The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: SavageU on September 25, 2023, 08:01:07 pm
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For sagging out and clutching would you bother with some £50 ones from Amazon?
I’ve been told not to bother and stick with hand held but whilst that’s ok for reasonable dagging it’s too long and cumbersome for bad back ends (bad eyes/old limbs etc) I literally need a bright light no shadows and it takes hours.
Just wondered why people’s thoughts were. I don’t want to spend loads.
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We’ve got Horner Zipper clippers. Relatively cheap, good quality, and we use them for crutching out sheep (doing that today, they were pretty dirty) and clipping cattle (cow tails, and clipping backs on store cattle). I think the next upgrade will be cordless but for the minute the zippers are pretty good.
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I clip my girls by hand but whether you are dagging or clipping you can make life a lot easier by bringing the sheep up. I borrow a trimming stand and take fleeces off in two halves. I have a chair for when I'm doing lower bits. It's better for me and better for the sheep as you are quicker and they are stood up.