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agri293

  • Joined Nov 2010
Cleaning dirty lambs
« on: October 14, 2012, 07:25:22 pm »
Hi everyone I have had some ewe lambs that have had bad scour they are dirty at there hind quarters and tails looking for some tips for cleaning them vheers

Big Benny Shep

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Skipton
Re: Cleaning dirty lambs
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 09:52:49 pm »
dagg off the worst bits, some warm water and lux soap flakes, use a dandy brush and a curry comb to get the muck off, then just squeeze most of the water out.


Thats how i do it ;D


HTH
BIG Ben
We have 80(ish) texels and texel x suffolks, 10 lleyns, 21NE Mules, 2 Dexters with calves, Monty the labrador, Dottie, Bracken and Poppy the collies and 30 assorted hens.

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Cleaning dirty lambs
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 10:07:44 pm »
I just dag the worst and leave it to dry up.

Have you been able to sort out the scour?

agri293

  • Joined Nov 2010
Re: Cleaning dirty lambs
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 11:18:13 pm »
Thanks fr the replys I have put the lambs on hay and Also dosed them with combinex

Bumblebear

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Norfolk
    • http://southwellski.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: Cleaning dirty lambs
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2012, 06:20:02 pm »
We dagged and hosed...it was a tad warmer then though.

 

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