May has seen an amazing, if late, flush of grass with silage coming early for many. Coccidiosis outbreaks, classically characterised by scouring calves aged 4-8 weeks have been to the fore as have bull problems. [...]

As the grazing season is upon us and lambs are starting to meet most of their nutritional needs from grass rather than the ewe’s milk, we thought it would be timely to share some advice [...]

April has seen us busier than usual with C-sections, calvings and the usual seasonal problems. The number of caesars are up significantly on 2023; one theory is that due to the wet back-end of 2023 [...]

At the time of writing the sun seems to be shining for once, though it appears to not be for long with yet more rain in the forecast ahead. The chronic rain is having an [...]

February continued where January left off with much routine work filling our days. The last few weeks however have seen a sudden increase in the number of calvings, caesars and prolapses - the spring work [...]

January has seen the continuation of much routine work out and about - still catching up with a few TB tests and health scheme blood samples. Calving has started for some with the accompanying calvings [...]

December has been a very busy month for us still wrapping up the last of the routine PDing and Johne's blood testing. PD results have tended to be pretty good with the odd disappointment. This [...]

  September continued where August left off with an abundance of wet grass, associated staggers risk and an abundance of parasitic challenges! Lungworm continues to bubble up and cause disease, even where there is no [...]

At the time of writing we are looking at the first decent week of weather in some time, which will no doubt come with some relief - getting on with anything has been tricky. We [...]

Thrums Flock Health Club is changing, find out how below. At Thrums we have run a Flock Health Club successfully for over five years, and hopefully we have achieved what we set out to do - bringing like minded [...]