We also now have our own sheep, all six of them. They are called Welsh Mountain Badger Faced Sheep, and are now a year old. They were very wild when we first got them, but have got a little more friendly over the winter, mainly assisted by bribes of sheep feed.Learning to handle the sheep has been great fun most of the time,and a little frustrating some of the time. It is a bit better now they will follow a food bucket. We usually catch them all, and put them through a foot bath ( with formalin in it ) once a fortnight. They seem to be prone to foot rot so need their feet looked at often, and trimmed. Luckily the vet is happy to give me any medication they need to be injected, so I can do it myself. I have had to learn a bit about withdrawal periods (when they first mentioned this i though the vet was talking about family planning for the sheep, and I was busy trying to explain that we have no ram ..... but have since learnt that this is the time period that you cannot send the sheep for slaughter after you have administered any medication. Each medication has its specific withdrawal period. ) Well at least I gave the vet practise a good laugh.
I found it quite amazing that I can buy a 25litre canister of formalin over the counter at the local farmers co op, no questions asked,and yet, when I wanted to buy tick and flea drops to put on the cats, I all but had to produce my passport. Oh well , guess we just have to do what Defra says
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