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Sheep Farm Husbandry – Preparation for Shearing

Shearing preparation, sheep, facilities, yards, woolshed and plant, pressing, branding, documentation By Dr Clive Dalton How to keep shearers and wool handlers happy Ronney ewes waiting to be second shorn Preparing for shearing The key to a trouble-free shearing is good preparation and the thing you must avoid at all costs is to hold the … Read more

Sheep Farm Husbandry – crutching

Sheep, farming, husbandry, management, crutching. By Dr Clive Dalton In New Zealand sheep are ‘crutched’ by removing various amounts of wool from their belly and rear end. Kinds of crutchingThere are basically three kinds of crutching: Ring crutch Full crutch DisclaimerThis material is provided in good faith for information purposes only, and the author does … Read more