Flystrike In A Strange Place | Treatment and Shearing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- This sheep had flystrike in an unusual place, up on it's neck and shoulder. Hopefully with Autumn in full swing our flystrike cases will slow down and stop for the season.
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you are the only youtuber that produce such ON POINT flystrike video, no waste of time talking, no fancy edits just direct to the actions.
Thanks, it is the goal. We want to show farming in a real time POV style.
Absolutely
@@FarmWithMeNZ thank you, can't wait for the next video.!!!!
Заводите овец, а не следите за ними, миротворцы хреновы.
@@FarmWithMeNZnotte mo mo mo
You are a good farmer to take care of your sheep so well. To alleviate suffering is the highest calling.
That sheep was so adorable!
Bless you for helping her.❤
Muito 😢 triste 😢muito bicho
You are a good farmer to take care of your sheep so well.
Poor sheep! Their skin always looks so sore after. What a relief that you take the time to care for them
Thank you for helping poor baby. It must be so painful.❤️
Imagine it round your backside then.
It is. I have been dealing with it for two years now. My doctor won’t believe me, my church doesn’t want to hear about it, and my husband doesn’t know what to do. He has it too, but my case seems to be worse. I don’t know anyone else that has it, (except for some stray cats that we recently started feeding, but we had it a while before my husband finally let me feed them. )but it’s horrible.
Please stop interacting with wild animals for your sake
She must feel so much better, it satisfying to watch
Imagine an itch that moves and gets bigger, I’d be insane.
Thanks for caring for the sheep. Good shephard❤
Love the portable shears. Never seen them before. Used to be a roundabout for my Uncle back in the day …
Thanks for helping that sweet baby 🐑❤️🐑
I feel itchy all over my body watching these.
The Sheep seems terrified. I wish She knew you were helping her.
Poor thing😢. She must feel So much Better now👍🏼🙏
My gosh, that flystrike looks painful and irritating. I'm relieved they are relieved. ❤
Your channel is really growing, I love when my favorite TH-camrs channels start getting bigger. Congrats on the way to 10k 😊🎉❤
Thanks pjay. We're glad to have you along with us. It's enjoyable to share our farming experience with everyone.
6th generation cattle farmer from North Central Montana, most folks don't have a clue just how hard life can be as a farmer of any size. While my family farm is likely on a far larger scale with hundreds of head along with thousands of arable hectors of land even the smaller farms life isn't sunshine and rainbows. Seeing a hard working dedicated farmer like your self sharing their story and show just how tedious farm life can be I solute you. After having watched your videos for a while now I might head to a friend of mine who has a sheep farm down in Wisconsin. I would like to learn more about sheep tending and care along with maybe getting some practice in with sheering as I have heard it can be extremely taxing not only on the sheerer but the animal too hence the need to work fast but also be super accurate. Thank you so much for the insights I have seen with your videos #farmwithme. More farmers should use this platform to showcase where America's true wealth is made, on an American farm. Cheers and congrats on making it near 10k subs
I wanted to reply to my own comment as just yesterday I called my buddy who has a 250 head sheep farm in Wisconsin and lagit asked if I could come down to "learn from the Sheep Yoda" as I call him. He said "Sure man but I don't think you can handle it". Challenge accepted good sir challenge accepted. So #FarmWithMe...any tips for a noobie? Would like to show up this summer and something I can impressive the old coot with. He's 67 I am 55 we are both old...
Haha sounds awesome!
I should have done video on how to flip sheep the easy way for you!
What part of Wisconsin is he in?
@@FarmWithMeNZ That would be perfect kind sir, would love to impress him at least a little, as I know he's not going to go easy one me. Being an Older fart than even me he's old school, a sink or swim sort of fellow. And he is just south of Sextonville near a small hamlet called Buena Vista. I sell him maize feed stock along with sawdust which I only assume he uses for bedding.
Poor baby i hope it heals fast
No opening , no edit , to thr poin 🎉🎉🎉 the best , no waste tine 🎉🎉
. *THERE MUST BE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR THOSE WHO HELP ANIMALS IN NEED.*
It must be such a relief for her
No doubt about it!
please upload more video... i love watching this so much.
Will do, channel members get a few extra videos that aren't public.
These animals are so peaceful.
When I had Angora rabbits I examined them for signs of flystrike daily during summer. It always occurred in their rectal area. If not caught early, the rabbit had to be uthanised.
That sounds terrible! I guess I have had chickens get that same problem as the rabbits.
bet she loved the result. Well done.
Sunburn, I wouldn’t have thought of that. Quite interesting.
Wow! That was a big area!
IT'S SAD LOOKS VERY PAINFUL POOR SHEEP😢😢😢😢😢
That must feel sooo much better❤
Merci de prendre soin des animaux 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Das Scheren, eine Erlösung für die Tiere. 👍
Love that you took care of that sweet sheep. In the future can you zoom in the camera closer. So, we can see how many maggots and stuff. Also, do u think this process hurts or feels good to them. Im sure when it is all said and done they feels worlds better. But, the shaving and treatments.
There are other videos that show a closer view. Often TH-cam doesn't like us showing the wound in detail, the videos get in trouble. Stay subscribed as in the future we plan to have Alot of our close up videos available to channel members.
Just ask the sheep nicely to stand still and it might, you never know.😂❤. Good job though 👍🏻.
Next time! 😀
Poor little sweet baby.
Poor baby glad this angels better 😊
Just curious....why do you spray the ointment on the back of the sheep? Also, why was the infected area not covered with spray? It looked so painful!!
You need one of those sheep dunk pool ramps to dip them in preventative be alot easier than if they all got fly strike. You don't need an expensive system I am sure you could dunk em in a big trough modified with ramps. Farmers always find a way look at what you can do with baleing twine!
In only three short videos I have become an expert in flystrike. My next step is to purchase a flock of sheep and begin my new life as a herder.
Best of luck with that bro 🐑🐑
Is there anything you can spray on them in advance so they don't get fly strike?
I'm wondering how much agony or pain for the sheep? Or is it just itchy?
Flystrike across the shoulders is quite common in western Australia especially when it's warm and wet. I'd just shear the whole sheep In a case like that.
sheep did not want any of that spray business xD
Never do!
Maybe use the spray a lot more often. @@FarmWithMeNZ
Nice video thanx
Glad you liked it!
My shearer today said it's not a weird place. When a sheep with footrot lies down, its rear feet touch its neck. If there are maggots in the foot cleft, these move to the neck with ease.
I've had a few with it around the neck, shoulder area. None of them had footrot though
@@Connor6569 someone else said that the area around the shoulders is the most densely growing wool. Add in Texel. Add in matted wool. If it rains a lot and there is no time in between showers for the fleece to completely dry out, this creates a PERFECT base for eggs and maggots. That's why in Spring 2023, flystrike has been so common on the shoulders.
great vedio ASMAR
Do you not need to scrub it at all to remove any dirt / debris?
At first glance I thought the thumbnail was of a sheep getting shot or decapitated. Glad to see it was the opposite outcome of it being healed lol
It might seem a silly question, but is the rst of the fleece okay for use after fly strike.?
Yeah, the unaffected fleece is still good to be sold and used.
I found it so cute that when you’re shearing them, they’re kicking their legs and wiggling like “ah yeah that’s the spot!” Also so cute when they rejoin their flock! Do they get lonely or depressed if away from their flock too long?
The do get nervous being apart but we keep to a minimum.
Love it, but felt like a wolf attack and they don't fight back 😢😢😢
Do you have to burn what is shaved off? Also, does the preventative medicine provide pain relief?
Doesn't provide pain relief unfortunately. The wool goes in the compost.
@@FarmWithMeNZ Thank you for your reply. :)
Sheep be like Thank You for hitting the itch I couldn’t scratch. Imagine how itchy those little buggers are.
I recall my old man trying to make lowland sheep pay in the UK.
1st attack in spring would be shoulder maggots followed by rear strikes in summer. In damp summers I've even seen them blow their feet.
Horrible!
Considering the maggots eat living flesh instead of dead, does the affected area still have an unpleasant odor like a decaying wound?
Yeah. It smells bad as they excrete thier filth.
Had no idea what flystrike was. I googled it, and now I wish I hadn’t
Yeah not the nicest!
It's got to feel better
How do the maggots or flies cause the wool to go dark?
Is there a spray or something that will keep the flys from striking your animals in the first place, and will it last the whole season? Or no
Yep there is a prevention spray but must be re-applyed every 4-6 weeks or so
@ oh really
Why don’t you put the treatment on the affected area a bit more with a soothing ointment. It looks so itchy and patchy and painful.
would be helpful if you include in description what a flystrike is
Here's a video we made explaining how and why this happens th-cam.com/video/SU6fwQbaVtc/w-d-xo.html.
Flytraps?
All the dark coloration is blood? Or a wound?
Aren’t you afraid of the maggots getting on you? How long does it take for them to die once they are off the sheep?
Not afraid, but certainly not wanting them on me. Most get cut up by the blades, the ones that go to the ground alive probably get eaten by birds and critters.
What happening with the wool from the sheep? Can you stil use it of do you have to throw it away?
Compost..
So how does it happen?
I cant imagine how it is smelling.
Once u shave it off can the others get flystrike just by walking through it ?
Nope, it's not something that is caught by contact.
@@FarmWithMeNZ thank u
She was pretty well behaved
Yeah, its nice when they cooperate.
Thanks for answering the question re. sunburn. I've been wondering about that. Another question: Do you use any product on the ground where you shave flystuck sheep to irradicate the maggots that come off during shearing? Thanks.
I would burn the wool if it was me lol
We don't use any product on the removed wool on the ground. The maggots once on the ground most likely get eaten by birds and such.
@@FarmWithMeNZ I thought they pupated?
what is this purple treatment ? antibiotic ?
Other sheep: look, he is getting the dark patch, dont be around it.
Bruh, this is like zombie apocalypse
So true.
Can this sheep catch cold because of this autumn cut? Or in winter because of the shorter wool cover?
It's generally not the best idea to take their fleece in winter as it can be very hard on them. But like us thier wool grows back fast.
That must be so sore and itchy!
Exactly what it feels like.
Is the wool lost during fly strike unusable
Unfortunately yes, it becomes compost.
Where’s does those dark spot comes from. Does those thing you spray does it hurt a lot. Does it have to be spray on the sheep or can you spray on the glass
The pink spray is used to help fight against fly strike.
It shouldn’t hurt the sheep at all.
Tails are also docked as lambs to help with fly strike.
But the wounded area is uncomfortable and smelly.
So what happens to the infested wool on the ground?
Goes into the compost
What is the overall lose due to fly strike yearly to your harvest
Around 3 percent affected, a few will die unfortunately each year from it, especially older sheep that are not as strong.
What did he use
Dang. What happens when they eat into your sheep? Can you save them?😮
If they are treated in time they can be saved. But if left too long the sheep would die.
@@FarmWithMeNZ the same way rabbits do if flies got after them...
Looks like she had it under her front legs too.
That looks crazy
Why do flies do fly strikes on these animals?
They prey on the sheep, using them as a host for thier young to eat.
A sheep once infected will eventually die and become a breeding ground for thousands of flies.
@@FarmWithMeNZ why didn’t you treat the wound? Why did you spray the preventive directly on the wound? Didn’t that burn her open flesh? Seems cruel.
@@MsKindaSorta well, I only take care of cattle, but I believe it's the same idea: the treatment and prevention are mostly on the same product. When the dude used the sheers, the maggots got cut in a half, and then the spray, yes, it hurts when touches the wound, but it's like when you clean a wound: this pain passes. Without the product, the sheep perish.
And isn't much thing to do with these kind of wound, I mean, put something over it causes infection, so the best idea is let their organism do their part.
This isn't cruel. Its part of the process. sometimes the animal get in this situation and these treatments are necessary, it's like a medical procedure, you look dead during them, but after you recover your health.
What treatment spray do you use?
Why are they not checking them more regularly That looks extremely painful and could have been stopped way before this stage
Are you a sheep farmer??
@@lythen77 that doesn’t happen overnight. So it doesn’t matter if I was or not. It’s pretty damn obvious
@tiffanytomassetti6488 how long does something like that take? I'm just asking so I can understand you're level of knowledge on the subject.
Hours if the conditions are right
Is there some sort of trap for Blowflies?
There are. We would need too many over 1000 acres.
@@FarmWithMeNZ Ah. Dang.
Does that hurt when you cut over fly strike?
It is probably uncomfortable but ultimately has to be done for the betterment of the sheep's health.
I feels sorry for these animals those flies are nasty. Can some sort of fly paper be put up to help eliminate the flies maybe lesson the number of sheep they hurt?
In my country we let them swim the in the pool of special medical solution once or twice a year.
What's a flysrike?
Here is a video explaining it th-cam.com/video/SU6fwQbaVtc/w-d-xo.html
What is a fly strike?
Here's a video we made explaining what it is. th-cam.com/video/SU6fwQbaVtc/w-d-xo.html
must be so uncomfortable them to feel those maggots crawling all around. Jeez.
Be carefully wear something like groves 😮
What is fly strike?
Here is a video explaining it th-cam.com/video/SU6fwQbaVtc/w-d-xo.html
Poor baby they really munched on her good
What is that spray ?
Preventative treatment, it’s basically pink spray for infections like fly strike.
How long does the fly strike season last?
Usually it is worst in the summer months ( November to March ) but we've had occurrence all year long in years with mild winters. New Zealand's climate is such that flies can be active for most of the year.
Deveria ir para o veterinário 😢
Pobrecito lo q debe sufrir ese líquido le calma el dolor ? Y lo sana de los gusanos?
The liquid helps the sheep by inhibiting flies and maggots from reinfecting it.
@@FarmWithMeNZ no entiendo solo hablo español
@@mabelallasia3098Él dijo: "El líquido ayuda a las ovejas al inhibir que las moscas y los gusanos lo vuelvan a infectar".
@@kutenno3763 es no hablo inglés solo español
@@kutenno3763 gracias por aclararme
I’m a licensed vet tech, and In clinic we would sedate the animal for safety and so they weren’t in so much pain, then we would clip and clean, and we would most likely prescribe antibiotics and possibly pain meds after like Carprofen or Meloxicam too. Obv I took farm animal classes/lab in vet tech school, but I don’t work with them everyday, so I’m just curious as to why you guys don’t use a reversible sedation and get in there really good to clip and clean it out, or at least have someone hold the animal for you while clipping so you don’t hurt yourself or the animal and you can be super super thorough. Also, that’s gotta be painful for them and there’s a huge risk of infection, so do you guys have a vet that will prescribe antibiotics and pain meds afterwards? In food animals it’s understandable, because some drugs will stay in their bodies/milk for a while and will make humans sick if they consume animal products, and some drugs cannot be used in farm animals at all because it will do harm to them, but I’m just curious……
Could somebody please take the time if they have it to explain to me how a blowfly infestation happens to cause this dreadful ailment for the poor Sheep as I would of thought with all that wool it would be quite hard for anything to get under there ?
Here's a video we made explaining how and why this happens th-cam.com/video/SU6fwQbaVtc/w-d-xo.html
@@FarmWithMeNZ thank you so much for taking the time to help me understand xxxxxx
Hello i feel very sorry for the sheep getting eaten alive by maggots, Do you loose many from toxic shock, and the smell of fly strike is pretty disgusting.
Yes we do unfortunately. If we can get it early enough they can be saved. The smell is horrible!