[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 68, Issue 1

[kristi frick]

My daughter shears with ROYAL ICON Mechanical Shearing Hand piece
using the worm drive http://www.circle-s-fabrication.com/Heiniger.htm.
We have the Lister and Oster also called "hot handles because the
motor is in the handle" using a 13 tooth comb and 4 point cutter
http://www.vittetoe.com/showstopper/showclipper.htm. If you have more
than 20 to 30 sheep you should really think about the Royal Icon or
something similar because they do not get hot as fast with motor
separate, and there not as heavy. If you can't afford the Icon the
Lister is my second choice because it seems to be lighter and faster
than the Oster with less heat.
Kristi
www.idealjacobsheep.com


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> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:47:08 -0500

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] intersting, but pointless

> To: Dan Carpenter <Hobsickle at aol.com>

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> That's surprising that the water would be warm enough for frogs!

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> I run the water from the creek through a couple of five gallon buckets,

> some pvc, and a bunch of garden hose. It runs all the time. We don't get

> as cold here, of course, but I sure appreciate having running water for

> the sheep when it's 15 degrees out.

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> Linda

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> Dan Carpenter wrote:

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>> A couple of years ago during a dry spell I decided to dig up a

>> chronically wet spot to fix what I thought was a broken tile.  When I

>> got about 3 feet down, instead of finding a broken tile I found an

>> artesian spring and by the next morning the hole was filled to the top

>> with water!  This summer I expanded a pasture so that it overlapped

>> that spring and decided to use it as a watering hole until it froze

>> over.  (You know---save on all that electricity to run a tank

>> heater.)  Well, would you believe that it's the end of January and

>> here in Michigan the ground is frozen rock-hard, the temperatures have

>> been dropping to near zero, and not only is the spring still open, but

>> yesterday I saw two frogs /swimming/ (not hibernating) in it?

>>

>>

>>

>> -Dan

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> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:44:15 -0500

> From: "Melanie Boxall" <melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Shearing

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> Not not yet. Just planning ahead. For the second time this year we'll be doing our own shearing, but this year we will be investing in some proper shears. I would like to poll the group as to preferences here, who uses electric, who uses clippers, and which make of either do you swear by? (or at?).

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> Melanie

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