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Quality Sorting Equipment Can Help with Spring Shearing

Once seasonal lambing and breeding have been addressed many sheep operations will turn to the act of shearing. This is an essential element of maintaining the animal. At the same time, it can also be a significant source of incoming revenue.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment headquartered in Frostburg Maryland, we understand that efficiency and effectiveness in this process are critical. To that end, we offer a variety of quality handling systems. Each can be varied to meet the shearing needs and scale of your operation.

Our System A includes our TS900 sorter with stop, it includes our RS1000 raceway support with a DP1 Drop Gate. It also incorporates an anti-backup arm and two 8-foot solid fold-down panels. The entire unit is linked together with 8 strong linking rods.

The System B includes many of the same components, yet it is larger. It also includes a sturdy rope tie bar as well as an 8-ft swing slide gate and three 8-ft solid curved tub panels.

For larger sheep shearing operations sour System E includes additional panels to provide you with a pen capable of holding many animals. This system also incorporates our 2G Turn O’Matic with end gates to help with other animal treatments that need to be performed. This can also help with efficient sorting.

If you have a sheep shearing operation in need of high-quality livestock handling equipment, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to one of the representatives at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.

Early-spring Sheep Shearing Tips

With spring finally poking up around the country, it’s time for your sheep herds to get sheared. You definitely want that heavy winter coat off your sheep before it gets too warm, but you don’t want to shear any ewes when they’re close to lambing. This can cause too much undue stress for your sheep.

That being said, let’s take a look at a few early spring sheep shearing tips.

Prep your sheep

One of the most important things to do is properly prepare your sheep for shearing. This means that they’re clean and dry. Shearing wet, dirty wool is much more time intensive, laborious process. Additionally, if you’re having your sheep sheared by a professional, you don’t want to take up more of their time by forcing them to handle dirty, wet wool.

Remember it’s a tough job

If you decide to shear your sheep on your own, remember that it’s an incredibly labor-intensive job. If you’ve never sheared before, you definitely need a professional on hand to help you make sure you don’t ruin the wool, and more importantly that you don’t harm your sheep.

Sheep shearing is a lot of work, but the end result is a large pile of money – in the form of wool, of course. Now, if you have any other questions, or need equipment to start your shearing season, contact the team here at [practice_name] in [city], [state]. We can be reached at [phone].

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