Deck Chair
Product Details
Premier’s Deck Chair safely holds large, adult sheep and goats (without horns) in a relaxed position securely, without injury. Can also be used to safely restrain pregnant ewes.
Allows use of both hands to:
- Trim Hooves
- Insert Ear Tags
- Apply Marking Paste
- Examine and Medicate
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Instructions/Diagrams:
Deck Chair Instructions 
Specs
- Length: 40"
- Adjustable width: 16" maximum and 10" minimum
- Bottom "legs": 14"
- Galvanized steel pipe with elastic webbing
- Included support rope for large/heavy sheep, which prevents elastic webbing from over-stretching
- Can be folded flat for easy storage and transporting with some disassembly
Benefits
1) Elastic webbing
- A thick weave of elastic shock cord has replaced the string net we used previously. The elastic web springs back into place when the ewe leaves the chair reducing the risk of entanglement. The webbing quickly hooks over built-in rivets for easy replacement. Included support rope can be used for heavy animals to prevent over-stretching.
2) Kick-plate
- This simple device prevents the animal’s hind legs from getting caught in the mesh. On occasion we’ve had to chase down a ewe that’s made off with our deck chair because of this very reason—not often, but it has happened.
3) Quickly make size adjustments
- When using our original chair, a wrench was needed to make side-to-side adjustments. These nuts have been replaced with finger-friendly wing bolts. Kick-plate adjusts via the same method.
How to Use
- 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 the gate or fence at a 45 degree angle.
- 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.
- Complete the process by lifting the head upwards into the sitting position.
Precautions
Does not work well with horned animals. Their horns may become entangled with the webbing.
Note: Deck Chair Replacement Webbing (#807515) DOES NOT fit our Old Deck Chair (#807500).
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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Foot Trimming and Care
ExoTrim™ Trimmer
Item #769510 -Serrated blades slice through hard, dry hooves with ease. Comfortable grip for all hand sizes.
$19.75 -
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ARS 140 DXR Trimmer (non-serrated)
Item #769500 -The gold standard hoof trimmer for goat and sheep hooves. Japanese steel blades are 1 3/4" long. Choice of smooth or serrated blades.
$38.00 -
Foot Trimming and Care
ARS Hoof Trimming Shears
Item #780140 -ARS hoof trimming shears for maintaining sheep, goat and other livestock hooves. Longer blades (vs. ARS 140DXR) reduce the overall cuts needed.
$46.00 -
Foot Trimming and Care
Hoof Rasp
Item #752010 -Hand file for leaving a smooth finish on the hooves of your sheep, goats and horses. Coarse and fine texture.
$17.75 -
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Hoof Pincher
Item #752015 -Superior to standard trimmers on rams and billies. Long handles provide tremendous leverage to cut easily through tough, hard hooves.
$72.75 -
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Double-Edged Hoof Knife
Item #752005 -Features a small double-edge blade (for small sheep and goat hooves).
$10.50 -
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Single Edge Hoof Knife
Item #752001 -Cuts and cleans up the extra hoof growth on sheep and goats. Stainless steel blade.
$20.00 -
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Premier Serrated Foot Trimmer
Item #750900 -Great for cutting tough hooves of larger sheep and goat breeds. Best hand trimmer (in value, ability and quality) for large hands.
$27.25
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Caryl B from Virginia
The reinforcement rope is not optional for this new style chair. If you don't use one (chair didn't come with one when originally purchased), the sheep rumps drop too far down into the seat, overstretching the elastic webbing. The webbing then starts tearing and fraying easily. I don't like how the number of spaces along the side of the webbing don't seem to match the number of tabs to hook them over. I had to undo and redo a couple of times to get the netting mounted evenly. The little metal rings holding the webbing into its diamond pattern are always sliding out of position with the weight of the sheep, but are difficult to slide back into position. I don't like the kick plate that has been added to prevent the sheep from catching its leg under a chair leg. It adds weight to the chair and it makes adjusting the chair width even more time consuming, plus, it restricts how wide the chair can be spread. And the sharp edges have gouged me in the legs a couple of times when a sheep hangs up a bit when dumping them out and the chair bangs against you. I took it off. Used a chair for years without the kick panel, with no problems--you just check to make sure the sheep's legs aren't sticking around them before you tip. The big wing nuts are a nice change from the old plain nuts requiring a wrench. The deeper seat of the chair helps keep a sheep immobile a bit better, but a sheep that decides to struggle is still going to struggle, and the sheep catch their hocks under the bottom cross bar a lot more frequently and manage to get a leg through the stretchy webbing more often, than with the old cotton netting, which had a shallower seat. But still, the chair works and is a boon when you need to tip a sheep for work.
Laura G from Florida
I highly recommend this product. It was easy to tip the Sheep into it. And they actually seem to enjoy sitting there while I did their pedicure.
Kimberly B from Texas
Simply put “THE MARVELOUS MIRACLE CHAIR!!”
Jackie N from Wisconsin
I thought this was the answer to my hoof trimming problems, but it really isn't. It helps alleviate back pain because you are not bending over as much. Perhaps it is the personality of the sheep that I own, but once I would get them in the chair, which was struggle, they would always kick, struggle, twist and turn and get a back leg through the webbing or a front leg under the frame. Lifting the chair to get them out is very difficult and with one sheep, who was struggling and flailing her legs, she lurched up and out and hit me in the face with her head. I have owned it since May 2017, always stored it inside the barn, hung up to keep it in good shape. I have used it 3-4 times with 2-6 sheep each time and today, the webbing broke in a few spots rendering it useless.
Making adjustments to the side rails will limit the animal's ability to twist and turn. This is important when working with different sized animals.
See Instructions/Diagrams for additional information.
Aubrey H from Missouri
Nice chair... it works.
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