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
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ARS Hoof Trimming Shears
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Hoof Rasp
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Hoof Pincher
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Double-Edged Hoof Knife
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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.
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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.
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David B from Maryland
Shipped immediately, very sturdy, works great! Love the upgrades on the newer version.
Emily M from Michigan
I like the concept and perhaps the chair could work better with some modifications.
Could you use a tough, stretchy, solid fabric instead of webbing? Sheep get their feet caught in the web. The webbing breaks easily. Is there a better way to adjust the width perhaps something like how pallet forks adjust by dropping into a notch? I find that the chair legs slip along the rails after a while. The thumb screw is hard to tighten enough and also hard to loosen. The directions on how to use are a little misleading. In my experience, though a 90 lb lamb can be tipped into the chair by one person, a 170 lb struggling ewe takes 2 people and a lot of effort. A docile sheep might lie there peacefully but lots of sheep try to torque themselves out by arching their backs and pushing with their head and neck. Usually, we need one person to hold the sheep in the chair while the other trims the hooves.
So while I recommend the chair as an improvement over tipping sheep against your legs and bending over them, I dream of an even better way that is just as affordable and even more comfortable for sheep and human!
Kelly D from Wisconsin
Worked great. Would give 5 stars but the netting ripped 6 ewes in.
Angela C from North Carolina
The chair works perfectly for trimming our goats’ hooves. It makes that task so much easier!
Deb E from Minnesota
Makes hoof trimming so much easier. I wish the bottom legs were a little shorter, only because we raise Babydoll sheep and have to lift them up a bit to get into seat.
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