If you ve not had a case of strike, and do this summer, you ll not worry about the chemicals, you ll use the products that really work. A horrible horrible thing to deal with, we ve had four now out of over 200 head ewes n lambs, despite being sprayed, side of haunches the one we spotted and caught yesterday. I don't think I'd sleep if they had no real coverage, even though we are getting the odd one. They are checked daily......still waiting for shearer, sheep are up high in the wind, I hope he turns up this weekend, rain Friday night, so it could be Sunday....
The ewe lamb in question is fine, we had to be on our toes to catch her, but luckily I called the ewes down and they all came running down towards her, good girls, and we all surrounded her under some hawthorn, baz employing superb technique and now she s with a tiny group by the house.