SHEARING WITH A BEGINNER! ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?? - SHEEP SHEARING 2020
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The sun is back and we are shearing sheep again!
This time we are with well known sheepdog men from the Welsh clan!!
Enjoy
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ABOUT ME
I’m 30 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland. That’s why I have such a strong accent!! I was born and raised in sheep with my dad being a shepherd on an Ayrshire farm.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep.
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then, in 2015, my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could keep my hand in. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 600 ewes.
I shear over 10,000 sheep a season in UK and I also travel to Norway for shearing in March and September.
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep scanner and have been building up my run since then so I have a good income stream in summer and winter.
I watched a few farm vlogs on TH-cam and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.
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Glad you have broached the subject about apprentice shearers! Was hoping to get into a course this year but Covid sorted that out. Am now hoping to get on to a course next year or possibly see if the Farmer i lamb for's shearer will take me on as an apprentice when they do the Ewe Lambs in September - Cant wait to get the first 100
Good man! U need a strong mind and as Murray says u will need to be able to grit your teeth and work hard to succeed! I’m sure u will!
Always love seeing Blackies running and jumping.
Aye tis a braw sight😁
They are hoppy sheep 😂
Thank you so much for interviewing people! Everyone is amazing, truly. Much respect to them.
I laught out loud when you said you ran up to your dog on a windy day to tell what's she's doing 🤣🤣...😍the video's they make my day when you bring them out ...
That’s why i’m so fit Catherine it’s windy here every second day😂😂😂
The dog doesn't hear "liedown", but you could whisper "come by" and she'll hear that every time! 😂
@@d4ngru5h83 hahah true
Good Murray
I’ve hand sheared 135 scotch ewes back in 1987 ,
I started at 9am finished at 7.40 pm .
No sheep trailer had to pull them out and catch them in the shed by myself
I was 19 years old, 50 pence a sheep. Every ewe I sheared paid to get my hay bailed by a small square bailer.
It was 50 pence a bale. To get it bailed .
So after the first 600 sheep. I could buy myself a pint .you guys don’t know your living.
No land rover
Walked to all the farms over hills loved it three pairs off sheared in my back pocket jumping over ditches .
I’m still sheep farming love it
Keep up the good work.
🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🦙🦙👍
Sound hardy Aidan!! I’m actually needing bailing done just now but thankfully my shearing will easily cover it 😂
Watching from the Netherlands. My parents have a sheepfarm with 500 ewes for nature conservation. Sheared my first few sheep this year. Love watching your videos!
Brilliant! Keep at it and get as much training as u can!! Well done!
Watching from the state of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Originally from Maine. My friend and neighbor up there in Maine was a judge at the Golden Shears competition this year .
Watching from Alberta, Canada. Miss Sandy sent me over. Love your channel even though I have no experience with sheep but boy am I learning!
im in london ontario sandy sent a bunch of us over and now im hooked lol some times i cant understand a word he says lol closed caption helps that hugsss
Hardest job he’ll ever learn, but without a doubt the best, greatest mates I’ve ever had I shore with,
Hadn’t talked to an old shearing cobber for 20 years plus, and he rang me , was just like we had been working together the day before
I'm in North Carolina USA. Great videos Cammy.
Great 👍 subject, getting the young ones into the job their family does, like shearing and family farms. Hello 👋 from Texas
Watching from Billings Montana USA!!!
Manitoba, Canada. I'm learning a lot from your videos about shearing. Special the one with Robbie Hislop. I keep playing it again and again. Hope to improve my technic and get some decent number per day. Can't wait till winter and get going at it.
Cheers Remko! Lots of good footage on youtube from top shearers! Appreciate the comment and good luck when the season starts!
Hi, I’ve been watching from Ontario Canada. I’ve been to Scotland twice with an amateur theatre group. We were billeted with The Bad Theatre Company over there. We had a great time!
I sheared every day this year with my Dad and cousin in shetland where we shear 20000 a year, and I'm only 13 but I found it easy to learn after watching them since I was little. At the start of this year I could only do 40 in a day but now I can get up to 180
That’s great Charlie!! You’re starting 10 years earlier than i did so the future’s bright! Stick in and u could travel the world and make a lot of money! Hoping to get up to shetland to shear a few next summer! For the banter.
@@TheSheepGame that's good maybe see you then👍
Thanks Cammy! I really enjoyed this video it was so informative. I didn’t understand a word & loved every minute! Take care lads from Auckland, New Zealand. 😍❤️😂🇳🇿
Great you asking the others for their input and stories. Enjoyed it a bunch!
Watching from North Carolina
Watching from Detroit Michigan! Love your channel!
Thanks Lisa Ann!
Enjoyed the video, you lot do have some laughs.
We try. We try 😂😂
a fellow french viewer who just descoverd your chanel thanks to sheepishyme ! Thanks a lot for all the video you make !
Hope you enjoy the channel charlotte and don't have too much trouble understanding me
@@TheSheepGame i do understand ;) i'll be honest with you sometime it's a little bit of a game to understand one word here and there but it's still verry undersandable ! By the way i do love your accent !
@@bacquetcharlotte9333 thanks do much!!! I’m more conscious of it now so trying to speak clearer.😁
Watching from Montana, USA. I Watch Sandy.
Thanks Melia, Sandi has a great channel.
Enjoying your vlogs from Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
Good drone work from Virginia USA. Always interesting places w/ people willing to share w/ viewers you bring to channel. Thank you one and all.
🐑🐑🏴🇺🇸😷👍
Thanks Randolph. Appreciate the comment!
....running after the dog on a windy day 😂😂😂😂... brilliant vlogs...👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks!
Watching from Newport Washington USA
Thanks Beth!
Australia mate! Once time gun shearer but saw the light. I still enjoy knocking it off a merino weather though. Cheers
I think i’ll need to do a vlog on Merino weathers one day so people can get a laugh at me doing 20 a run😂
Watching from USA, Connecticut. Love watching your channel! Very educational. Thank you.
Just getting into your videos! Ohio, USA here! 72 ewes and growing!
That's great Ben, hope you're enjoying them so far.
Good job giving info on breeds. You do things a bit different in the UK. I worked there back in the early 80's and know about mules, etc. a lot of my fellow countrymen don't. I'm sure they will find it helpful. Keep up the good work. Great to see what you are doing. Georgia, USA
Cheers Cornel! Where in the Uk did u work?
@@TheSheepGame Near Montgomery in Powys mainly. I was about to become a veterinarian and I was working with the practice there and with Terry Boundy consulting with a number of large flocks in England and Wales. Cheers!
Hi bud!! I'm from Kenton Ohio US. I have a VERY small shearing business but just wanted to let u know I like watching your videos and I have definitely been able to learn some good tips from them. Keep up the good work!!!!
That’s great bro!! “From small acorns, great oaks grow!” We all start somewhere to keep pushing on! Thanks for the comment!
Hi Mr bear slayer, just wondering is it true shearers use cover combs, or even 'blow out' combs with every other tooth knocked out, in order to leave more wool in some states?
Grate vidio cammy i enjoyed the wee chats you where having glad to see you are back to sheering some proper sheep
Cheers David just mixing it up!
Watching from Florida...USA. I just found your vlog and since I grew up in NYC, I know nothing of farming or sheep-sheering or raising sheep. But, I am really loving all this.
BTW, in my travels, I have been to Orkney 3 times. Of course visited the Hebrides, Scotland, England. Grand places.
Amazing channel and love the Scottish men….wink….and your a pile of good men! I’m from Kindersley Saskatchewan,Canada…🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Watching from notus Idaho in the USA we need good sheep shearer’s over here come on over
I am keen to get over at some point Leo, might be a bit easier when covid has really calmed down.
From the usa love the different breeds
Thanks Roy
Enjoyed the video, good way to show that farmers are not all miserable. Nice to see over the beautiful Ayrshire country, and heading towards Galloway you certainly cover a big area. Keep these excellent videos coming.
Thanks a lot for that James! Everyone been very positive it’s good motivation for me to keep working at the videos! Got some good orkney videos coming soon!
Watching from Glasshouse Mtns Queemsland good channel in harsh country.
Thanks Trevor
I live your spirit. Thank you for your vblog. But boy I am having a hard time with your accent!!! But don’t change anything in my behalf. I just slow down the videos. 🤣
Love from Canada 🇨🇦
Neva seen so boody green grass in my life time we got saltbush sheep enjoy CHEERS RON
Just turned 16 shearing 150 a day (NZ sheep) awesome fun.
Beast! Good work Timo!
Colorado, USA. Sandy sent me
Thanks for coming to look at the channel Marilea, hope you enjoy.
I'm watching all the way from otago new Zealand bro
Cheers bro!
Great video clips & you’re spot on ‘enjoy what your doing & you’ll never work a day in your life!’
Shearer & my first 200 back a few years now in NZ. Love listening to these clips aye!
Kinda missed not heading over to Corwen, Wales this year in July & catch-up with the guys from Wales, Scotland & NZ etc.....
Keep moving forward aye!
Thanks Colette! I’ve still not worked a day! 😁. Corwen is amazing!!
The Sheep Game
Corwen has always been a smashing weekend across the pond. Great show to catch up loads of the lads before they head off home or wherever.
Arwyn, Iola, Rhys etc run a top show aye! The crack is good hmm.
I need to check out more of you videos & get a better look around Scotland. Mark will be glad of that anyway! 😂😂😂😎
Watching from the Green Mountains of Vermont, the statevwhich in the 19th century had over a million sheep. Now most of the mountains are green with pine trees since lamb from Australia killed this tiny( 625,000) State's business.
Aye the sheep game has changed wildly in the last century! Thanks for the comment James!
Great fun Watching people who know what they are doing. I've only sheared 2. As part of a university course . I'm 5 foot 3 and they gave me mature Suffolk rams🙄
At least we might look like we know what we are doing 😂 bit of a tough one giving you rams to begin with!!💪
@@TheSheepGame rams as big as me!
Love your videos, I’m from Germany, studying agriculture and hope to one day work with sheep and cattle. Keep up the great videos.
That's great, all the best for your future studies and getting your dream job 👍
@@TheSheepGame Thank you 😄. I would love to visit Scotland and work there for time, it seems to be such a beautiful and special place in the world.
Would love to shear with your team one day!
Keep up the great work
Strong's from South Africa
If you are ever over here let me know!! Archie and I are going to try the blades next year! We were joking that we should go over to SA and learn from the best! 👍
@@TheSheepGame Mr. Shweni is an absolute legend! The whole of SA has learned so much from him.
Let me know when the team is planning on coming over. We can plan some real fun Southern African shearing experience for you 😂
Cheers!.🌻🐏
watching from wairarapa in new zealand
Handy for the Goldies then!😁
Enjoyed the video again in the west of ireland. Sold our wool last week seventy euro for it. 5 cent per kg for scotch wool and 15 cent per kg for bred wool, at least I sheared them myself. Sheep trade going well here huge demand for breeding sheep and special sales haven't started yet.
Aye win some lose some Donl! Wool price crashed but lamb price bouyant! Can’t have it all ways but we like to moan(not me personally but farmers in general) 😁
Arkansas, USA
Another good video you work with decent hard working people watching from melbourne
Brilliant Mick thanks for the comment! Hope u are dodging the covid over there!
@@TheSheepGame thanks
Sorry after 1200 sheep I could buy a pint, my
maths were never good ,
Always got their small flocks but loved it
Sheared all the local farmers sheep started June finished first week in august around 1500 black faced / mule in my days 🐑🐑👍
Great video
Brilliant mate. I reckon your subs are about to really take off 🤞
Appreciate that mate. People are very positive and seem to like the content! Makes it fun for me to make the videos!
West of Ireland, started off on handshears and after 25 yrs switched to electric so my technique is not great.
I’m going to have a go at handshears next year Tony! For a bit of Vlog banter i’ll have a go at making the Scotland team for the world champs 😁
@@TheSheepGame best of luck😁😁
@@TheSheepGame We had a old pair of handshears on the farm leftover from when there were sheep years ago. It must have been a brutal job to do any large number of sheep. You'd have a handshake like a vise.
Hi cammy what have you done to good orkney Viking I was thinking he is going to whip you boys on the shearing this season I think the young man will get faster as the experience gets better with numbers under the belt your all doing a good job there somebody’s got to do the work and it’s always just a good learning game the farm is no so easy as it looks 👍
The Orkney viking can fair go!! Aye Murray is starting with a great technique so he will go far!!
USA and horse owners 🎉❤
Best video yet👍
Legend thanks Ryan!
I am from Portland Oregon
Shout out from Kentucky. Would love to come and help you, but I've never even seen a sheep in person. l wouldn't be much help at first, but I learned fast.
As long as u can stand in a gap and wave your arms then we’d find a job for you Donna😁
You videos just get better and better , editing is on point !!@@
Cheers!!! It’s all a learning curve!
Searcy, Arkansas, USA
Amazing thanks Robin
From Aussie
👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍 Keep up the great work
Thanks for that Gareth!!
good morning from Florida
Cheers Pamela! How’s the sheep business over there?
Murray is quite something!
Hardy boy! He will do well!
What happened to the one outside the shearing shed 11.43 ? Hes a good looking chap saying bye, can we have him again lol.
Head down, Bum up, and go hard left
It’s Easy in the UK😎😂
Did anyone else see the running and jumping sheep?
I didn't!
How do you balance shearing full time with having your own flock? Keep up the great videos!
Takes a bit of work Dan and i loose a few days having to do some essential jobs. I try get my ewes shorn end May / Early june. Then get all lambs dosed and treated for flies. That way i don’t need to worry about them for a while. I’ve just started drawing lambs again now!
Are they Happy? the sheep that jump in the air?
Good looking blackies. Also good to see the young lad learning. When I first started shearing it would be my hamstrings that were ruined at the end of a day. Now its my whole body as I am oldish and don't do enough sheep to get back into it properly. Randomly I am curious about how often you change your combs and cutters? Do you have a set number of sheep or time for each? Or just change when you feel them going blunt? Maybe something you can include in a future vid. Thanks.
Hi mate. When i started everything hurt!! Was brutal! I think it’s easier for Murray because his technique is already really good where as mine was terrible at first and hasn’t got much better 😂. Regarding combs / cutters. The Uk is quite different than the Southern Hemisphere. U can get away with using a comb for 2 hours here on clean sheep. Cutters could easily do 30 mins even an hour in some cases. I have a vlog coming where i shear shetland ewes in Orkney and i did 180 with one comb. Probably had it running for 3.5 hours! I’d generally just change them when going blunt and usually use 3-4 cutters to a comb.
@@TheSheepGame thanks for the reply. I am up in the Highlands and some of our sheep can be quite sandy so it can blunt your gear fairly rapidly. I made a bit of an arse of learning. I had been doing a few each year and picked up every bad habit you could imagine then a went on a course and was shown the right way but that lasted about 10 sheep and then I was back to the way I had been doing it. Technique makes everything so much more straight forward.
Im from Southern California United States
Awesome Charles! Thanks for watching!!!
We are in the 🌽 Corn Fields of Iowa USA 🇺🇸
One of Barry’s old stomping grounds😁! Thanks for the comment!!
Let’s just say it will be a new skill. What’s the rate over there in the uk? Maybe a brief explanation to sheep lovers how the payment works for shearing? Cheers mate.
Cheers for the idea Dazza i’ll cover that! Most contractors are £1.35 - £1.50 here. Boys be getting about £0.95-£1.20.
All the shearing crews in Texas are predominately Hispanic and they are all mostly older. It’s becoming a huge problem and most ranchers are transitioning to hair goats because of it. That being said, it’s $4-5 a head/ (1 tick) for ewes and 5 ticks for bucks or rams! You should come to Texas put on a clinic and afterward we can drink some beer!
@@joshreyes7689 i’m planning on doing some travelling for the Vlog!! Once covid is under control i’ll hit u up!!
Bring ya little mate over to Australia, his 150 will be more like 50 a day😂
Give him time he’ll be a 70 a day man😂
Do many of your clients sell their wool to Ireland? I have heard they pay better than the wool board but probably wouldn't make a difference just now.
A lot sell to Texacloth the Irish company. Doubt they be paying more than woolboard though....
Holy shit Barry! Get around bro
Loved wherever he goes 😂
New Zealand bro
Cheers for comment Asiah! Need to try get over one day!
Dalkeith not quite abroad lol 😂
About as glamorous as Ayrshire Jane😂
The Sheep Game Aye an just about as wet 😢🤣
Steady!! I swam round my ewes this morning!
The Sheep Game 🥺😓
its abroad to me
I’m is USA
Well above the target there cam I’m Irish
Aye it looks like i might make it 👀😁😁. Thanks for commenting and watching!!
From you veiw what would you say is an ideal starter sheep?
I like shearing hoggs because batches are usually very even so u can work on your pattern better. Shearing milk ewes is great because they have no bellies and open/ bare points but you get a mixed bag of lean ewes / fat ewes and everything in between. If you can get on a smaller breed like a herdwick or cheviots / blackface to begin with it makes it easier to turn them back over when they stand up on you😂
@@TheSheepGame brilliant. Thank you for the reply
What do you charge to shear A sheep ?
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Shearing starts at 12
It does when i’m messing about with camera all morning😂
Is that a dead sheep on the outside of the shed? 11:44
just sleeping mate...
NZ
Cheers Tom! Hope u are enjoying them!
@@TheSheepGame love shearing bro im also a shearer
Good man! U been to uk?
Ireland
Cheers Kyle! Hope the sheep trade is strong over there too!
The Sheep Game the lambs are going well
Same as here then mate! Got a vlog coming of me selling some!
The Sheep Game do you know what a live weight is
I thought humans weren’t supposed to be hearing a dog whistle?
I am sorry he does not like being watch But without I still be so dumb about sheep and wool..Granny90 Portland Oregon usa
You reckon 24 is getting a bit late for shearing? Haha
I didn’t start till i was 23 so not at all. A chap called Stuart who will be in my vids soon didn’t start till 26 and he’s doing 300+ within 3 years. Get into it😁
Im no loveing the into music. Its the same as most TH-camrs. The old one was original. Did not expect the young lad to have such a deep voice 😂
Aye i ken it was a last minute thing.... it’s good for the logo too though if i want to do some merchandise in future.😁. His dad has a ridiculously deep voice to it’s in the blood😁
@@TheSheepGame i was thinking whares the merch u defo need to get some sorted make ur own shearing vests and that thay will fly out
@@TheFamilyFarm1 agree I would buy merchandise.
@@TheSheepGame has had that deep voice since he was 3!😂
Keep them tidy, keep them clean!
U S A >>>granny90
There wasn't many days I actually could put sheep round you but this day I was shearing faster than you an you cut it out. And just for sayings sakes...... that time u pimut sheep around you in the dairy farm where Emma roused. We sheared young gray face ewews. I had 7 more than you. Faire enough I Durston the next farm but.you should of shown me shearing like fu k