- Choose almost any month that
suits you and your sheep for shearing, (excluding the winter
months), just approx 6 - 8 months from last time.
-
For any animal health problems refer to your local
Vet.
January
Shearing: Administer Zinc Bullets for Eczema; treat Fly
strike; Drench Lambs
February
Shearing: Monitor/Treat Facial Eczema and Fly strike;
Drenching Lambs: 
March
Shear again (if last shorn Oct-Nov) Monitor/Treat
Facial Eczema and Fly strike; Drenching Lambs; Put Rams
with Ewes
April
Shearing or Crutching; Monitor/Treat Facial Eczema and
Fly strike; Drenching Lambs; Put Rams with Ewes
May
Treat for Lice; late Shearing or Crutching Remove Rams
June
Crutching; Pre Lamb vaccination for ewes
July
Pre Lamb Crutching; Pre Lamb vaccination for ewes;
Watch for bearings
August
Pre Lamb Crutching; Pre Lamb vaccination for ewes;
Lambing
September
Main
Shearing season starts. Lambing; Docking; Vaccinate Lambs
(at Docking Time); Shearing of Ewes (if have 6 months wool)
October
Book shearing in NOW; Shearing; Drench Lambs - each month for the
next 7 months; Docking &
Vaccinating; Drench adult Sheep;
Watch for fly strike. Shearing of older lambs
too.
November
Shearing (probably including lambs); Drench,
Docking & Vaccinating of Lambs; weaning of older
lambs; Monitor/Treat Fly strike.
December
Shearing adults and lambs; Drench
Lambs; Drenching
of adult Sheep; Monitor/Treat Fly strike.

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