itsintheblood
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I was talking to a rep today and he was talking about this saying that it could be iodine deficiency which causes the thyroid to shut down ??
Its a pain in the arse and its so annoying when you think you've done your upmost to prevent everythingFound 4 dead ewe lambs this morning vet postmortem says its a strain of pasturella.
At least it's not the kale. Bloody annoying the ovivac or heptavac didn't prevent it
Stopped using heptavac p years ago after losing a few ewes one year just use straight heptavac or covexin now. Vet at the time said the p in the vaccine dosent cover all the strains of pasturella so it can be hit and missFound 4 dead ewe lambs this morning vet postmortem says its a strain of pasturella.
At least it's not the kale. Bloody annoying the ovivac or heptavac didn't prevent it
It used to cover 10% of pasturella strains think it does bit more now but not much more.Stopped using heptavac p years ago after losing a few ewes one year just use straight heptavac or covexin now. Vet at the time said the p in the vaccine dosent cover all the strains of pasturella so it can be hit and miss
Never fed a bucket of minerals to a fattening lamb yet. Seems like an expense that's not needed. No doubt all the professionals will be along shortly and shoot me down,but you can over complicate you life. Mole valley mineral buckets weren't around hundreds of years ago, I'm fairly sure lambs were tho, they also probably got fat.hi folks , whats folks using for minerals when putting feeding lambs onto zoom kale ? having a look at buckets lying a round there iodine content are 30m/kg , 60mkg and 360m/kg the first 2 are more a feed bucket and the last a mineral bucket , asked at the local store and he was pushing a finishing bucket . was thinking more a mineral bucket myself to be fed to lleyn lambs
thanks quavers
Not lambs as we know them . Most lambs were taken over winter and sold fat in the following summer off grass after shearing , fat as and heavy 50-60 kgNever fed a bucket of minerals to a fattening lamb yet. Seems like an expense that's not needed. No doubt all the professionals will be along shortly and shoot me down,but you can over complicate you life. Mole valley mineral buckets weren't around hundreds of years ago, I'm fairly sure lambs were tho, they also probably got fat.
Never fed a bucket of minerals to a fattening lamb yet. Seems like an expense that's not needed. No doubt all the professionals will be along shortly and shoot me down,but you can over complicate you life. Mole valley mineral buckets weren't around hundreds of years ago, I'm fairly sure lambs were tho, they also probably got fat.
I sell mine in April the following year, after shearing(in October) and heavy 44kgNot lambs as we know them . Most lambs were taken over winter and sold fat in the following summer off grass after shearing , fat as and heavy 50-60 kg
^^^only 2 proffesionals I'm surprised ^^^
Mine were all bought in, just a case of holding them for as long as I can hold my nerve without them getting to fat.Why thank you for the complement kind sir.
I must admit I was trying to sell my April born lambs at 44kg before the winter set in and they started taking feed off the ewes. Whatever works for you.
Mine were all bought in, just a case of holding them for as long as I can hold my nerve without them getting to fat.
Ah yes that's the reason, can I join you as a professional? Or am I just to tight?So not giving them any mins is an effective way of holding them back then?
Not knocking, I appreciate you're doing a different thing, and it works for you.
Ah yes that's the reason, can I join you as a professional? Or am I just to tight?
gave lambs here LSD drench and they had a lift while on rapes etcI certainly saw a lift when I gave a TE drench (mostly for copper & iodine) when I was grazing brassicas in the summer/autumn, and could see a difference in their coats. That said, the lambs looked to be doing reasonably well before, but just stalled a bit in finishing. Had a handful with swollen/scabby ears before I drenched them too, which I put down to Iodine deficiency, and supplementing (Welsh Drench at 7p/lamb) stopped it dead.