Noticed Kristal missing, so sought her, annoyingly she’d fly strike

[@nancyely9503]

Your tiny sheep dogs are adorable💖. Your sheep are beautiful🐑

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

Thank you

[@shiboof]

OH poor dear. SO many of the little devils, too. SO glad you found her and got her correct. Truly admire the tiny livestock guardian/herding dogs. Great thinking pups. HA

[@anna9072]

Looks like lovely wool. My chickens would have a field day with those maggots, but I’m glad we don’t have that problem here.

[@elizabethneill3825]

The sheep are mostly so good about coming in.

[@rachelenglish3566]

Beautiful

[@raquelwelch8996]

They know their shepherd's voice and follow her!

[@jeannerogers7085]

What beautiful sheep!

[@helloworld3943]

aweee, it's nice to see an animal with flystrike get scratched and acknowledged.

[@ByDaviddessine]

Hello , thanks for this beautiful nature vidéo see you later my friend have a good day 😊😊😊

[@christinedewing4577]

So much fly strike this year! Icky stuff, poor girlies.

[@marciagoodall8318]

Does fly strike have a big impact on the fleece value as you have to remove quite a lot.

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

Where maggots have been fleece becomes manky. Otherwise the rest is quite good

[@susancope4353]

I do hope the rest of the ewes will be okay for you.

[@ritabrunton4391]

I love this type of sheep. They are beautiful! What kind are they? ❤

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

Zwartbles sheep

[@kendralaughlin3502]

Was Krystal the lamb who’s mom wasn’t quite being a good mammy the first couple of days? You are her auntie ❤️

[@user-nacv-8867]

Like1 ❤❤

[@basakakova]

I haven't seen Ebony in your flock since September 19th. I can see LitleBit, EarFeather, Kristal and all the others except her.... She always comes first to the gate, walks with you friendly...Is she OK, Suzanna?

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

She has been with fly strike group up at shed

[@nemocookfan6961]

Is it just my imagination or is fly strike worse this year? Is it the weather? SO sorry!

[@SamConran-u7p]

Are they sheep one look like alpaca

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

Yes we have alpaca as well.

[@SamConran-u7p]

@SuzannaCramptonIreland oh ok thanks

[@daddams100]

Is it too late to get the sheep sheared? That fly strike looks so painful.

[@Tisztak]

You sound American, but I wasn't aware of this breed in the USA....other than crosses

[@sofiaschoice3945]

They all need a hair cut right?

[@SamConran-u7p]

They have a lot to say lol

[@LiveYourTruth1]

This woman shouldn't have so many sheep that she can't keep up with their shearing to keep them healthy. Routine inspection & shearing the flock is necessary!! Once the ewes isolate they're already being eaten alive. Only have a flock size you can manage effectively.

[@SuzannaCramptonIreland]

Thank you for your advice. There is a growing issue of shearer’s availability. if I had a bigger flock I could have gotten a shearer but as I have a small flock of sheep I could not get a shearer to come shear my sheep as it wasn’t worth their time. On previous years I shore the sheep myself when I couldn’t get someone to shear but this year I’m recovering from a neck injury so couldn’t do it myself. luckily this year was a very cool summer and only a few sheep got fly strike which I took care of. Hopefully this answers your questions.

[@ruthodwyer2102]

Is that from one fly laying eggs or a few flies? 🫣 Is it quite late in the year for fly strike?