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Author Topic: Estimating Ewe Weight  (Read 7041 times)

mab

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • carmarthenshire
Re: Estimating Ewe Weight
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2014, 09:10:36 pm »
 ;D  Mine too. I had a similar problem with my easycares a few weeks back - needed to weigh for wormer doses.


As luck would have it I inherited a set of scales (the type you hang up with a hook on the bottom) from the previous residents so all we had to do was figure out how to dangle sheep from the scales: The lambs were easy - just put 'em in a builders 1ton-bag and hook 'em on; the ewe's were a bit more of a challenge. In the end we found a couple of webbing strops about 2' long, one behind the front legs, one before the hind, a bit of rope looped through, and HEAVE 'em up onto the hook. I wouldn't recommend it though - my back still hasn't recovered from doing Fatty (168Lbs / 76Kg).


So another project on ever growing list: make a weigh-crate before I need to weigh 'em again.

 

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