[Fronhaul]

Any recommendations please for one that actually works for more than five minutes at a time?

Especially if it is capable of delivering doses in the 2-6 ml area. 

Not that I have just washed a small fortune in wormer from my boots 

[Pasture Farm]

    Im not laughing at you......  Its just that the other day i was worming the Tups with the bottle supported above me on a rope upside down ofcourse atached to the gun tube and Yep i pulled the tube off as i was bending to wrestle the tup and wormer all down the back of my neck 
 
This is the one I use I paid around £45 for mine about 6 yrs ago
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Henke-23ml-Drench-Gun-/370197477936?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item56317d3a30

[SteveHants]

I have one of the metal 'clik' ones and I cannot abide it, never seems to draw the proper dose, always something wrong with it. I bought a cheaper mole valley one recently and it seems  great, plus the nozzle is smaller so you can drench lambs  more easily.

[Foobar]

The phillips 20ml one is brilliant. Metal. Expensive, but will last for years and years. I found that MVF did the best price on it...about £56.

[mart2671]

Never brought one ive always emailed or phoned the company who manufacture the wormer iam using at the time and ask for a free one . Most of the big drugs companys that produce these wormers have worming guns made , they use to give them away all the time but these days you have to ask to get one . Try it ive always found it works well .

[Richard Underwood]

For anyone with a very small flock, or if you just sometimes need to dose just one or two animals, I can recommend a single dose dosing syringe available via ebay (just search for "10ml Dosing Syringe" - but they have them in several sizes). Much better than trying to use a normal syringe and saves having to take apart and clean your dosing gun. They may be sold in some farm stores but they are not in my local store.

[Fronhaul]

Think I have a shortlist of the Philips and the Novartis offerings now.  Waiting to hear how much Novartis want for theirs before making a decision.  There must be money to be made in this area by someone with an engineering bent producing something more reliable and easy to use!

[SteveHants]

For what its worth: Its the metal ones that I think are rubbish, the plastic ones seem much better.

[Blackbird]

I only have 5 sheep so I use one like a syringe with a metal nozzle on and refill from the bottle for each sheep.

Numpty question here - I thought there was no need to worm in winter? I wormed mine about 6 weeks ago and thought that would be it till the Spring. I'm going to do another FEC sample though as I'm tearing my hair out with Mucky Bum. He is a 7 month old GFD wether and he has been runny since I got him in July. He's been vaccinated, up to date with flukicide and dosed for cocci. I don't understand it! He is in splendid condition (all 4 lambs slightly tubby tbh), growing well (nearly as big as his mum) and seems perfectly happy - eating well, no sign of bottle jaw, but he hasn't done a solid poo since I got him (other 4 are doing proper logs and marbles). Can't think what else it can be - do you just get the occasional runny sheep? It's OK in winter, but he did get a touch of flystrike in Summer despite daily checks, dagging and bum washing. Ho hum. Poo sample to vet tomorrow...

[SteveHants]

Plenty of worms still about - it has been warm and wet up until now really. I would expect the coming week of weather to start killing them off - although the ground is still damp. I'm still having FECs done.