Any farmers around? Or farmers wives?!

[Tillyop]

Is it normal to have quite a lot of sheep with foot rot?

We’ve been going down to see the lambs for a few weeks and more and more of the sheep seem to have it. I was talking to a walker this morning who said it’s the same every year with this farm.

The sheep look so uncomfortable hobbling around lame

I love how you assume farmers are men

Any FARMERS around?

Don’t be so woke your eyes fall out hun

most farmers are men though. i know dozens of male farmers and 2 or 3 women. I'm a farmers wife. know nothing about sheep though sorry.
if you are concerned you can report it... perhaps the rspca or equivalent where you are would be the good first port of call. a sheep farmer near us was put out of business a few years ago for neglect of his animals.

Footrot is generally easily treatable, although it can be hard to get under control. Not sure there's anywhere effective to report it to, unfortunately.

It spreads which can make it a pain in the arse. As bingo says theyre treatments.
We battle scald most years because of the mud damp fest that comes from living in our part of the Highlands!

As previously said Footrot is easily treated, but it takes time sometimes year and a lot of man power. Examine every sheep divide into affect and unaffected move to two new pastures, treat affected. Repeat this every few weeks.

Its fairly neglectful to just leave it. I spent many a tedious hour growing up checking sheep and their sodding feet I would never farm sheep 🐑

What you probably need is a vet.

@Tillyop

I asked my Dad who is a sheep farmer.

This is his response:

'Foot rot is a big problem the only thing is to foot bath every few weeks'

No idea what a foot bath is - maybe a strong disinfectant of some sort.

I've seen my Dad do this sort of thing, not knowing what or why, but it basically involves them walking through a liquid bath for about 6 foot.

Hope I've helped. Your local vet supplies shop might tell you what product to buy.

In fairness to derxa you could have asked about farmers or farmers husbands. Or farmers and their partners. The thread title was a bit 1950s. Anyway, it is probably the shepherd you want - some are better than others at keeping an eye on their sheep and the one near you sounds a bit rubbish.

Farmer's daughter, it's worse if it's wet. Farmer should be checking and sorting the feet tho...if he/she is busy, it can get out of hand.

RSPCA if you think it's a welfare issue.

OP sheep get lame in soggy conditions. It's been better in the last couple of weeks. We run ours through a foot bath, spray with Cyclex and trim overgrown hooves. There will always be the odd lame sheep.
If every other sheep is lame then that's neglect.

@derxa, it was a few now it’s every other!

Our fields are shot due to the rain-and we have a few lame sheep. We check them regularly but sometimes its unavoidable. Trim the hoof, antibiotic foot spray and move pasture.