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Quad crook holder

hally

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
cumbria
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primmiemoo

Member
Location
Devon
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I’ve caught ewes with both back legs before which slows them down:D, 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.
 
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Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
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
 

ISCO

Member
Location
North East
I've used a couple of clips something like this in the past. No sheep now. Bliss!:)

ae235
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.
 

hally

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
cumbria
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

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
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....
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
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...

:D

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.:(
 

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