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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: NZelmo on October 04, 2012, 02:00:38 pm

Title: New addition to a Wiltshire Horn flock, quarrentine or not to quarrentine
Post by: NZelmo on October 04, 2012, 02:00:38 pm

Good afternoon all,

I guess my title explains!  We have an established flock of Wiltshire horns and have just introduced 8 new ewes from another source.  :sheep:

They are currenly in different fields, how long should we keep them seperate before merging the flocks?

many thanks  :farmer:

Title: Re: New addition to a Wiltshire Horn flock, quarrentine or not to quarrentine
Post by: Foobar on October 04, 2012, 03:05:03 pm

At least 3 weeks.
Assume they have all the nasties possible and treat as such, unless you have a detailed medicine record from the seller. :)

Title: Re: New addition to a Wiltshire Horn flock, quarrentine or not to quarrentine
Post by: NZelmo on October 05, 2012, 11:28:09 am

Excellent thank you, 3 weeks it will be.

Many thanks