Crutching timeWith sheep you need to 'crutch' them. This is to clean up their backsides so the wool isn't stained as badly when they're shorn. As I intend to shear them on the onset of spring (late August), then they need to be crutched a month or two beforehand.
I'd originally wanted to do it last weekend, but with the rain, put it off.
Yesterday (Saturday) we shifted the sheep into the paddock closer to the shed and then herded them into the shed. I also took the opportunity to ring the lamb to transform him into a wether (sheep equivalent of eunuch) and also ring his tail so it gets shorter. This basically a small rubber grommet which cuts the blood suppy off to the part to be removed and in a while the part with drop off.
So here I am 'in action' and a photo of some the girls with a cold bum.
