Author Topic: Keeping records (Read 3693 times)

Bionic · « **on:** July 10, 2014, 10:09:05 am »

I write everything I do to my sheep in a book i.e. date they were sheared etc and put all medicines in the meds record book.
I have only just noticed that clik has a meat withdrawal period so should I be putting that in my meds record book also?

Hillview Farm · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:12:18 am »

Big fat Yes!

Womble · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:30:52 am »

The medicines record form I was sent when I applied for a flock number includes boxes for:

Name of Medicine
Quantity bought, Where Purchased, Batch Number
Tag numbers of animals (or groups of animals) administered to
Total quantity used
Date treatment started
Date treatment ended
Withdrawal period
Earliest permissible date for sale

So as Hillview Farm says, that looks very much like a big fat yes!

Bionic · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:37:23 am »

Thanks both. I can't think why I haven't put in the meds book before. I will certainly do so now though.

Backinwellies · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:55:58 am »

opps!

in the hills · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2014, 11:24:27 am »

Yes, we do.

We were sent a record book for medicines ..... for cattle really ..... they didn't do one for sheep apparently $:-\$ but said the same info. was needed for both.

Foobar · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2014, 11:50:53 am »

Probably *the* most important of all the records that you have to keep!!

twizzel · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2014, 12:10:14 pm »

We have books given to us by the farm assurance chap who comes every year to inspect the farm for Farm Assurance status- all of our cattle records are now kept on a computer programme that the farm bought earlier this year but the sheep records are still on paper- I think you can get similar from eblex but they are worth getting hold of a proper booklet rather than just using a notepad- have different sections for routine treatments like worming/flystrike, routine actions such as dehorning, docking, castrating, sheering, and then a section for medicines administered.

Bionic · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2014, 01:30:06 pm »

I do have a proper medicines record booklet but had only thought of recording things that actually go into the animals I.e. Fluke treatments, worming, hep vac, pen & strep etc.
Those records are always up to date. Clik just passed me by somehow.

Anyway, it's been rectified now.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2014, 01:30:26 pm »

Your local agri merchant probably has some, otherwise Google turns up a few, eg.,

Castlemaker
Fearing
Supplies for Smallholders

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2014, 03:51:44 pm »

We use Fearing ones. Just have a key at the front for where we got the medicine from (A = Vet, etc.) and put the batch number when I open a new bottle of, say, Ovivac, then just write "a/b" for "as before" until I finish the bottle. I do note withdrawal date every time.

shep53 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2014, 07:45:20 pm »

Quote from: foobar on July 10, 2014, 11:50:53 am

Probably *the* most important of all the records that you have to keep!!

NO the movement book is the most important only the farm assurance man glances at the medicine book but Trading Standards / Farm Assurance / SERAD all study and ask questions over the movement book .