Lamb tailing chute - which type?

[LandcruiserLad]

looking to invest in a lamb tailing chute,
From the research I have done there are 2 main competitors.

Shearwell sell Te Pari ones or Neil Bowser sell Vet Marker.

From a video on You-tube, it appears the Te Park ones are easier to load as have an extra roller at the start.

Does anyone have any experience or preferences?

I'd like a carousel style machine but can't see anything on the market?

Thanks

 

[willy]

I also want one does anyone near rutland want to go halves?

 

[bovine]

What age lambs and how are you achieving anaesthesia?

 

[spin cycle]

What age lambs and how are you achieving anaesthesia?

thats a very good question

 

[CopperBeech]

Im also interested. Did around 800 the other day and in a couple of weeks will be doing around 200-300 a day!

 

[Downton_shep]

We've just bought a Te Pari. Great piece of kit and a fair bit cheaper than Vet marker.
We're not taking tails off in it though just drench,vac & scratch. The lambs sit very still and relaxed.

 

[Tim W]

This is the cheapest & most efficient solution ---no need for mutilations

 

[Princess Pooper]

Production line - picture taken about 8 years ago in NZ. Had a few thousand to do. Drench, orf vaccine, tail. (Guy in the check shirt probably castrating too can't remember) What's anaesthesia?

 

[bovine]

What's anaesthesia?]

That is my point. You can do practically anything to animals restrained like that, but it doesn't make it ok.

 

[alwayslearning]

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We've just bought a Te Pari. Great piece of kit and a fair bit cheaper than Vet marker.
We're not taking tails off in it though just drench,vac & scratch. The lambs sit very still and relaxed.

Lambs take the drench ok upside down?

 

[LandcruiserLad]

We've just bought a Te Pari. Great piece of kit and a fair bit cheaper than Vet marker.
We're not taking tails off in it though just drench,vac & scratch. The lambs sit very still and relaxed.

Te Pari also don't do the Click applicator do they?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Fair production line like

 

[Princess Pooper]

That is my point. You can do practically anything to animals restrained like that, but it doesn't make it ok.

Quite agree...just suggesting not everywhere has the same standards!!!

 

[LandcruiserLad]

 

[spin cycle]

Quite agree...just suggesting not everywhere has the same standards!!!

RT insists on anaesthetic.....but administering that takes time i'dve thought....what sort of dose/cost would that be?

 

[Downton_shep]

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Lambs take the drench ok upside down?

They seam to take it fine. Only 2ml

 

[GTB]

Production line - picture taken about 8 years ago in NZ. Had a few thousand to do. Drench, orf vaccine, tail. (Guy in the check shirt probably castrating too can't remember) What's anaesthesia?

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If I was the big bloke on the left I'd be pulling my jeans up and wearing a belt! You wouldn't want to cut the wrong 'tail' off would you?

 

[Downton_shep]

Te Pari also don't do the Click applicator do they?

Not sure you can put Clik on with them I thought it was just something like Dysect on there ass.
but the basic Vetmarker is £1800 without lamb dropper.
We were lucky and got ex display Te Pari with dropper for £1200

 

[GTB]

We've stopped using our chute because we wanted to apply pour-on at the same time plus we don't do the lambs quite so young now. Do them the old fashioned way now, over a low gate. Ear notch, drench, vaccinate and pour-on. Not much slower tbh.

 

[Downton_shep]

That is my point. You can do practically anything to animals restrained like that, but it doesn't make it ok.

I agree. What age can you just take the purse of? Still 7 days.