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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: jward on May 15, 2016, 04:21:11 pm

Title: Shearing
Post by: jward on May 15, 2016, 04:21:11 pm

Hi, I've a set of good electric horse clippers and wondered if they will do the job just the same as proper sheep ones? I have got someone lined up to shear but I know there'll be a few that'll be sods and not get caught

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: Daisys Mum on May 15, 2016, 04:27:02 pm

You will struggle with horse clippers as the combs are so close together, I did try once with ours but they overheated really quickly.

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: jward on May 15, 2016, 05:29:22 pm

Thanks, I guess it'll be out with the hand shears again then!

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: Tim W on May 15, 2016, 05:58:27 pm

I had a set of clippers that were originally for horses but set them up with sheep comb/cutters and they worked fine , you wouldn't want to do 100's but for 20 or so they worked.

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: Hellybee on May 15, 2016, 07:19:06 pm

It ll be easier to hand shear than use them.   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: Sbom on May 15, 2016, 09:24:54 pm

Just been through this with our horse clippers, you need a different head on to attach the sheep combs to. If they are heinger then the sheep head is around £180.

Title: Re: Shearing
Post by: jward on May 15, 2016, 10:08:09 pm

Thanks all.  These are Worsley clippers - had them years and they've never let me down - but I'll think I'll just get the hand shears out again.  The Mules are fine, it's the Shetland's that are little sods for catching at times and only one out of the whole flock will roo - just did her today as it happens - so I want to be prepared.