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Author Topic: Pre-tupping drench  (Read 2740 times)

Bramblecot

  • Joined Jul 2008
Pre-tupping drench
« on: October 09, 2013, 11:14:14 am »
Any recommendations for drenches pre-tupping please?  Preferably one that can be used post lambing too.  Thanks.

Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • South Wales
Re: Pre-tupping drench
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 11:52:56 am »
Do you mean a mineral supplement drench?

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Pre-tupping drench
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2013, 12:58:27 pm »
Depends what you are deficient in or just wasting money

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Pre-tupping drench
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2013, 06:29:47 pm »
If you will give copper mid-pregnancy, as you may need to do depending on your sheep breed(s) and local deficiencies, then you may need to be cautious about giving chelated or otherwise longlasting copper now ;)

If you are using a chelated - ie top quality - drench mid-pregnancy then you can probably use a cheaper one now.

Which one depends on your local conditions and the breed and condition of your sheep...  Up here we would mostly give a short-term copper-cobalt-selenium drench now, or without copper for Texel sheep, with the full-blown chelated drench mid-pregnancy.
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Bramblecot

  • Joined Jul 2008
Re: Pre-tupping drench
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2013, 08:10:56 pm »
Thank you Sally.  The local agri store are pushing their own brand (no change there) but I just wondered what other folk use. 

 

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