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Author Topic: Shearer needed for our 4 sheep…or how to DIY??  (Read 6271 times)

Me

  • Joined Feb 2014
  • Wild West
Re: Shearer needed for our 4 sheep…or how to DIY??
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2015, 07:30:31 pm »
Small Lleyn are about right for me, I'm 63kg and anything heavier than that is hard going (purely down to size/weight), also little sheep eg. small ewe lambs I find hard to hold and then they tend to fight more.

Heather Fullwood

  • Joined May 2015
Re: Shearer needed for our 4 sheep…or how to DIY??
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2015, 11:17:44 pm »
I found hand shearing my hebrideans easier than using the clippers.... they have thin skins which nicked easily with the clippers..... they are now used to being tied up using a collar and rope, and i sit on a chair which saves my back..... i find it very theraputic actually and take my time with each one, i end up destressed myself, and with stress free sheep

 

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