[Bramham Wiltshire Horns]

Came to shear yeast ready and 2 of the 5 was hit by strike
All areas clipped and crovect
Lambs where ok
Think next year I will have them clipped a little earlier
Not a great experience but glad we got on top of it
Is there anything I can give the ewes to give them a boost
They are feeling sorry for themselves

[Anke]

I would give antibiotics as the ewes are at serious risk from infection. And keep on top of cleaning the wounds....

[twizzel]

Antibiotic and metacam is what I gave my ewe a couple of weeks ago, sort the strike out then leave them quiet for a few days as they can go into shock from it. If you have any mineral drench you could give that (the nettex one is good) and a few nuts to get her energy up but other than that just leave her quiet :-) if she's got patches of raw skin blue spray and when she goes out get a tub of yellow summer fly cream to put on the skin, its good at keeping it from drying out and cracking whilst it heals.

[Marches Farmer]

This humid, hot weather has seen an explosion I fly numbers.