+ajshim-Probably much the same as watching a dog get its hair cut (although it seems as long as you can get the sheep in a comfortable position, they won't fight you nearly as much as a dog does). It is overgrown hair after all, so it is oddly soothing to see a sheep in such a comfortable position getting all that overgrown hair shaved off. The fleece is nice and soft, even to look at, and once the sheep is done being shaven, they are almost always very happy to have all that overgrown hair finally off them and they are extra cute (and probably bragging) when all that hair is off. . .
BT 7274 they should be sheared shortly before lambing to decrease bacteria transfer to the lamb. Shearing only takes a couple minutes, not much stress.
how often do you shear them? Also, I saw a comment on another video saying something about damaging the wool if not in one piece. Would you explain that? I would love to get a couple of sheep for pets and wool, but don't know anything about shearing. What breed are you sheep? What is the stuff you put on the back with syringe? I love your setup and your animals are beautiful. My, the sheep sure complain alot!
I made the video about a neighboring farm. I will ask the farmer your questions and will try to get back to you soon! Thanks ever so much for your interest.
Here is what the owner of the farm replied: "We shear once a year, and have a professional shearer come in - Aaron Loux - and shear for us. You want the main part of the fleece to be in one piece, but there are parts, on the legs, chest and belly, that don't have to be a part of that. Our sheep are Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, a heritage breed originally from Wales. They are very hardy and are always black. The stuff in the syringe is a vaccine they get once a year. The reason the sheep talk so much in the video is because we temporarily separated them from their lambs, and they were complaining." Thank you for taking such interest!
@@StanHirson hi thanks for your kind reply, it exited me cause the sheep look similar to the sheep found in my region it is known as DECANI it's from india
@@rohitdangale3594 Interesting how breeds from distant parts of the world look similar... These sheep are on a neighbor's farm and they are very small. I don't really know how practical they are. We have Icelandic horses, very small but very practical!
Well they gotta get them onboard the trailer somehow the darn things are stupid anyway all they do is eat sleep breed make the ground messy with their bathroom stuff and give us wool to wear so being rough with them is not all that bad of a thing. Plus Every farm is different some people are gentle and kind to their sheep awhile others are just not its just the way things are in this world.
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I noticed that it seems you opted to not dock their tails. How do you, or are their things that you recommend I would do to prevent fly blow or other things by choosing for them to remain undocked? I would like to own a small herd and have debated on docking as it can be be very painful and uncomfortable (for both parties involved). I would love to know some tips to minimize or even prevent infections like that so that if I chose to do so I could keep them undocked.
LunaCalx sheep do much better and are healthier when docked. in the old days the tail was docked with a special tool made for removing the tail. Now, what a lot of sheep farmers are doing are using the rubber castrating bands. There is no open wound to draw flies in. After a few days the tail simply falls off. The bands falls of too. I would never leave a tail on a sheep.
Tanker Bill I do know that but I also know that some do not dock and I was curious how they prevent such sickness. Because docking also can come with possible health concerns.
LunaCalx I do not know what the others do. I do know that the 50+ years that we raised sheep, I cannot remember one time we ever had a problem. This in includes when we cut the tails off. When we cut the tails, we always used a generous amount of iodine to disinfect. When we went to bands it was so much easier, no wounds, no blood, no iodine. Bands are definitely the way to go!
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