We have been developing this alternative to ‘ringing’ since March 2019
We have massively de-skilled, and modernised the well known (but less often used) system of castrating and tailing lambs up to 3 months (in the UK) known as Clamping.
ClampEASY does what it says – makes Clamping easy – and reduces the need for skills any greater than those needed for ringing. Whilst it can be seen as a modernised side-crusher (as the Americans call it) it also effectively combines what was once called the combined method – use of a Burdizzo and then a Ring – into one simple Clamp applied across the tail or across the whole neck of the scrotum. Crucially, the Clamp remains on the animal like a ring. It is bio-degradable and contains anti-bacterial additives and that recipe will be refined as we develop.
It offers pain relief which is Forever, Immediate, and Total – It is FIT for purpose and will be available next lambing season, if all goes well.
Brian Eadie
November 2019