Author Topic: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating  (Read 13416 times)

bazzais

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Allt Y Coed Farm and Campsite
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2014, 05:51:49 pm »
Aside from the vacinations which are part and part - is there any reason you cant make some indoor room?  How many sheep do you have?  !!?

bazzais

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Allt Y Coed Farm and Campsite
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2014, 05:52:52 pm »
The kitchen is fine is you dont have many!!!

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2014, 07:43:24 pm »
 The short answer from the manufacturer is No added preservative

charls

  • Joined Oct 2013
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2014, 08:13:11 pm »
10 ewes, scanning at 160%. We're lambing outdoors because they're hill sheep, they lambed outdoors last year in the snow and did fine we heard. We have some small sheds to bring them into if things go horribly wrong. I'm sure there are advantages and disadvantages to both indoor and outdoor lambing!
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bazzais

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Allt Y Coed Farm and Campsite
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2014, 08:33:42 pm »
Sounds like your good ideas will go along way - I wish you luck - we aere due the 19th now ;) - love em - thats all :)




Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2014, 04:16:51 pm »
10 ewes, scanning at 160%. We're lambing outdoors because they're hill sheep, they lambed outdoors last year in the snow and did fine we heard. We have some small sheds to bring them into if things go horribly wrong. I'm sure there are advantages and disadvantages to both indoor and outdoor lambing!

Outdoors - advantages - little chance of the build up of clostridial diseases and foxes and badgers will finish off the weak lambs, saving you having to pay the knackerman.

Indoors - advantages - not having to crawl around wearing a head torch to find the first born when a first-timer has moved off to have the second of twins, being able to pen the ewe once she starts lambing down so the lamb doesn't get stolen by another ewe near to lambing, being able to check straight away that the lamb is healthy and has suckled and that the ewe is well and has milk.

charls

  • Joined Oct 2013
Re: Lambing - Worming and Vaccinating
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2014, 04:16:43 pm »
Marches Farmer, thanks for your input. I understand outdoor lambing isn't for everyone. However, we live at 1,000ft with Welsh Mountain sheep, and this a pretty typical approach for farmers up here. Our sheds are small, water-logged and with poor ventilation - I have a feeling our ladies will do better outside!

 

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