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Posted: Sunday 20 February, 2011

by Rosemary at 5:56pm in Sheep Comments closed

Dan and I injected all the sheep with Heptavac P Plus today. We also took the opportunity to do a bit of hoof-trimming. We don't turn the sheep but do them the same way as a farrier would trim a horse, so I'm happy to do it when they are in lamb.

I have to say it was the best session of this that we've done - must be experience paying off at last! It was all very calm - even Dan and I didn't grump at each other. If we don't rush, we're fine.

Since the ewes had been shut in a small pen, I picked up some fresh poo (no end to the delights of smallholding) to go off for a worm egg count. I didn't get samples from all the sheep, but hopefully it was representative. I'll post tomorrow and should get the results by email on Thursday. Westgate are very good.

I tested the calves last week and they came back with no eggs showing - which is what you'd expect since the vet wormed and fluked them a few weeks ago.

Once I get the sheep results back, I'll decide whether to worm and fluke them at lambing or just fluke them.

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