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lookinf for sheep shearer/ galway

  • 15-07-2016 1:37pm
    #1
    mrbrendank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭


    Anyone know of any decent lad/s doing sheep shearing? my own fella has been putting me off and i need them done asap. galway area. only 48 to be done,


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  • #2
    rangler1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭rangler1


    mrbrendank wrote: »
    Anyone know of any decent lad/s doing sheep shearing? my own fella has been putting me off and i need them done asap. galway area. only 48 to be done,

    A horrendous year to get shearing done
    Farmers are going to have to work with shearers this year, be prepared to wait, have a shed for them, etc...if you can't guarantee them dry, shearers will go where the can be guaranteed.
    I shear here in August with no ill effects.
    We can leave them in for 48hrs if we have to as the lambs are not with them.
    Very easy to get a shearer that time of the year, especially in broken weather like we're having now.
    A shed that hasn't been cleaned out since the winter is the best for putting them in for shearing as the rotten straw doesn't seem to stick in the wool


  • #3
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,099 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    rangler1 wrote: »
    A horrendous year to get shearing done
    Farmers are going to have to work with shearers this year, be prepared to wait, have a shed for them, etc...if you can't guarantee them dry, shearers will go where the can be guaranteed.
    I shear here in August with no ill effects.
    We can leave them in for 48hrs if we have to as the lambs are not with them.
    Very easy to get a shearer that time of the year, especially in broken weather like we're having now.
    A shed that hasn't been cleaned out since the winter is the best for putting them in for shearing as the rotten straw doesn't seem to stick in the wool

    How do you prevent flystrike in the ewes, do you dip in May /June or use pour on


  • #4
    rangler1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭rangler1


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    How do you prevent flystrike in the ewes, do you dip in May /June or use pour on

    I use Clik


  • #5
    mrbrendank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭mrbrendank


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    How do you prevent flystrike in the ewes, do you dip in May /June or use pour on
    i use pour on in may, shear in july and dip end of august


  • #6
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭kk.man


    rangler1 wrote: »
    A horrendous year to get shearing done
    Farmers are going to have to work with shearers this year, be prepared to wait, have a shed for them, etc...if you can't guarantee them dry, shearers will go where the can be guaranteed.
    I shear here in August with no ill effects.
    We can leave them in for 48hrs if we have to as the lambs are not with them.
    Very easy to get a shearer that time of the year, especially in broken weather like we're having now.
    A shed that hasn't been cleaned out since the winter is the best for putting them in for shearing as the rotten straw doesn't seem to stick in the wool
    Would you not lose some on their backs?
    Do they lose condition leaving them so late?


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  • #7
    rangler1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭rangler1


    kk.man wrote: »
    Would you not lose some on their backs?
    Do they lose condition leaving them so late?

    Doesn't seem to be a problem, they're texel/lleyn cross and don't seem to develop into the same helpless sheep that they would if the lleyn influence wasn't there.


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