There are a few advantages to worming sheep and then spraying them for parasites and flies, as we did this morning. Namely the three that sprang most readily to my mind as the permethrin and wormer sloshed about a little too freely on our arms and legs was this, that any personal tapeworm, lice, or horn fly issues that we may have been enduring had now been eliminated.
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Reading this weekend: Wolf of the Deep (S. Fox), a terrific read about the captain of the CSS Alabama.
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I felt exactly the same this evening as permethrin leaked from my sprayer and completely coated my hand. Not to mention a 40 gallon sprayer full of 24D that won’t spray. You’re a half mile from the house so you just reach in and make sure the nozzle isn’t clogged, then think “that was really stupid”.
Reminds me of when I reached under a still spinning lawnmower. Now, that was really stupid. Look forward to seeing you both for an Old Fashioned Friday.
This only tangentially related… but have you looked into or tried probiotics for your critters? From the little I’ve read I can’t say whether there is any help along the line of worming… but other benefits look promising.
We have used probiotics with our sheep for specific ailments. But never on a sustained basis.