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Ordered some new supplies!
This headgate can attach to fencing & attachment swivels horizontally or vertically.
I'm going to build a stand to use along with it. Will be hand shearing Tatiana, her daughter Majin & lastly Kibito. I don't want even a little accidental VM to be smooshed into their fleeces during professional shearing.
I may even one day get electric shears and do everyone myself. But one step at a time!
I also decided to make milking easier when I have a lamb that's weak or mom is rejecting it.
May even try adding it to my cereal, we'll see...
Lastly, I battled between getting the $300 hot docker or a crush n cut docker, as a step up from banding. I decided that a hot docker would be too troublesome with my current barn situation. May be knocked over too easily, fire hazard and I would need to run 300ft of extension chord just to even use it. That or carry the lambs individually all the way to the house. Uhmm, nope!
This headgate can attach to fencing & attachment swivels horizontally or vertically.
I'm going to build a stand to use along with it. Will be hand shearing Tatiana, her daughter Majin & lastly Kibito. I don't want even a little accidental VM to be smooshed into their fleeces during professional shearing.
I may even one day get electric shears and do everyone myself. But one step at a time!
I also decided to make milking easier when I have a lamb that's weak or mom is rejecting it.
May even try adding it to my cereal, we'll see...
Lastly, I battled between getting the $300 hot docker or a crush n cut docker, as a step up from banding. I decided that a hot docker would be too troublesome with my current barn situation. May be knocked over too easily, fire hazard and I would need to run 300ft of extension chord just to even use it. That or carry the lambs individually all the way to the house. Uhmm, nope!
