Sheep Scanning

[NZDan]

My scanner man had a good tale this year. He went to a farm to scan 400 sheep. Got to about 300 and the farmer said that's us done. Scanner man said I thought there were 400. Farmer thought for a while and then said oh we've forgotten about the one's in bottom pasture.

Scanner man said do you want to go and get them. Farmer said yes but we've let all the ones you've already scanned into that field

So they got them all back in and he had to go through the whole lot to scan the last 100

I'd have charged for 700!

I've had that happen before, and yes i did.

 

[sticky]

In that case, does anyone know if Andy Eadon (by Warwick) or Bob Towfield (Northampton?) are still at it?
Both good scanners.

Bob is still going and has his son at it as well.
I’ve got to phone Andy as he did mine 4yrs ago (the last time I lambed) and I’m starting again.

 

[Cheesehead]

I just think if your offering a service like scanning and shearing youv got too take the good with the bad… money talks charge what you need too

I think all they are meaning is to just give them a heads up beforehand as if you have planned and arranged with 4 or 5 other places then then it takes you another 4 on that farm to keep moving, setting up then waiting for the to be penned up. Then a further at the third place because they have let the sheep out because they thought you weren't coming because of an accident or something and then get to the last place at 9 in the evening to finish at 11 who still then has to feed up as because they are in doors they have kept them empty they aren't really going to care much if they paid you a little bit extra or if they have to then wait 3 weeks to fit you back in with the schedule they've planned because they're working out in Shropshire the next day followed by the West Country and aren't going to be able to drive to Northumberland to fit those in that they could do the first time.

I would be wary with the thought that they've have to take the good with the bad as one local farm here found out when it came to shearing, they was rude to them and foul with one after several that looked like skeletons died while being shorn that they then got all indignant when they had enough packed up and went leaving over half to be shorn. They boasted how the one they got into do the rest were cheaper and better yet they refused to go back there the following year as well now after going through all the shearing teams in the area they struggle to get any to answer the phone let alone go there, after much begging one I think went back this year though I think they did them on their own as the ones who work with them wouldn't go even but of they are on the last chance that it will be with shedding sheep or none.