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:
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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Single Edge Hoof Knife
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Premier Serrated Foot Trimmer
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Charles S from Florida
It's way better than wrestling them on the ground and you can't beat the price.
As others point out, it would be an improvement to be able to quickly adjust the width, the width is critical to keep them from squirming out or getting tangled in the net.
The plugs don't stay in the tubes, better feet are needed.
The netting should be replaced with a canvas or similar material sling to keep their feet from getting tangled.
You have to make sure your fence board height is correct otherwise when you back the animal up to the chair, it can push it up off the fence.
Andrea K from Michigan
I'm a short female and I can't knock the ewes on their rear end like my dad or brother can, and since they are busy planting corn/soybeans I decided to purchase this. I read some bad reviews and some good ones, but overall I would have to say this is a wonderful product. If you have a little bit of patience and are sure to read the directions you will really succeed in using this. It does take a little bit of muscle and some time to get used to it, but it really is great.
Diane B from Minnesota
We are also a small flock family and have been looking at purchasing the deck chair for some time, and we are really glad we did. We had it only two days and used it for trimming hoofs. We have used it about 6 time in less than a month. What an easy task trimming when you think about how hard it was before trying to handle the ewes. You would definitely have needed more than one person without it. The small imperfections are manageable with some modifications if needed. For the price, we are very pleased with the product.
Nikol L from Kansas
I'm a 5'2" woman with 7 sheep of various sizes (Shetland, Merino & Romney). This is the first time I've been able to confidently trim hooves, so I love this chair. Like the instructions say, it works best when the animal fits snugly, but since it's kind of a pain to adjust my sizes vary so much, I just slipped a cloth cover (think large pillowcase with holes in the closed end) over it with the smallest animals to keep them from tangling up in the net (had a near-disaster when I tried it with just the net).
I think quick-clamp adjusters on the crossbars would make this a perfect product.
Blogged here (with notes & pictures of my cover): http://thriftyknitter.com/?p=583
Valery R from Ontario Canada
I am very disapointed with this product. Placing the sheep or goats in it is easy enough (we raise medium sized breeds) but keeping them in it isn't! They obviously try to squirm out, however they cannot, BUT they do get caught up in the netting which ressults in a terrible mess!! We tried it on a dozen different breeds of animals (Icelandics, Karakuls, Dorsets, Shetlands, Saanens and Nubians) and it did not work out with any of them. So we aren't using it anymore. For our needs, canvas might be better. I also agree that 2 or more people are required to maintain the animal in place and I do agree that adjustments for a multi breed flock are hard to make.