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Deck Chair

Premier's deck chair holds sheep reliably in a relaxed position. Allows the use of both hands to trim feet, tag ears, examine and medicate.

See demonstration under "See more photos" at right.

ITEM # DESCRIPTION AVAIL. WEIGHT PRICE QTY
807500 Deck Chair In Stock 13.00 $85.00
807600 Deck Chair Replacement Webbing In Stock 0.42 $8.00

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Specs

  • Galvanized steel pipe with nylon webbing
  • Can support up to 500 lbs
  • Adjustable width for all sizes
  • Length is 40"
  • Maximum width is 16.5"
  • Bottom "legs" are 14"
  • Replacement webbing is available
  • Can be folded flat for easy storage and transporting with some disassembly.
Benefits

By using the deck chair, it allows you to use both hands for working on the animal. It also saves you from many backaches of trying to hold the animal and work on them at the same time. It will restrain heavily pregnant ewes without injury to them. It also allows you to walk away from the animal for more medicine or tools, etc.
How to Use

See PDF above for additional instructions.

To load:

  1. Best location is in the corner of a small pen--as this allows catching the animal with the least effort. Drop the top of the chair over a gate or fence at 45 degree angle.
  2. Catch the sheep by the head. Back the sheep into the chair. As the back legs hit the bottom crossbar, the rump (and most of the animal's weight) will fall into the webbing. (Take care not to catch the rear legs in the 2 vertical chair legs.)
  3. Complete the process by lifting the head upwards into the sitting position.

To unload:
With one hand, tip the chair forward with the sheep inside it. Allow the animal to fall out onto its feet. Hang onto the chair or you may be chasing the animal/chair combination around the pen.
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Precautions

Note: The tighter the adjustable tubular sidebars clamp the animal, the more secure the hold. If a typically-sized animal in your flock is too loose in the chair, loosen the clamps and slide the side bars closer together.


Does not work well with horned animals. Their horns may become entangled with the netting.
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Average Rating: 3.4 out of 5
Number of Reviews: 5 customers reviewed this product.
Recommended: 5 out of 6 said they would recommend this product to a friend.

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Date: July 15, 2010
Mary Christine H
Would you recommend this product? Yes
We just use the chair for the first time. I was concerned it may not work on our rather large Suffolk ewes but we widen it out as far as we could and had no problems. It required 2 people due to the ewes size but what a breeze trimming hoofs!!!
Date: May 25, 2010
Gail S
Would you recommend this product? Yes
For my hair sheep, it works pretty good. With 2 people it's very easy to use. With one not so strong woman (me) it's a bit more difficult to get them in the chair but I still couldn't do without it now that I've got it. I do like putting a rope halter on them if I'm working alone and securing their head back to the fence. Not needing to hold them up or down on the ground (I don't have a platform to put sheep on yet) is so much better on my body. I know I won't be without one of these again and have recommended it to a couple herding friends for their small numbers and the fact that they work alone sometimes.
Date: May 22, 2010
Charlotte A
Would you recommend this product? No
I have 2 sheep, both are Montadales, a large breed. Went to use the chair with the aid of the vet. Wanted to do it properly, the chair did not hold up. The farame bent due to the weight and size of the animal. Sadie is fine. However, the chair is in question. If I had small sheep it may have worked, I was really hoping it would because I need to do their hooves often and help is not always there.
I am very surprised by this report. Montadales are large but we've never had one bend for us or, to our current knowledge, a customer. We will refund your $$ if you send us a photo. -- Premier
Date: March 24, 2010
Caryl E. B
Would you recommend this product? Yes
The chair works just fine--a real handy item and a time saver. The problem is with the flock that I help take care of. The sheep are various hair sheep crossbreds, all different sizes, which means I can't just set the chair to one "right" size. The chair size can be adjusted simply, but not quickly enough for assembly line foot trimming of this flock (takes more time to adjust than to restrain and trim a few squirming sheep in a row in the chair), so I compromised with a one size fits all adjustment, which meant the smaller sheep could squirm around too much and the larger sheep were a little stuffed in--and you have to be sure the hip bone isn't caught on the rim when you dump those out--easy enough to do, just remember to do it, or the chair goes trotting off with the sheep. I pretty much solved the squirm problem by a slip halter with a clip on the lead end to restrain the head. Head doesn't move, body stays still. Also a size problem with the netting bag for a multi-size flock. For really small sheep, I attached a couple of snap clips to the bag so I can quickly take up the excess netting as needed. Most shepherds have a more homogenous sized flock or can easily separate the sizes, which I can't. Wish there was an instant size adjust chair out their for flocks like this. Definitely recommend to others. It is still a life saver for trimming this flock (about 125 head). Others with small flocks have seen me use the chair and now they want one, too.
Date: February 6, 2010
Kristen B
Would you recommend this product? Yes
An excellent product and very handy to have, especially for foot trimming. I have a small flock and I'm a "one person operation" so this is a very affordable alternative to having the chutes with a turntable, etc. Put it in a small working pen. Works really well, even on pretty large sheep. The only trouble I ever had was getting a really big sheep lined up to "sit" in it! A sheep is very easy to restrain once in it. Really easy to just "dump" the sheep out of it, by tipping it forward. If a sheep won't cooperate for foot trimming while standing in the fitting/grooming stand, he goes in the deck chair.
Date: February 5, 2010
KAY G
Would you recommend this product? Yes
I just recieved my chair last week and I love this chair. I own a small flock of Old English Babydolls and it worked perfectly. I trimmed feet,trimmed some tags, checked teeth on all my ewes all alone with no problems. I made one adjustment for my small sheep and that was to take up some of the slack in the webbing. Now I am going to try Hagrid,my ram.