Cammy Wilson (aka TheSheepGame) is a popular social and mainstream media personality. He visited our stand in Wales and enthused about ClipFitter, describing it as a game-changer ! He described ClipFitter correctly as painless, although not surprisingly the application of a clip causes an instant, short-lived reaction – Watch it in full here
What you have to remember is that, as far as tail docking is concerned, the choices for lambs are
a) to leave their tails long and risk fly-strike (maggots),
b) shorten tails with traditional methods such as rubber rings and they can suffer for 2 hours – or
c) shorten the tail with a clip (typical reaction of 2 seconds) followed by no further distress …
As far as castration is concerned – the legal choices vary from UK devolved government to the next, but basically provides no practical choices for farmers when they need to castrate after 7 days.
Hence groups are lobbying the Welsh Gov arguing for parity with Scotland who are leading the way approving ClipFitter’s use to 3 months of age. The science and practical facts are clearly in our favour – if your view isn’t clouded by other political agendas. Good luck Wales !
So Cammy is correct – ClipFitter is the best option for lambs when it comes to castration and tailing – and because of the potential permissible age range, could well be TheSheepGame-changer! Thanks for visiting us Cammy …