Well haven’t seen any limping since my initial post, so no need to try and get hold of her again (thank goodness)!
Interesting and a relief to hear your story Landroverroy. It makes me feel less alone!! When I was trying to get hold of her we managed to drive three or four of them up into a slim rectangular area. Needless to say they soon came barreling back out, one happily throwing itself into stock fence and barbed wire. I now know to stand well out the way (even if the OH is shouting “grab her, then!”) They may be small but I’m not getting in the way of that!
I think when I was picking a breed every breed site said the same thing - hardy, good Mums, lambs that get up and go, and easy to handle. Chose the Badgers as they are on the smaller side and thought that would suit me being smaller myself. But they’re like Springboks! We do have the one sweet soul that is humouring us - I keep telling her to get her sisters on board! Lucky they are super-cute...
Funny you should mention the lime. Have created our own nightmare which we’re seriously regretting. Looking to counteract a moss issue we scattered cubicle lime on areas in a couple of fields. This is after the guy in the farm co-op said it’s the same stuff as you use in the garden and a bit cheaper. I told him it was fields, but can’t hold it against him as didn’t specify it was grazing. Needless to say we have now realised it was a huge mistake and are now spending time raking up the offending moss and the now solidified lime. We tried to tape off an affected area in the field we moved the sheep to today but they obviously walked straight through it. We tried watering it down but it’s not going anywhere so will continue raking it out over the next few days. Definitely a costly mistake regards time
Sadly
I spent most of today raking it out of the neighbouring field, not realising the OH had decided to move them to the middle one. Never mind though as luckily I have plenty of time for raking and hopefully that should cure the problem.
Thanks to Shep53 for the confirmation on the Cyclo spray. I will use it as needed as still in date. Being new I’m all about following rules!
And yes, the vet is both small animal and farm so okay there. Should I tell them I have sheep now?? It just contact them if I have an issue?
Also, spookily enough, I have a hen called Houdini. No doubt for the same reason!