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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: kelly58 on February 21, 2015, 10:46:17 am

Title: Scan
Post by: kelly58 on February 21, 2015, 10:46:17 am
How do l go about getting my sheep scanned to see if they are in lamb ? Do they come out to you ?
What sort of price should l expect to pay ?  :sheep:
Title: Re: Scan
Post by: Rosemary on February 21, 2015, 12:26:08 pm
We pay £30 plus VAT - that's our scanner's basic rate. Not sure how many that includes - we had 15 scanned this year. After the basic number, whatever that is, it's so much per ewe but since we haven't reached the maximum yet ...

Gillian comes here; herscannes is mobile ie in a back pack. so we just pen the sheep in a wee pen and she  and we go in with them, scanning and marking with however many lambs they're carrying. Takes about 30 minutes from arrival to departure  :thumbsup:

Where are you?
Title: Re: Scan
Post by: kelly58 on February 21, 2015, 12:42:51 pm
Great, we are near John O Groats, we use Wick vets, will go in on Monday. Many thanks Rosemary  :thumbsup: