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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: The Chicken Lady on July 05, 2009, 06:34:53 pm

Title: Open wounds
Post by: The Chicken Lady on July 05, 2009, 06:34:53 pm

I had my sheep sheared this weekend and they have got a few nicks on them. The shearer put some blue spray on some of them. So far they are OK but I can see flies landing on these wounds. What would be the best thing to put on them?

Title: Re: Open wounds
Post by: danndans on July 05, 2009, 06:50:19 pm

you can buy yello fly cream  :).............its  thick and bright bright yellow but it does the job ;)

Title: Re: Open wounds
Post by: shrekfeet on July 06, 2009, 01:06:31 pm

Or you can buy a spray that will kill any flystrike and acts as a deterant too

Title: Re: Open wounds
Post by: woollyval on July 06, 2009, 10:43:52 pm

They should be ok, its like a shaving cut and blue spray is an anti biotic one. The likelihood of flystrike is very low but as Dans says a pot of yellow fly cream is a good thing to have handy!