Fly struck ewe must be brought in & shorn despite lashing rain
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 2020-06-27

The first stage of fly strike maggots is extremely annoyingly itchy for sheep. As the strike gets worse maggots burrow down and start the eat the sheep alive. Luckily I discover this ewe in time & shear her before maggots have had time to break into skin her skin.


Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We sell, Zwartbles sheep, Zwartbles blankets and yarn made from the sheep, and calendars featuring the Cats Shepherd Bodacious and Inca the World's Smallest Sheepdog.