Wonderful video, lady. We appreciate you a lot. One of our ewes has been limping, so we are fixing to catch her and treat her tomorrow. I also want to mention that we took your course and are finally putting some of the tools that we learned from you into action. Like with this comment. 😁 Thanks for everything. 💓
Run them through a fermaldahyde foot bath. Copper sulfate does not work nearly as good. I'm a sheep farmer and professional cattle hoof trimmer and copper will often exacerbate the infection. You need to identify whether it's rot or scald. Scald looks like a pasty white sore in between the toes.
Im Surprised you have a issue with hoof rot since you rotational graze. I have got into the habit of moving them to new grass after some rain so they are walking around on the wet dirty ground they have been on. I think that makes a difference. If the ground is wet make sure its new ground they are walking on
Hey young lady great info. I’ve enjoyed the videos so I subscribed! Wish I had some more land. I’d really consider the Sheep for the maximum profit possible. Do you mob stock graze them the same as cattle?
We handle our sheep every day, so they are used to humans. Some are more wild than others, but overall they have become more tame the more time I spend with them. 👍🏻 -the Shepherdess
I think it spreads because the infected sheep leaves bacteria on pasture. I’ve heard of people pulling off a pasture for several months to keep it from spreading. Yes, I’ve also heard of culling if the sheep shows a recurrence of the infection. 👍🏻 We never have because it hasn’t really been a big problem for us. -the Shepherdess
The bacteria only survive on pasture for about 7-10 days, so you don't really need to leave it for a month....I raise sheep too, in the pnw, with lots of rain. I have more issues with scald (not contagious) but treat it the same way. I don't cull unless I absolutely have to because I raise a rare breed and its tough to get replacement breeding stock out here. Sometimes I wish I could cull, it can be tough trying to help an animal in this environment. I do make notes on which sheep have better resistance and feet, and try to use those rams to spread that genetic attribute around.
I am in South Florida on some land that can get pretty wet during the rainy season. I really would love to get some sharp but my main concern is my land being too wet at times.
I've learned more from you about my three lambs then anyone.... Thank you for helping us newbies
I am so grateful to hear this!! Thank you!
Wonderful video, lady. We appreciate you a lot. One of our ewes has been limping, so we are fixing to catch her and treat her tomorrow.
I also want to mention that we took your course and are finally putting some of the tools that we learned from you into action. Like with this comment. 😁
Thanks for everything. 💓
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you very very much for your tips, we really appreciate you because you are unique shepherds helping us and our animals.🙏🏻😇
Thank you very much!!
Run them through a fermaldahyde foot bath. Copper sulfate does not work nearly as good. I'm a sheep farmer and professional cattle hoof trimmer and copper will often exacerbate the infection. You need to identify whether it's rot or scald. Scald looks like a pasty white sore in between the toes.
what do you do for scald?
@@AnxiousCowboy formaldehyde footbath
@@user-zu2bw7ig5v how long does the water basin in the run have to be so they don’t jump over it? I’m trying to rig one up and figure out what to use
Always great vids!
Good information👍🏻 It’s hard to find the “recipe “ for that hoof rot soak online!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Im Surprised you have a issue with hoof rot since you rotational graze. I have got into the habit of moving them to new grass after some rain so they are walking around on the wet dirty ground they have been on. I think that makes a difference. If the ground is wet make sure its new ground they are walking on
You guys rock!
Hey young lady great info. I’ve enjoyed the videos so I subscribed! Wish I had some more land. I’d really consider the Sheep for the maximum profit possible. Do you mob stock graze them the same as cattle?
Thank you very much! Yes I do!
Use an old gum boot to soak the feet in. Easier than a bucket
how many pieces of gum per boot
How do you get your sheep so tame? My sheep run as soon as I come close. Could it be that I only have 3 and theyre not as comfortable in that number?
We handle our sheep every day, so they are used to humans. Some are more wild than others, but overall they have become more tame the more time I spend with them. 👍🏻
-the Shepherdess
How often do you perform the treatment? Is it one and done? Do you separate the infected sheep?
Usually one soak clears it up for me. Because I rotational graze I will simply perform the treatment and move the animal to fresh pasture.
Weavers hoof trimming .
How is the rot spread between sheep? With other livestock would you want to cull those sheep and offspring out and keep only those that are resistant?
I think it spreads because the infected sheep leaves bacteria on pasture. I’ve heard of people pulling off a pasture for several months to keep it from spreading. Yes, I’ve also heard of culling if the sheep shows a recurrence of the infection. 👍🏻 We never have because it hasn’t really been a big problem for us.
-the Shepherdess
The bacteria only survive on pasture for about 7-10 days, so you don't really need to leave it for a month....I raise sheep too, in the pnw, with lots of rain. I have more issues with scald (not contagious) but treat it the same way. I don't cull unless I absolutely have to because I raise a rare breed and its tough to get replacement breeding stock out here. Sometimes I wish I could cull, it can be tough trying to help an animal in this environment. I do make notes on which sheep have better resistance and feet, and try to use those rams to spread that genetic attribute around.
I am in South Florida on some land that can get pretty wet during the rainy season. I really would love to get some sharp but my main concern is my land being too wet at times.