The Poultry Keeper

CP · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

That's a cool piece of kit milkmaid! Very Happy

There's one of these, but looks like you'd still need to lift them somehow.
http://www.ascott.biz/acatalog/Galvanised-Sheep-Sofa-SM164.html

debcat · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject:

milkmaid, we have one of those,
brilliant till you get a blackie ram with really big horns Rolling Eyes

manic nonie · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject:

I like the handocks rather then the turns (easier to move about) but you still need to lift the animal for them. To be honest if your only talking 10 sheep at most I don't think its worth spending the money out on the turner, that and if some else is on the other side and you've got large horns you can catch the other person. Theres different ways everywhere to turn then.

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Clawddnewydd

Badger faced sheep are a completely different breed to zwartbles!!! Badgers are a welsh mountain sheep (come in 2 colours, Torddu and Torwen) and Zwartbles are a continental terminal sire breed. As different as chalk and cheese (though they are in effect just overgrown Balwens, themselves a welsh mountain sheep but dont tell anyone I said that Wink

See here
http://www.bcsba.org.uk/coloured-sheep/balwen-sheep.html

http://www.badgerfacesheep.co.uk/

To turn a sheep over, stand close to its shoulder so it is leaning on you, turn the head back round onto the shoulder furthest away from you (ie turn head onto left shoulder or right shoulder depending on which side you are standing on Wink

) at the same time, press down on the same side hip (eg if turning head onto left shoulder, push down on left hip) and step back and away from the sheep (keeping hold of the head and hip!!) so that it has room to collapse onto the quarter nearest the ground. In effect, you are trying to fold the sheep in half and sit it on its bum. Alternatively, if you have a sheep with no neck (eg texel) or a stubborn sheep, you can stand as described, turn the head and lean down, grab hold of the hind leg furthest away from you and pull it up and towards you at the same time as pushing the head into the shoulder. Should say, this only really works well in a confined space with quiet sheep that dont try and run off or really stubborn tups Wink

Clear as mud Rolling Eyes

A roll-over crate is much the easiest way to do things but they are very expensive and maybe a luxury if you are only having a handful of sheep.... However, they cant escape from one if they are properly held and positioned in them Wink