Sheep & Goat Equipment

Foot trimmer

Trimming feet

Electric dehorner

Removing horns (burns them off)

Vacutainer and holder

Blood sampling 

Balling gun

Administer medications (pills) orally

Emasculator (bloodless)

Castration (crushes spermatic cord) and tail docking (wool sheep)

Scrotal tape

Measures scrotal circumference of males

Trocar (sharp tip) and cannula

Relief of bloat

Tattooer and tattoo inkhandle

Permanent identification (inside ear)

Emasculator (White’s Improved)

Castration and tail docking (wool sheep)

Ear tagger

Temporary identification

Bander

Castration and tail docking (wool sheep)

Electric tail docker

Tail docking (wool sheep)

Esophageal tube

Oral feeding of milk.colostrum to young

Electric shears

Shearing sheep (wool breeds)

Shepherd’s crook

Catching and herding sheep and goats

Prolapse retainer

Fixes vaginal prolapses

Lamb puller

Assists with pulling lambs and kids

Hand shears

Trimming wool and hair 

Sheep/goat restrainer

Restrains sheep or goats — legs go in small “U” on ends and semi-circle in middle goes over neck

Drencher

Oral administration of medication (the metal tube is inserted in the corner of the mouth and the tube from it is attached to the container with the medicine — for repeated dosing) 

Breeding harness

Identification of bred/estrous females — the harness is placed on the chest of the ram/buck and when he mounts the female a mark is left on her back

Heat lamb

Supplemental heat for lambs and kids

Ear notcher

Permanent identification