Can you shear sheep with horse clippers

Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Shearing sheep relavent honestly HELP! Thread starter blitznbobs Start date 29 April Joined 19 June Messages 4, Location Cheshire. Can you shear a sheep with horse clippers?

If so what size blades do people suggest. We have one sheep very tame and it needs sheering but no one will come and do one sheep so was thinking of 'clipping' it any advice gratefully received! Joined 20 July Messages 17, Location Scotland. Yes you can and for one sheep, unless it's got a horrendous fleece you can probably just use the blades that are on it.

You want to wait until there is a "rise" in the fleece which means the old one is breaking away at the skin from the new growth. Usually you can see this as their neck opens up like a v neck and it starts peeling away there and at their tails. Bit early yet tho. Anyway the rise is the bit you clip through and it's like thin threads against the skin so it's not hard to do.

Joined 11 June Messages 10, Location Scotland. Joined Jan 30, Messages 85 Reaction score 1 Points I did my first shear this year. They were hard to hold, I was terrified, my sheep got cut, fur bits everywhere, uneven and incomplete. We ended up using dog clippers and it was brilliant. Took about an hour, and lots small passes, but we got the whole fleece off like a giant blanket.

Even better, no cuts to my ewe, and the fleece was trimmed almost right to the skin so she is nice and comfy cool now. I will be using those dog clippers again next year for sure! I got a pair of those in my bathroom!!!! How mush where the dog clippers? I don't know if the dog clippers would work but I would think you would at least need a 7 skiptooth blade.

I use Andis clippers on alpaca crias and no other blade works on their fiber except the 7 skiptooth. Can't remember how much they are. Mea Overrun with beasties. Any chance that an older 4-H er might be willing to help You??? Some of those kids can be better than some adults! Might check with Your extension office. Also You could put a listing on Craig's List for shearing Just a couple ideas that occurred to me. Good Luck. Ya talk to the extension office already, unfortunatly around here all the 4-hers pretty much do everthing themselves.

What is the diffrence between dog clipper, horse clippers and sheep clippers? Joined May 15, Messages Reaction score 16 Points Who is your sheep leader? Ours were really helpful in teaching how to prep the market lambs for show. Our routine now is to wash the lamb, usually with liquid Tide that takes out dirt and gunk in the wool. We use the blower side of the shop vac, with a nozzle for crevices in furniture and blow off excess water.

Then with lamb on a stand, we use clippers and shear while wet. Those are just regular blades, not sheep blades. Does a pretty nice job and lamb stays pretty still on the stand. Goat milking stand would work too. Might be cheaper in the long run, as I live in Ciron Suffolklass, I will have a look at lister website.

I presume it is www. If you suspect he has cushings then it probably would be cheaper to have your own set to hand. Have a look on Ebay uk too as plenty on there Hi, I have always found Oster to be a reliable brand and I know that you can get them in Gamme Verte. I noticed that my Vet uses them too. Good luck. Recent Discussions. Advice needed re horse clippers and sheep shears 7 Replies. Hello all of you who are horse owners and sheep owners. Umbrella Company in France for IT contractors and freelancers.