Our new Hybrid Mini Fitter became “Overall Winner” of AgriScot25’s Innovation award – aimed at enticing new entrants to come on board with ClipFitter with a new low £50 price tag . With a typical price tag for our professional range of Fitters of £150 it’s been a big decision for farmers to give clips a go so far. With the indoor lamber in mind (all over theUK) we hope farmers can now experience the massive difference a clip can make, and until Christmas we are bundling Hybrid Mini with a bag of 25 mini clips for anyone interested in entering the new world of ‘best practice’. Hybrid Mini is almost as cheap as a tagging plier now – surprise surprise (for those of you who remember!)
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The ClipFitter is a cost-effective precision compound-lever plier for the process of lamb castrations. It aims to increase better welfare by significantly reducing the level of pain at castration and tail docking by 90%.
SRUC scientists concluded that young lambs castrated with ClipFitter behave as though they haven’t been castrated – as the closing force is enough to produce the effect of anaesthesia. Some trials show growth and health benefits too, from these almost pain free experiences.
Using the brand-new Mini Hybrid could become lambing shed standard practice UK-wide, and a vital part of vet and agricultural student education.