Simple Stress Free Weaning For Sheep And Lambs - Surprising Results!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2023
- With Sheep, everyday is a school day!
It's that time of year where we separate ewes and lambs also know as weaning.
It can be quite a difficult job and be quite stress for both sheep and lambs.
I run through a simple idea to help reduce this stress.
We take some dung samples to determine the faecel egg count and check if a dose is required. The results have a surprise!
Maggots are busy with a another case of fly strike and a high temperature appears.....
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Thanks for watching,
David.
For faster sorting and just easy visual ID in the field I tag my lambs: left ear ewe lamb, right ear ram lamb. Enjoying your videos, thought using the radio outdoors was a bit of comedy, but apparently not!
Stick on Chris de bourg never seen ewe looking so lovely tonight 😂😂👍👍
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Great to see a different sheep video, you have a good looking flock of sheep 🐑 🐏. I also enjoy Sheep Games and Sheepishly Me, have you watched any of their videos. Wonderful that your daughter gets involved and she has lovely curly hair. Keep up the great work, hence I have subscribed.
Thank you and welcome to the channel! Yes, I watch all the sheep channels.
A former flock owner (pedigree Suffolks) keeps reminding me
'Dunno While I had them had
No time (family)
No grass
No money
their only saving Grace
No Ragwort/ Ragweeds',
Now full-time suckler (AA)
Happy Out 😊 💰
Great Vlog 👍
Thank you! A lot of truth there...😁
Great video as always. I couldn't have put my finger on why but aye that ram lamb didn't look quite right. Hope he's recovering well and the kids are enjoying the school hols!
Super video again David, you made it look very easy 👍
Thanks Glyn, I always go for the easy option 😜
You should make a recording of your own singing David and the ewes will be happy 😂😂Patrick in Meath
Nothing would want to hear my singing voice 🤣
Ewe lambs are a credit to you, as for the dose I would have dosed them anyway, even with the egg count of 100 , they look to have a fair amount of a burden and even though the adult burden may not be huge, I would think that they have a good few immature ones in them and if you wait for them to start laying eggs you were going to have a serious problem. A dose is not a major expense when you take into consideration what you stand to lose in weight gain if they stop thriving for a few weeks due to excessive worm burden. Keep horseing the cobalt into them you won’t believe what a difference it makes.
Thank you! Don't think I could depend on the egg count. What cobalt do you use, bolus or a drench?
@@sheepschool365 cobalt B12 cheap and cheerful put it in them every 3 weeks or so , also give them a shot of liquid thrive ( cattle) instead of it at weaning as we are very low in copper . Be careful with copper as it is toxic to sheep if you even have a small amount available to them in the grass, we blood test a random sample every few years and do a herbage test every few years as well and to date we are that deficient we needed copper for fertility and thrive. Bought a battery powered dosing gun a while ago and it makes the job so much easier, on line not particularly expensive either.
Great video thanks
Love your videos and your hard work 👍👍👍
Thank you Aidan. Appreciate that...👌
Great video , the combo is some machine 😃
Thanks 👍 It's some machine!
Great video David you’re lambs are in fine shape I would of dosed them as well 👌
Thanks Gary 👌 Glad I dosed them now...
Awsome content. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!👌
Cracking video!!
Thanks Will...👌
You were right to dose your lamb's. It's gives peace of mind. Lovely ewe.lambs.
Thank you. I'm not convinced the faecal egg counting is the answer to our problems..
Enjoyed
First😄 Great video, I always see store lambs are better sold at the end of July because the price always drops when the big supply hits the market. I dose routinely without doing egg counts but I do it for peace of mind really, I think this year is going to be bad for fluke.
Thanks 👌 Fluke will definitely be an issue!
Hi. When would u give fluke dose to ewes
@@shanereaney3631 1st fluke dose usually round end of September
I would have still dosed them as the sample wasn't accurate..as in it was just a general one from the yard.great videos keep them coming
Glad I did dose them. Glad you liked it,!
I do give my lambs cobalt selenium boluses three times or so through the growing season. Great jobe. Also, I do give them the oral mineral wrench on top of it. Hardly any dry ears then.
Who's bolus do you use?
@@sheepschool365 hello! Great videos 👍 I purchase mayo healthcare cobalt 12 guard boluses. They're a small bolus You can get an applicator gun for them also. I do wait until the lambs are about a month old for the first bolus. I do then give them 3ml cobalt 12 oral liquid on top of it as well. My land is a little mineral deficient . You know the old saying prevention is the best cure. I found where I live. I had to put a bolus down once a month to keep them thriving right. On the box it says every 6 to 8 weeks but I found out quickly that I had to do it once a month they were using The bolus up very quick for me here where I live in North mayo. I do give my adult ewes and breeding replacements the four in one all guard bolus then. It's a much larger one. The five in one bolus has copper in it. I'm just a bit sceptical about the copper so I feel more comfortable with the four in one. But each one to their own as they say. 😉👍
Hi, would you happen to have the name of the backpack you were using while dosing the lambs. Thanks
It's an Eprinex one. Got it from medicine supplier with a big order of fluke doses.
Fair play, thanks for getting back to me. I'll have a look around and see if I can pick one up. It would make life alot easier. Thanks again. Great video
Your lambs look great! What kind of trailer is that? Have never seen one so handy.
The trailer is a 30 year old ifor williams dp120. Strong and not too heavy, ideal sheep trailer 👌
Great videos. Having the same problem with scour. I sampled end of July but went ahead and drenched. Similar result as no worm burden but still the lambs are scouring. I've put it down to the large quantity of wet grass this year. Couldn't figure out why I had the shabby ears...now I know. Can't win but going to mineral drench. Iain m, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Thanks Iain, it has been a difficult year for lambs. My ewes are even a bit dirty this year which would be unusual. Weather related too I'm guessing...
We aim to continually reduce capital input. So would only drench where needed. Those ones are then maked and culled at a future date.
Also keep a mineral / salt block in the paddock.
Genetically weak animals become fertilizer.
What lick blocks do you use?
@@sheepschool365 Himalayan rock salt. Animals choose this one.
Give yours some options and see what they go for. Could vary paddock to paddock.
I noticed the sheep on pasture near the ocean don't need any extra minerals. Nice white glow to them. No scabby ear
The sheep and cattle on Inland pasture really go for the Himalayan rock salt.
I've recently been giving the Inland sheep straight sea water as an experiment.
See if I can recreate the white glow, especially on the lambs ears, the coastal sheep have.
The fruit trees are benefiting from straight seawater also. One of nature's magic formulas.
Good stuff
Glad you enjoyed
Great video, my ewes used to love listening to ryan tubridy since he is gone ewes are not happy at all any suggestions?
Very good video, thank you
Radio in shed is a great idea, did it work outside ?
I wouldnt have dosed them based on test results, the whole purpose of testing.
Definitely give mineral regularky during growth phases until hogget.
Radio worked very well... 👌
I would have dosed . We had some lambs obviously worm and had a low FEC the vet said it could be sporadic egg release as once wormed they picked up no end. Nothing better than a good shepherd’s eye for detecting things
Don't think ya could depend on the FEC's...
Lots of scour lambs this year
Everyone having the same problem around here also...
I thought you were going to shear that wooly one 😂😂😂
Haven't heard of or used Ovithrift before, let us know how it goes.
Couldn't face it after the hardship you gave me with that sticky ewe 😁
Sure ya might tackle her when you're up for the ewe lambs!
Can do 😂
Have you thought of keeping them with sand ? That mud is recipe for bugs and maggots ? with sand the water does not stay that much on top of the substrate.
Thanks for the tip...👌
Where did you get the lamp post on your driveway looking for tidy ones like that myself
Got them from Catalogue from my local electrical wholesalers BJD electrical. Not sure what brand they are....
Fine video I would dose anyway but then I'm a bit old school 🙂
Funny feeling the dose didn't go to waste. Lambs have dried up since...👌
So much wet grass this year. Does that affect the number of worms?
Hello Miss Ada ❤️ and Miss Enya❤️.
Thank you so much Linda. Ada and Enya are very excited to get their 1st ever comment on RUclips 😊
Worm burdens are always higher in wet weather and we have had nothing else since May...
Where did you get that backpack and belt for dosing?
Bought a heap of fluke doses last autumn in Midland Veterinary and it landed in the box. 👌 Think ya can buy them online.
Is that egg count not very low to be dosing for?
With the amount of lambs you have, surely waiting for the results to come back would be better?
It is very low but apparently young worms can be causing problems without a major number of eggs per gram.
whats your reason for clipping the ewe lambs ? do you see a large benefit from it ?
if so for what reason
Don't get caught in briars and scrub when away on winter grazing. Also see a great thrive in lambs but only if they're kept on good grass afterwards. Think I chat about it in my 2nd video: Secret to profit in farming.
What is that eid reader you are using in these videos iam thinking of buying 1 for reading tags on store lambs iam buying for fattening what readers you think is best for reading tags and recording lwg
My reader is an Agrident APR600. Quite good with keypad for recording loads of different data. A reader which only scans tag and sends in to the clock by bluetooth would suit your job. Speak to George in TGM Software.
Hi david where would i get that dosing bag holder..lokks a great job
It's an Eprinex one. Got it from Midland Veterinary with a big order of fluke doses..
Thanks david
Hi David I'm thinking of buying tru test weigh head stick reader and weighting scales I was going to go for grant were did you buy your weigh head and stick reader thanks?
Bought Agrident reader and software from George in TGM Software. Load cell and Trutest clock came from Stanley Equipment in Portlaois.
Is it a 40 or 60% grant for that equipment on Tams 3?
Thanks 👍
yes I would have drenched as well, worms are the biggest cost if you let them go backwards.
Agree 100%. 👍
FAMACHA score their eyes. If they don’t score low, we don’t deworm regardless of what their butts look like.
Second😂😂