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Author Topic: Sheep in the rain :(  (Read 8061 times)

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Sheep in the rain :(
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2019, 10:38:37 am »
Veterinary advice is to not trim feet at all if you possibly can. 

As to eradicating it... mark the ewes whose feet you have to attend to; anyone with two or more marks, do not keep her ewe lambs on for breeders.  Once no-one has two marks, start not keeping ewe lambs from anyone with any marks.

Also some dry / hard ground they can use, when it’s not too soggy spread lime around water troughs,
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Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

 

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