Sheep worm count - The Accidental Smallholder

Monday 20 October, 2008

by Rosemary at 8:43pm in Sheep No comments Add your own

I'm trying to use a few chemicals as possible with all animals. We don't have a huge amount of land so clean grazing is difficult. I started off using Verm- X herbal wormer for the sheep, then decided to have a regular worm egg count done instead.

The first one I had done in July showed no eggs at all. When I sent one off last week, I was a bit concerned as the sheep from next door come round and they look a bit wormy - at least they have really dirty bums, which I think is a sign of worms. However, I'm glad to say that the count has come back with no eggs visible.

We're having some additional fencing done to keep the two lots of sheep apart; it will also allow me to more easily subdivide the small space we have and rotate pasture to keep it clean.