, but it’s unusual not to respond to one treatment with antibiotics , main problem is scald in lambs and I think that is very much down to the year. Last year very little, but this year a pain for them and me!I was being somewhat facetious.
However, I've draft shetlands here that I've paid less than £20 for. By the time I've put meds, haulage and commission on one of them it's not going to leave much, if anything. Or I could feed the pack for a few days
Most other things I will try and treat. However, my vet and I worked out a lameness protocol for sheep years ago.
Examine. If footrot or CODD in 2 or more feet, euthanasia is best. Otherwise Isolate, treat with appropriate antibiotics and NSAIDs. Cull mark.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If no improvement euth. If necessary treat as above.
Re-examine in 48hrs. If not weight bearing on all 4 legs after 4 treatments euth.
I've shot £2,000 worth of dorper ram this year, so I practice the above quite closely.
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Maybe. But I'm not interested in another purchased input.
I've ewes here that were born in 2020. They have lambed in Lincolnshire (as ewe hoggs), Hampshire (Isle of Wight) and Fife. They've weaned at least 1 lamb every time. They've never needed assistance lambing and they've never been lame. They had a single drench as lambs. They get 2x mineral bolus per year, and 1 x clostridial vaccine.
Less the lambing as ewe hoggs, that's the minimum standard for one of my ewes. Anything which doesn't achieve that can look for employment elsewhere.