How I Dry Off My Ewes (POST WEAN): Vlog 109
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- How I dry my ewes off after the lambs are weaned...
Did you know I actually start the process about 10 days before I pull off the lambs?
There are many different ways sheep farmers dry up their ewes, comment below on the methods that have helped the most for you! (add if you are accelerated or annual lambing operation)
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I could watch your videos nonstop. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and God bless you.
New subscriber here and I love it!! You Rock!! Love watching and learning your process!!
Oh wow, Sandi, the “music” ( if that noise can be called music) in this one made me want to use an ice pick to stab my eardrums so I wouldn’t have to listen to it anymore. Good info in it though so even though I don’t and will never have sheep I wanted to learn.
We have found some single lambs prefer to nurse on one side only - the one they start out on when newborn. The ewe starts out with both sides full of milk and even. The lamb preferentially nurses on one side
The ewe dries up naturally on the other side. The udder would be fine if she had twins. They don’t have mastitis but are conserving energy by not producing milk on the one side due to a lack of demand. Any stats on these ewes and how their udder performs when they have twins?
Thanks! I wondered what was going on here. I haven't had a chance to go through the weaning data yet due to lambing and corn harvest, but I will be soon to see what went on.
Ooh, thanks for the reminder - I need to schedule my mammogram!
Perfect roll with it humor.: "You have to be careful with this stuff because it can kill you. "I just dropped it" LOL
Really enjoy the videos. Thanks for making them and sharing.
Thanks for watching!!
Great videos as always. Quickly, why do you want to dry them?Does that happen before or after weaning. I live in Nigeria and during weaning, i don't do any intervention to the ewes. Thanks for your insight. Happy holidays.
Sandi, This is Elisha's husband John. Please, please consider another drug besides micotil. I know you are careful but accidents happen. The sheep are not worth the risk. Love your videos!
Thanks John! I think Elanco is coming out with a special safety syringe for Micotil! I'll be getting one for sure. You're right, accidents happen, and they often happen to me!!
Udderly awesome!
Sandi , I would double glove when giving that med .just a suggestion as we do wheb handling drugs like chemo in nursing.
Thank you very much!! I used it in cows when it first came out and, yeah, it's deadly. 😱
I’m sure it’s called a flock of sheep?! You were right in the first instance! Ha ha!!
I just wonder if these sheep spend time in herds outside on grass. I will never forget when this dairy farmer said to me that the best thing for a cow is to be kept inside and to eat.
She says in other videos that they are barn only. Worried about predation by coyotes or something. It's a nice barn, still sad though.
Dog playing with sheep or sheep playing with dog?? Hugs from Austin Texas!
The dog and sheep playing..lol
After giving him certain vitamins do you notice a different kind of reaction to him
Kinsley is so helpful, lol! 🌷😊
LOL. I wish.
Hi! What was the dose you were giving the ewes for Micotil and is it just a single dose? Also, what is your process on treating mastitis if you plan on still keeping the ewe? :)
If you have a safe whose lambs were stillborn, do you keep the same or sell it?
Great video as always sandi! I saw a video awhile back about sarto sheep farms who I think are based somewhere in Canada. And if I remember right they said they restrict water for a day or two when trying to dry up the ewes. Is that something you do? Or have you heard of anyone restricting water to help get the ewes to dry up?
that is a pretty popular thing to do here also... I just don't have an easy way to shut those water bowls off independent of the rest of them in the barn. Thanks for the good tip!
I have started withholding water for about 24 hours, and then restricting the amount for 2-3 more days.
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It could be that that the lambs were only drinking from one side so the not used side dried up goats and humans do that. It's not that she won't let them nurse it's that they prefer one side
Sandi:This stuff can kill you.
Promptly drops bottle.... on the next episode of Sheepishly Me 🥺
Right?!!! LOL
Your not making an money. But hey, your making a lot of work and having a lot of fun! Labor on!!!
LOL. You are very right.
This country boy has one strong comment after viewing most all of your vids: you need a trained helper. Sheep are a labor intensive livestock and you've backed yourself into a corner what with all the "lambing" within a week or so. Get some help so you can get some rest! By the way, I worked in both Ontario and Quebec for a couple of years and like Canada and its people, especially you.
LOVE YOUR NAME!!! One of my favourite terms ...LOL. You are so very right. Especially in large, tight lambing groups. Something I will be working on moving forward.
If I had to be a meat sheep, I’d want to live at a farm like yours first. 🙂
Thanks! So would I!!!
Hey sandi! I'm loving 7 days of lambing...
Question. My vet has agreed me using micotil at ewe dry off is a good idea in my situation. I have some mastitis at lambing ( annoying). Dr Kim is familiar with using it in dairy cows ( she was my herd health vet when I was milking). Anyway, we are curious about dosage. I found an article that suggests 10mg/kg. Is that what you are using re your vets recommendation. Meat withholding is 43 days. Her name is Kim Ehlers at Barn Hollow vet clinic Mt View MO. Thank you so much! It is actually recommended for ovine use for several things. Cool!!! I do have a good handling system. Do you weigh individuals to figure dosage?
Micotil for drying up ewes dosage that I use is 1.5ml/100 lbs. So in my case it ranges from 2.5-3ml for my ewes. I don't weigh them, but for accurate dosage if you have one, you should. I don't have one in the ewe barn... So we take guesses on my ewe weights according to my weights on any adults I ship. So its an average at best. Just make sure you don't accidentally inject yourself... it can be lethal for humans...
How long are they dry before you rebreed and also are your rams kept in this same barn when not in use?
Usually about 6 weeks before I get them on the cycle again... the rams stay in this barn...
Dog jealous of sheep (popcorn) dog running interception ... bogart's mom's attention:-)
Narrowing the shoot at the bottom seems to work really well.
It does for sure!
Why don’t you flip then feet up to check udders?
How old do you wean them at we do it at 5-6 weeks old and then but then in Long grass to help them thrive
Trystan Gaynor Brady 5-6 weeks is a little too early IMO to wean. We wean at 8-10 weeks.
Is having the flock and the way you manage it able to profit financially or is it financially self sustaining and more like a hobby?
The flock is self sustaining now, but the first few years were hard. The grain operation absolutely subsidized the first few years of the sheep operation. But we treat this farm as a whole farm enterprise.
I think it would be cool to see your shearing operation before they lamb 😀
What do you use to paint your numbers on your sheep with?
I have seen in her other videos about lambing she uses spray marking paint.
We use "branding" irons with marking paint. They are ok. They get pretty gummed up by the end.
Livestock paint I bought from my farm supply store... They are online...
www.farmersfarmacy.com/gc/gc_item?F=D&K=695611&R=H%2FCatalog%3ALivestock%20Marking%3AMarking%20Spray&SN=12111704401631821949192&FF=H&FK=Catalog:Livestock%20Marking:Marking%20Spray&Z9=0
How many rams do you keep?.
I currently have 28.
Get rid of that micotil and go with a safer macrolide: Zactran, Draxxin, Zuprevo...Micotil just isn't worth the risk.
Elanco has since sent me a safety syringe that can be used with Micotil now... Still have to make that video...
Sandi Brock I still think there are safer options...you can definitely get them and often times they are cheaper than Micotil, just be careful
Why is it fatal for humans and safe for sheep ? Macrolide...off to google I go !!!
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You can just paint male or female then again you can seperate them easly
Do these Sheep/lambs ever get to go outside? Or is their entire life in the barn?
Kim Herie it’s totally an inside operation, there is a huge population of coyotes, and their acreage is used to feed the sheep. Everything happens in this barn and a former pig barn where the lambs go for weaning and on to market. She’s considering moving her rams over to the barn recently vacated by the cows that just were sold.
@@JudyHart1 so really the animals have no life at all before they are shipped off to market!
As someone with severe depth perception, as a nurse I had problems getting the cap back on a used syringe & got stuck frequently; enough that as the Unit Director of 3 hospital dialysis units, I received a letter from my boss, the DN, that a certain RN on my unit was too frequently sticking herself & needed instruction. That RN was me, their leader! 🤷🏼♀️ Had to have a self talk 🙄 So nope, I couldn’t be trusted with any Micotil injections!
i want some sheep's for breeding plzzz help me
Not sure where you live, but I actually don't sell breeding stock.
I want to work with you🐑🐏
Micotil? Whoa. There's nothing safer? One slip up with Micotil and you'll be past tense. No antidote.
How long before the ewes are safe?
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