How honest are you when selling livestock? I have a small…
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How honest are you when selling livestock?
I have a small flock of sheep that have been healthy until I brought a ram lamb in last year. All of my ewes got sick a few weeks later, with likely CL. Now I have lambs of my own that I am trying to sell. There’s interest, but I’m up front about the exposure which shuts it down.
I see the same person I got my ram lamb from posting in community groups still. CL isn’t tracked in my area, but in neighbouring provinces it’s a 50-90%+ exposure rate, so in all likelihood at least half of the lambs sold in my area are exposed. Am I making a mistake by mentioning it at all? All lambs are healthy, but I would hate to expose another healthy flock to it.
I need to downsize my laying hens, but I got a lice infestation I can’t clear out. I am careful about biosecurity, but a neighbor asked me to keep her chickens for a winter as their child needed medical care so I took them in when I normally would not. Now I have too many chickens, and I feel like selling them will be an absolute disaster.
I enjoy my little farm, but I’m getting so discouraged.
#home
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I have a small flock of sheep that have been healthy until I brought a ram lamb in last year. All of my ewes got sick a few weeks later, with likely CL. Now I have lambs of my own that I am trying to sell. There’s interest, but I’m up front about the exposure which shuts it down.
I see the same person I got my ram lamb from posting in community groups still. CL isn’t tracked in my area, but in neighbouring provinces it’s a 50-90%+ exposure rate, so in all likelihood at least half of the lambs sold in my area are exposed. Am I making a mistake by mentioning it at all? All lambs are healthy, but I would hate to expose another healthy flock to it.
I need to downsize my laying hens, but I got a lice infestation I can’t clear out. I am careful about biosecurity, but a neighbor asked me to keep her chickens for a winter as their child needed medical care so I took them in when I normally would not. Now I have too many chickens, and I feel like selling them will be an absolute disaster.
I enjoy my little farm, but I’m getting so discouraged.
#home
source
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