Vaginal and uterine prolapse in a ewe: how to tell them apart, what to do in the first minutes, what holds the prolapse until lambing, when to cull, and what losing a ewe and her lamb costs in 2026.
Scours in newborn lambs: causes by age, how much solution to give, why you must not withhold milk, when a lamb needs an antibiotic or a vet, and a loss estimate for 100 ewes.
When to start fattening a ram for Eid al-Adha 2027: six start dates calculated at autumn 2026 prices, a back-counted calendar with vaccinations and grain, the price of being late, and a check of the ram's age.
Wheat has 5% more energy and 6% more protein than barley, but its starch ferments in the rumen faster than any other grain. How much wheat to feed rams, ewes and lambs, at what price it beats barley in autumn 2026, whether to crush it, and why wheat stubble is dangerous.
Anthrax in sheep runs for hours: the animal is found already dead, with dark unclotted blood from the nose and mouth. Why such a carcass must never be opened or butchered, at what age to vaccinate lambs, how long quarantine lasts and what an outbreak costs a flock of 100 ewes.
Hay on bare ground in the open loses 5–20% of its weight over the winter, under a tarp on pallets 2–4%. A calculation in soum for a flock of 31 head, the price of a tarp in October 2026, and the temperature at which a stack should be taken apart.
Sheep sneeze, shake their heads and have a runny nose, but their temperature is normal — most often these are nasal bot larvae. Ivermectin and closantel kill them, albendazole does not. When to treat the flock in Uzbekistan and what an antibiotic mistake costs — a calculation for October 2026.