Sheep turnover crate recommendation?

[Bury the Trash]

There's been a Bateman in as new condition advertised on facebook Devon and Cornwall farmers free ads /Marketplace for some time search 'sheep turnover crates' as you would expect.

few years old now but here is quite a good point by point breakdown of the main 5 makes.

5 sheep crushes on test: Which handles best? - Farmers Weekly

Sheep crushes may all seem relatively similar, but we found big differences in how well they worked when we put five popular makes to the test at the

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[Moors Lad]

Looks more professional than the yard broom up their bum.

You`ve some strange habits down there in Shropshire........ Could be worse I guess....

 

[Laureninnes16]

Nj

 

[Laureninnes16]

Does anyone know what to charge for trimming other peoples sheeps feet with a mobile couping crate?

 

[Highland Mule]

Does anyone know what to charge for trimming other peoples sheeps feet with a mobile couping crate?

Is that a thing? If I see a ewe limping, I catch her there and then and check her over. 9/10 she doesn’t need trimming and if she does she’s done there and then, made right and then usually sent away to cull. I certainly wouldn’t leave her in pain, come home and phone someone else to pop up later, catch her and then give her a look. Certainly never trim a foot without a limp, nor catch/ turn one over unnecessarily either.

Can’t see you’d get much call apart from smallholders without any clue but is there enough of those to make a living from?

 

[neilo]

Is that a thing? If I see a ewe limping, I catch her there and then and check her over. 9/10 she doesn’t need trimming and if she does she’s done there and then, made right and then usually sent away to cull. I certainly wouldn’t leave her in pain, come home and phone someone else to pop up later, catch her and then give her a look. Certainly never trim a foot without a limp, nor catch/ turn one over unnecessarily either.

Can’t see you’d get much call apart from smallholders without any clue but is there enough of those to make a living from?

Plenty of folk trim everything as routine every year. Some are even brave enough to admit it on here, knowing they will get blasted by all the enlightened members.

I dare say plenty of those folk would welcome a contractor to do the job for them, if the price were right.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Plenty of folk trim everything as routine every year. Some are even brave enough to admit it on here, knowing they will get blasted by all the enlightened members.

I dare say plenty of those folk would welcome a contractor to do the job for them, if the price were right.

Maybe but i bet loads more would welcome a dagging /shearing contractor

 

[Moors Lad]

Does anyone know what to charge for trimming other peoples sheeps feet with a mobile couping crate?

If they want them doing (and you are happy to do them!). If I was you I`d charge an hourly rate which obviously must reflect the skill involved plus some element of depreciation on your equipment, and set up time. Don`t forget your time/fuel going to the job too.
If charging per sheep you need to look at your hourly output of trimmed feet - don`t be doing it for nowt!

 

[neilo]

If they want them doing (and you are happy to do them!). If I was you I`d charge an hourly rate which obviously must reflect the skill involved plus some element of depreciation on your equipment, and set up time. Don`t forget your time/fuel going to the job too.
If charging per sheep you need to look at your hourly output of trimmed feet - don`t be doing it for nowt!

I think so too. Every farm’s set up will be different too, with some firing them down a race as fast as you can fettle them, and others with a pensioner catching each individual ewe in an open yard.

No idea what that hourly rate should be though, but the fella just pushing them up the race will be on £10/hr, without the difficult job or the equipment to buy/replace.

*how long before someone posts saying they don’t get out of bed for less than £20/hr?

 

[Al R]

I think so too. Every farm’s set up will be different too, with some firing them down a race as fast as you can fettle them, and others with a pensioner catching each individual ewe in an open yard.

No idea what that hourly rate should be though, but the fella just pushing them up the race will be on £10/hr, without the difficult job or the equipment to buy/replace.

*how long before someone posts saying they don’t get out of bed for less than £20/hr?

I don’t get out of bed for less than £20/hr