The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: GillB on October 14, 2013, 01:52:21 pm
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Hiya
I have new -to-us lamb with runny diarrhea
6mth old GFDartmoor failure (too small - comes up to the top of my wellies)
last wormed 24th Aug when she was delivered
I put her and 4 adults(also breed failures) into new field a few days ago as I just learned about rotating the grazing - where grass is lush and there are lots of small trees - they have all been tucking into the leaves - nothing poisonous that I know of - no problems with the others
Ive taken her out of the field - she's resting in sheep shelter
Any thing I should do? Im washing her down/ offering water/ tiny bit of feed from my hand
Thanks so much - sorry photo is too big to attach
Gill
Berwyns
Powys
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we had a spate of diarrhoea in lambs last year after we had run them with our neighbours at weaning time- once we'd ruled out the obvious like worms, lush grass etc. got round to taking a sample to vet- showed coccidiosis which can happen for lots of reasons especially if lambing sheds aren't clean. bit of a faff and took a while to clear up with abs but would recommend getting the poo analysed
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Ta :)