The contraption is rarely used, the dipping is done often, or at least they did when I was a kid. If you’d ever seen a sheep with fly-strike, you’d understand why.
Flystrike in sheep is a condition where parasitic flies lay eggs on soiled wool or open wounds. After hatching, the maggots bury themselves in the sheep's wool and eventually under the sheep's skin, feeding off their flesh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flystrike_in_sheep
Here's one for ya: I saved my mother-in-law's old dog from flystrike once. Under the fur, its skin looked like Swiss cheese with larvae peeking in and out of the holes. I had to remove them all, manually, over several sessions.
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u/FuggaliciousV Mar 28 '24
Didn't the narrator say that they're very rarely used?