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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on February 20, 2019, 07:49:49 pm

Title: Alternate weighing scales
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on February 20, 2019, 07:49:49 pm

For us that don’t have any scales what do people use to weigh day old lambs

Cheers

Title: Re: Alternate weighing scales
Post by: Penninehillbilly on February 20, 2019, 08:37:47 pm

I splashed out on some luggage scales, either aldi or lidl, pop baby in a sack for 2 mins

Title: Re: Alternate weighing scales
Post by: Black Sheep on February 21, 2019, 07:10:11 pm

Same here. Just use a look of rope to hook under front armpits and just in front of the back legs and hook this on to the scale.