The ewes got their January dose of flukicide this week. Normally we do this after they have been scanned at the end of January – but no lambing means no scanning, so we did it on Saturday. We also trimmed back the wool form their eyes; the one drawback with Coloured Ryelands is that the […]
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We gave the fourteen lambs a dose of wormer this week and all sixteen sheep a dose of flukicide. At this time of year, sheep can die suddenly as a result of acute fasciolosis, caused by young fluke migrating from the gut to the liver. The lambs all look well although one has a scab […]