Quad crook holder

[General-Lee]

Never thought of doing that..... great idea to hobble a ewe

+1
I’ve caught ewes with both back legs before which slows them down, but will have to try that @Jerry

 

[hally]

 

[Gator]

Thats

I've used a couple of clips something like this in the past. No sheep now. Bliss!

What I use. Bag full for a few £s, some spares for brakages

 

[hally]

Thats

What I use. Bag full for a few £s, some spares for brakages

That's where I used to have mine and used those black plastic crooks but forgetting about it and narrow gateways was not a good combination

 

[Gator]

That's where I used to have mine and used those black plastic crooks but forgetting about it and narrow gateways was not a good combination

Yeah your right, but it soon pops out. Nowt worse than getting to the sheep to fined your crooks at the other end of the field in the gate hole

 

[primmiemoo]

+1
I’ve caught ewes with both back legs before which slows them down, but will have to try that @Jerry

The hobbling function was why I decided to buy one. Great for when lambing used to be outdoors.

Mine's red with the white shaft which does catch drivers' attention on increasingly rare occasions the flock is moved by walking along the road.

Edited to add: it's easier to use with small-to-med sheep. I couldn't use mine to hobble a hefty sort.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I have a couple of sections of what we call never-flow = that plastic draincoil stuff
on my 2 wheeler.
The bottom section is attached to the lower bit of the front fork and a grubber or crook just sits half in, half on, that piece, and the top section is split down the side so you can just rip the handle out of it.
It also holds a plastic bottle for salting thistles (you could use granules) for when I'm not out grubbing or trying to catch the neighbours bloody escapees.

Cheap but works very well now I've notched a V in the bottom piece to stop the crook/grubber rubbing on the brake disc, it's the 4 inch stuff.

Edit now I've read the whole thread it's similar to what @hally has in his pic just rattlier

 

[Lili]

Length of waste pipe, plug in the bottom and cable tied to bike?

 

[ISCO]

I've used a couple of clips something like this in the past. No sheep now. Bliss!

That's what I use. 2 screwed onto piece 2x1 bolted to front rack. It works ok buts through time clips wear and you can lose crook out. Also crook sticks out side and can get caught on things.

 

[JD-Kid]

whats this lambing crook
just train dog up to. tip ewes over

 

[Nithsdale]

Don't have a crook. Well, not a work one.

The dog does the work I just step off the bike.

 

[Willie adie]

Didn't kawasakis used to have a tube on the side to hold a crook?

yes mine does

 

[Downton_shep]

Anyone else not find the NZ crook a bit flimsy? Great crook but when trying to change direction quick it just flaps about!

 

[neilo]

That sounds like what I had in mind! Have you any pictures?

Photo as promised. The ‘Mark 1’ attachments are on the top of the box, but didn’t hold the crook securely enough.
The (black) SWA cable cleats get a bit loose after about 2 years of regular use, but only cost a few pennies to replace.

 

[unlacedgecko]

whats this lambing crook
just train dog up to. tip ewes over

Catch dog and baler twine every time.

 

[neilo]

Catch dog and baler twine every time.

Taking a picture of an old bit of baler twine from your pocket, in front of a dead ewe you found, doesn’t really cut it.....

 

[hally]

I am old fashioned and have a dog that will catch sheep but the fastest way to stress a sick or heavily pregnant ewe is to set the dog on it. Certain types of sheep and times of the year it's fine but a stick with the dog holding a few ewes in the corner of a field is my choice.

 

[neilo]

I am old fashioned and have a dog that will catch sheep but the fastest way to stress a sick or heavily pregnant ewe is to set the dog on it. Certain types of sheep and times of the year it's fine but a stick with the dog holding a few ewes in the corner of a field is my choice.

That’s why I carry the crook on my quad. The dog(s) hold them up and/or single them out, then I catch them. Obviously there are occasions when the dogs need to work a bit harder too....

 

[unlacedgecko]

Taking a picture of an old bit of baler twine from your pocket, in front of a dead ewe you found, doesn’t really cut it.....

You've busted me. I don't actually do any farming. It's all a cleverly constructed social media scam, like an agricultural cat fish...

 

[neilo]

You've busted me. I don't actually do any farming. It's all a cleverly constructed social media scam, like an agricultural cat fish...

I was actually thinking that i’d Missed a photo opportunity. I should have come up with an elaborate restraining mechanism to picture in front of a ‘well restrained’ ewe this morning.