- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Your nephew is driving the farm pick up aged 7 !
Precocious wee sod !
Ha! He wishes
Nobody is allowed near my Defender!! I'm quite precious about the old heap of (appreciating in price) scrap
Shearing 2022
- Thread starter shearerlad
- Start date
Ha! He wishes
Nobody is allowed near my Defender!! I'm quite precious about the old heap of (appreciating in price) scrap
- Location
- JanDeGrootLand
I'm now very vintage, and first "lock down" clipped 70 or so mixed ewes hoggs and couple of tups, just myself, catch clip and fleeces. Over 3 days as were more time spent getting b--g--- in, dosing etc. Was quite relaxing.
Last two clippings using contract shearer as numers more than double. Maybe next year do a few myself.
Was taught the Bowen method starting at 15. Good old ATB. Pity was courses were too late in season with little chance to get practise until following season. By 18 the challenge was to do 100 big park ewes in a day. By 20 it was 200. Did it a few times. BUT WITH A CATCHER, machine usually didnt stop for 20 sheep .Then clean,oil 2 min rest.
Only real disaster was a Romney tup we had. As a 3 shear took 3 of us to get him off his feet, then the blo--y hand piece wouldn't reach tail head or neck. Ended up with him standing, father holding him with a baler twin round his neck. It was easy tail head to neck, split fleece, then long bows each side, bit of a fiddle triming legs. Two decent fleeces where should have been one. Tup never notice I had cut twine on 3rd or 4th blow, just stood.
Thems were the days.
My rams are the easiest to clip with my sheep stood up method. Don't even need to grip them, they just stand there. They're probably thinking ....yea whatever. Wouldn't like to attempt it close to, or during, tupping though.
- Location
- North Wales
I see Robbie Hislop has a beginner course on the 9th of September, no idea if it's booked but if your keen, it would be worth you enquiring.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Brilliant thank you I will see if I can get a place booked.
Lambs shorn wool delivered £1.00 Kilo 90 days payment, another job out the way
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Cheers I have marked it in my calendar and just waiting to hear back from work if I can have that Friday off then I will be booking it. Heard really good reviews about his courses.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Get a provisional booking on anyway Luke. Just in case the course is fully subscribed. Better to have your name pencilled in early.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Oh I will do didn't think he would do that I will drop him a message.
shearing courses big help to start.my neighbour came to help me shearer when he was sixteen and sheared 117 in a day.roll on 6 years he has shorn 708 on ewes in 9 hours.wooles not bare belly mules and 700 on lambs in new zealand.unbeliv able what training and big heart and mindset can do in the shearing world.
- Location
- North Wales
I'd hate to have to learn to shear again.
I Did 60 today, got the young lad that was helping to do the last one as he said he'd done a few and wanted to learn.
It's second nature to me now but reminded me just how much there is to learn for someone starting up.
I Did 60 today, got the young lad that was helping to do the last one as he said he'd done a few and wanted to learn.
It's second nature to me now but reminded me just how much there is to learn for someone starting up.
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
I see there's a couple of lads having a go again in August.
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These lads are still on for having ago this Friday. Should be nice in 30 odd degrees.
- Location
- N.Lincs
Just came across this on YouTube - the man who gave us the modern shearing method.
Note his moccasins
I remember shearers making their own, at the start of the season, out of a hessian bag - cut out with dagging shears and stitched together with sisal baler band.
I also remember an old shepherd, who had been to one of his demonstrations, saying that after Godfrey had clipped a few, he then put a blindfold on. Apparently he was only slightly slower blindfolded than when he could see what he was doing
Note his moccasins
I remember shearers making their own, at the start of the season, out of a hessian bag - cut out with dagging shears and stitched together with sisal baler band.
- Location
- N.Lincs
Here he is again...
Doesn't look like he puts their right leg between his at the start.
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
Live link for tomorrow's record attempt.
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
- Location
- N.Lincs
Good start
Hope they can keep it up - not sure of the weather there but it's getting hot here.
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
Flying.
