Poor old lad who is around 14/15 got stuck this morning, his old legs are arthritic and he gets around in a fashion. Most people would cull him but he eats, has good teeth, weight, feet, just his legs are rubbish. Got him some feed and water and then tried to get him up.
He was stuck and distressed so with my Buddy inflicted bad back I got him up but he wanted to sit down. He was due to be shorn this week but I got the kitchen scissors and decided to hand cut him, as the weight of his fleece wasn't helping him. It takes a long time to shear a willing sheep with kitchen scissors. A sheep friend came over and gave him the once over, a vitamin injection and trimmed his feet, and we reckoned he was just an old man who gets a bit stiff and sore.
We then had fun catching The Big Yun who is a huge opinionated Icelandic sheep so she got done as well by hand.
Spencer is still just on his legs and getting around, so see how he gets on.
He was stuck and distressed so with my Buddy inflicted bad back I got him up but he wanted to sit down. He was due to be shorn this week but I got the kitchen scissors and decided to hand cut him, as the weight of his fleece wasn't helping him. It takes a long time to shear a willing sheep with kitchen scissors. A sheep friend came over and gave him the once over, a vitamin injection and trimmed his feet, and we reckoned he was just an old man who gets a bit stiff and sore.
We then had fun catching The Big Yun who is a huge opinionated Icelandic sheep so she got done as well by hand.
Spencer is still just on his legs and getting around, so see how he gets on.