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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: country soul on August 24, 2014, 09:50:10 am

Title: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: country soul on August 24, 2014, 09:50:10 am

I ve never had a sheep prolapse in the 15 years I ve had sheep but this year I had 2 that prolapsed after lambing.Both recovered and reared their lambs as shearlings without problems.Question is should I keep them in the hope they don't do it a second time or do I cull?They are texels.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: henchard on August 24, 2014, 10:27:39 am

Cull.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: SallyintNorth on August 24, 2014, 10:40:36 am

Financial head - they'll fetch good money in the fat, cull them.

Only you can decide whether there are other factors to take into account.  One of my farming friends had a flock of Lleyns and hardly ever had any prolapse.  Then one year, nearly a third of them prolapsed.  She kept them all on, and none of them prolapsed again.  But to counter that, one hears more stories about keeping the ewe(s) that prolapsed on, and wishing heartily that one hadn't...

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Bionic on August 24, 2014, 11:20:19 am

One of mine prolapsed last year and did so again this year, both before and after lambing. She went to the cull market last week.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Marches Farmer on August 24, 2014, 11:28:40 am

Cull, unless you want a pet sheep.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Anke on August 24, 2014, 11:46:09 am

Cull market, and buy new ones this autumn with the money you got for them.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Me on August 24, 2014, 06:52:47 pm

I have one prolapser which has had a preservation order placed on it by a very kind old lady so I cannot by law cull her.. I'm thinking she can either become a victim/prisoner of the young sheepdogs (join the stooge/tame sheep) or can go in lamb anyway, and prolapse so giving the trainee vet students something to do next spring

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Bramblecot on August 24, 2014, 06:58:58 pm

I'd be wanting to know why they prolapsed :thinking: .  One maybe, but two?  Out of how many?  Were the lambs too large for them as shearlings?  Sorry, all questions and no answers ::) .

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: country soul on August 25, 2014, 09:24:40 am

Thanks to all,I'll go with the consensus and cull it.along with the mastitis cases etc  and one of my rams which has proved ineffective.I've already bought a batch of new ones ,texel mule ewes .I'm always abit reluctant to buy older sheep  as they may just be someone else's problems but they looked good value compared to the price shearlings.

Title: Re: Prolapsed ewe,should it stay or go?
Post by: Melmarsh on August 25, 2014, 10:29:03 pm

Hi ! I had a ewe lamb that prolapsed after lambing and she has since lambed twins for three years with no problems at all. Advise from the vet was cull if prolapsed pre lambing but should be OK if after. I would take into consideration her other attributes before deciding, but of course as always the decision is yours.  :huff: