Shearing sheep going into the shed ?

Bullocks

I'm roughly lambing around Paddys day and was thinking of putting in the 6 ewe lambs and whatever scans as twins .
What's the norm for shearing , do ye shear them fully or just around the back end and elder ?
They will be going out as quick as possible after lambing to a fairly sheltered field

ganmo

Most ppl if shearing would shear fully but I've heard lads are now shearing the belly and rear end

Username John

We never shear em. Put em in on a dry day (well as dry as you can)
They do fine...

We'd have em inside for 2 - 6 weeks.

They take up bigger space all right, but the hassle of gettin someone to shear isn't worth the bother for me...

stantheman1979

We shear here after we scan. Everything in lamb gets shorn and onto the slats. Its a great job. More sheep in shed, bigger lambs, easier to see lambing, easier to get lambs sucking, easier to spray with aerosols also find they are more inclined to look for shelter during bad weather when u let them out after lambing this can help save a few extra lambs

Robson99

Is there any advantage in shearing hoggets when putting them indoors for an intensive finishing period of 8 weeks?

rangler1

Robson99 wrote: »

Is there any advantage in shearing hoggets when putting them indoors for an intensive finishing period of 8 weeks?

They're supposed to thrive better when they're shorn.
I put mine in unshorn and some of the warm close mornings the sheep were actually damp and had to treat two for pneumonia, so probably should've shorn them

stantheman1979

Hoggs will trive better if shorn but some factories won't give u as good a price cos the pelt isn't as valuable.

rangler1

stantheman1979 wrote: »

Hoggs will trive better if shorn but some factories won't give u as good a price cos the pelt isn't as valuable.

ICM don't cut after 6 weeks, you'd want to check it out
A farmer in our group got cut four weeks after shearing and then got full price but got charged for clipping the following week.
Although my sheep were in and clean for the last 2 month I was charged 20c for clipping the last 4 weeks

davidk1394

We used shear the belly and rear before they go in. Makes spotting sheep going to lamb very easy and ensures the ewe is kept clean. Stops straw being dragged around aswell Stopped now as we have sheep on sweedes from now till march.