Blue Leg Aluminum Crook
Common Uses
Specs
- 54" long
- Medium tensile solid aluminum rod coated with blue plastic
- Rubber hand grip
Benefits
A goat's agility, slim neck and lack of wool mean that neck crooks are often useless.
How to Use
To catch a ewe with newborn lambs on the pasture: First catch the lambs. Then lay a leg crook between the lambs and ewe with the crook head toward the ewe. The ewe will likely face her lambs. Encourage the ewe ever closer. When the ewe's front foot is near, instantly raise the crook and snare her front leg.
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Restraint and Control
Gambrel Restrainer - large
Item #811000 -Restrain and control sheep and goats of all sizes with this gambrel restrain, fits over the animals neck and locks their front legs in place.
$18.00 -
Restraint and Control
Restraint Cuff, small, 24 mm
Item #811030 -Strong clasp can contain any build of sheep and it comes in different sizes for your convenience. Animal can't stand or walk when the cuff is in place.
$10.00 -
Restraint and Control
Restraint Cuff, large, 29 mm
Item #811032 -Strong clasp can contain any build of sheep and it comes in different sizes for your convenience. Animal can't stand or walk when the cuff is in place.
$11.00 -
Crooks
Shepherd’s Dog Whistle
Item #818000 -A variable-pitch dog whistle to aid in livestock herding. Often used to train and transmit commands to sheepdogs.
$2.25
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Melanie P from SD
We've had this same crook for several years, used with great success catching sheep, no injuries to sheep. Bought this one to have one at each lambing barn. Have used other types of crooks, like this one best for catching.
Gerald L
Works well on my larger Spanish goats. Limited success with my kid goats under one year of age; need to hook them above the knee joint or they will slip out. Overall, it's a time saver for me as I don't have to run them down in the pen as much; the crook helps me run them into the pen corners to hook them. I expect with time and more experience with it, things will get easier.
Ashley S
Don't bother. Unless your sheep have the meatiest legs on Earth this crook is too wide to catch anything but air. I occasionally use it to direct sheep by waving it around but that's about it.
Richard F from Idaho
It works great for catching geese by the neck but it's not much good for goats.
Tom M from Western Montana
This crook is quite heavy and it is also susceptible to bending. It is also a bit short for catching a sheep that has wedged itself into the middle of a group. I recommend buying just the head and putting it on a wooden handle.
