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Install a Comb and Cutter on a Premier Shearing Machine
Everything you need to get started using a Premier 4000s Shearing Machine. Learn how to install a comb and cutter and set the proper tension.
Installing Clipping Blades on a Premier 4000c Clipper
How to install clipping blades on a clipping machine.
Premier's Braided Rope Halter with Snap Headpiece
Use this halter to restrain horned goats and sheep. Headpiece snaps together behind animal’s head.
Premier's Nylon Strap Halter
Halters for restraining and controlling sheep, goats and llamas.
Professional Large Flock Shearing Demonstrated and Narrated by Ivan Kaden, Professional Shearer.
Professional large flock shearing.
Saphir Cordless Clipper
How to change blades on the Saphir Cordless Clipper.
Trimming Stand Assembly
Trimming Stand Assembly for sheep and goats.
Ear Notching
Simple and easy way to make permanent notches on an ear or an ear tag.
Goat Ear Tagging
Learn how and why folks ear tag goats for identification and management. We cover a few of the tools and ins and outs of tagging.
Goat Tattooing
Learn how and why folks tattoo goats for identification and management. We cover a few of the tools and ins and outs of tagging.
Installing Easy Tags with an Applicator
How to tag a lamb using Premier1Supplies Easy Tags and a Premier Easy Tag II Applicator
Installing Mini Tags
Reliable long-term tag. Preferred for goats and small sheep breeds.
Installing Q-flex® Ear Tags with an Applicator
Q-flex® livestock ear tags are USDA Scrapie Approved and fully customizable with logos, names and numbers.
Installing Snapp Tags with an Applicator
How to tag a lamb using Premier1Supplies Snapp Tags and a Snapp Tag Applicator.
Installing Swivel Tags with an Applicator
How to tag a lamb using Premier1Supplies Swivel Tags and a Swivel Tag Applicator.
Using Sprayline to Mark and Identify Livestock.
Sprayline produces a controlled spray so letters and numbers are easily made.
Big Bale Feeder
Great way to feed sheep round and square bales while reducing wasted hay. It pays for itself in 1 year!
Bottle Rack with Lamb 'N' Kid Feeding Bottle
Premier 1 Supplies Bottle Rack with Lamb 'N' Kid Bottle for orphan lambs and kids.
Bucket Feeding Orphan Lambs
Setting up a bucket feeder for orphan lambs and kids. Design allows the user to feed multiple lambs or kids without have to juggle bottles for each animal.
Bucket Teat Unit
How to assemble Premier 1 Supplies' Bucket Teat Unit
Carbon Fiber Heater
Unpacking and assembling a Premier Carbon Fiber Heater for coops and pens.
Connecting Panels with Wire Hinges
How to connect wire panels using Premier wire panel hinges.
Connecting Wire Panel Gates to Wooden Posts Using Lag Bolts
Using lag bolts and a connector pin to fasten a gate to a wooden post.
Cross Your Heart Marking Harness
Marking harness, when used with a marking crayon, identify which ewes or does that bred by the sire wearing the harness. This helps shepherds know when to expect specific ewes or does to lamb or kid.
Cutting Pritchard Teats
How to properly cut Pritchard Teats for Premier 1 Supplies Lamb 'N' Feeding Bottle.
Deck Chair
Premier's Deck Chair holds sheep reliably in a relaxed position. Allows the use of both hands to trim hooves, tag ears, examine and medicate. Restrains heavily pregnant ewes without injury.
Deluxe Marking Harness
Premier's marking harness for rams and bucks. Thick straps and padding coupled with easy to grip buckles make this our preferred marking harness for our flocks.
The ram in the video above is one of our suffolk terminal sires.
Digital Scale and Lamb & Kid Sling
Demonstrates how to use the scale and sling together for taking starting weights of lambs to determine rate of gain.
Double Crush Tail Docker
The Double Crush Tail Docker crushes the arteries before severing them cleanly—minimizes risk of serious bleeding. Works on lambs up to 70 days of age.
Hand Grinder Assembly
How to assemble the Hand Grinder with Premier 1 Supplies.
Hand Sheller Assembly
Assembling Premier 1 Supplies Hand Sheller
Handling Equipment
Premier's handling equipment can make your sorting livestock much easier!
Heat Lamp Assembly
Putting together a Premier Heat Lamp. Designed to be a safer heat lamp when used with poultry, sheep, goats and other small livestock.
How To Castrate and Dock Lambs and Goat Kids
Castrating and docking lambs and goat kids with "o" rings and ring expander.
How To Secure a Prima Heat Lamp
The Prima Heat Lamp features an anti-chew device on the cord and a new, more robust clip holder. To ensure safety, thread the power cord into a wire panel.
Installing Marking Crayon into a Marking Harness
Marking crayons, when used with a marking harness, identify which ewes or does that bred by the sire wearing the harness. This helps shepherds know when to expect specific ewes or does to lamb or kid.
LAC-TEK Machine for Lambs & Kids Video User Guide
The LAC-TEK is an automatic dispenser designed to provide a constant, uniform and easily accessible supply of milk replacer/formula for lambs and goat kids.
LAC-TEK Milk Machine
Taylor (a Premier shepherd) describes why Premier uses the LAC-TEK milk machine, what we like and what we think could be improved.
Newborn Lamb Processing
Caring for newborn lambs in Premier's lambing barn. Everything from getting the ewe and her lambs into the pen to dipping navels.
Nylon Marking Harness
Marking harness, when used with a marking crayon, identify which ewes or does that bred by the sire wearing the harness. This helps shepherds know when to expect specific ewes or does to lamb or kid.
Orphan Bucket with Premier Bucket Holder
How to use Premier 1 Supplies Premier Bucket Holder with a bucket for feeding orphan lambs, kids, and calves.
Paint Branding Sheep
Paint branding sheep provides an easy-to-read mark for management purposes. We like our round branding irons, they use less paint, marks are just as readable and leave less residue.
Premier's Braided Rope Halter with Snap Headpiece
Use this halter to restrain horned goats and sheep. Headpiece snaps together behind animal’s head.
Premier's Nylon Strap Halter
Halters for restraining and controlling sheep, goats and llamas.
Replacing Crayons on a Ram Harness
Using a ram marking harness during breeding season may require you to change crayons—here's how.
Ram Bell Sound
Heavy-duty bell for use on rams or bucks.
Steel Bell Sound
Lightweight bell for ewes and does. Similar in sound to a cow bell.
Swiss Bell Sound
Traditional, Swiss-style, solid brass bell. Produces a pleasant, bright sound.
Trimming Hooves
Tips and demonstration on trimming sheep and goat hooves.
Trimming Stand Assembly
Trimming Stand Assembly for sheep and goats.
Using Spray Stock Marker
Using Sprayline to mark lambs on Premier's farms. Sprayline is the easiest and most accurate sheep spray marker that we have ever used or tested.
Using Sprayline to Mark and Identify Livestock.
Sprayline produces a controlled spray so letters and numbers are easily made.
Weighing Lambs
Weighing lambs in Premier's pen lambing system. Using a crook eliminates the need for the shepherd to get into a pen with an excitable ewe.
Vacuum Sealer Part 1
How to vacuum seal meat.
Vacuum Sealer Part 2
How to vacuum seal meat.
Solar IntelliShock Setup
Getting a solar powered energizer ready for field-use. Portable all-in-one unit arrives ready to power electric fence or netting.
How to Repair Electric Netting
Repairing broken conductors on electric netting.
Electric Net Installation
Netting is, without question, the most effective and user-friendly temporary electric fence design ever made. In this video, the experts at Premier will show you how easy electric net is to install.
Connecting Panels with Wire Hinges
How to connect wire panels using Premier wire panel hinges.
Connecting Wire Panel Gates to Wooden Posts Using Lag Bolts
Using lag bolts and a connector pin to fasten a gate to a wooden post.
Electric NetGate Installation
Installing a Premier NetGate for electrified netting fences. This process works for all ElectroNet®, PoultryNet® and ElectroFence® gates.
Electric Netting - Ends, Corners and Gates
Even for new users it takes less than 15 minutes to go from a roll of out-of-the box netting to installed net. Watch this video to see how easy it is to create ends, corners and gates.
Hand Powered T Post Puller
Simply remove T-Posts by hand without effort or risk of damage to the post.
Handling Equipment
Premier's handling equipment can make your sorting livestock much easier!
Horse QuikFence® (Horse Paddock)
Using Premier 1 Supplies Horse QuikFence™ to build quick and easy Horse Paddocks for trail riding or livestock trailers
How To Get Your PRS Solar Energizer Ready For Fencing Season
Step-by-step instructions on how to get your PRS Solar Energizer ready for fencing season
How To Install a 2-Strand Garden Fence
Protect your gardens and sweet corn from raccoons.
How To Install a Double Pigtail Offset Insulator On An Existing Fence.
Installing Double Pigtail Offset Insulators on an existing fence.
How To Install a P Spring
For tensioning all electrifiable Rope or MaxiShock fences.
How To Install a PI 21n Notched Terminal Insulator
Installing a PI 21 Notched Insulator eliminates the need to thread rope, twine, narrow tape or wire cable through the insulator. Saves time and hassle.
How To Install a PI 21 Terminal Insulator
Using a PI 21 Terminal Insulator at ends, corners or curves of semi-permanent and temporary fences.
How To Use An EzeWind
Use an EzeWind to wind up electric fence more quickly. Combine with an EzeReel when moving or storing electric fence.
How To Use a T Post Puller
Using a T Post Puller to easily remove a metal T Post.
IntelliShock 12B Energizer
How to properly turn on and operate Premier 1 Supplies IntelliShock 12B Energizer for electric fence.
Litzclip® For Electric Net Repairs
Clever conductive clip for repairing breaks in electric netting.
Multistrand Garden Fence
A quick how-to on installing electric fence around a garden using items from Premier 1 Supplies. If you have any questions please email us at info@premier1supplies.com or call 1-800-282-6631.
NoShock™ Hen Pen
NoShock™ Hen Pen is a lightweight, non-electrified net enclosure for chickens and other poultry. Best when used as a monitored day pen for adult birds and chicks.
Properly Storing Electric Netting
Basic steps for properly folding and storing electrified netting.
Properly Storing Energizers and Batteries for Winter
Storing a PRS Solar Energizer and recharging its battery.
PRS-I 25, PRS-I 50 and PRS-B 50 Battery Setup
Opening and installation for Premier 1 Supplies IntelliShock PRS-I 25, PRS-I 50 and PRS-B-50 Energizer. Removing from the box, attaching the battery and properly hooking up to for a well energized fence.
Removing Double Insulated Wire
Premier 1 Supplies tips on how to remove/strip double insulated cable.
RopeLinks for splicing and terminating electrified rope
Splicing together electrified rope fence using a Premier RopeLink.
VersaNet® 9/20/3 Electric Netting Installation
VersaNet® can be used to keep the wildlife out of your gardens, backyards, orchards, tree plantings and beehives. Learn how easy it is to install.
Brinsea Maxi II EX Incubator
We’ve spent years searching for a small, high-quality and reliable incubator. Brinsea’s name consistently came up as being “the one.” After comparing the Maxi II Ex to other available models, we arrived at the same conclusion.
Brooder Kit Assembly
Just add chicks! Premier's brooder kits come with everything needed to set up a brooder for starting 20-24 chicks. Includes feeder, waterer, chick stand, feed, brooder panels, and your choice of heat source (heat plate or heat lamp).
Carbon Fiber Heater
Unpacking and assembling a Premier Carbon Fiber Heater for coops and pens.
ChickBox™ Nesting Box Assembly
Our hens love this innovative nesting box. Learn how easy it is to assemble and install a ChickBox™ in your chicken coop.
Electric NetGate Installation
Installing a Premier NetGate for electrified netting fences. This process works for all ElectroNet®, PoultryNet® and ElectroFence® gates.
Grit & Shell Station
For all poultry. Grit aids digestion. Oyster shell enables stronger egg shells.
Hand Grinder Assembly
How to assemble the Hand Grinder with Premier 1 Supplies.
Hand Sheller Assembly
Assembling Premier 1 Supplies Hand Sheller
Heat Lamp Assembly
Putting together a Premier Heat Lamp. Designed to be a safer heat lamp when used with poultry, sheep, goats and other small livestock.
Heat Lamp Stand Assembly
Premier's Heat Lamp Stand securely holds heat lamps in brooder. Height of heat lamp is easy to adjust for proper temperature management.
Heated Poultry Waterer
Train your chickens and other fowl to nipple drinkers before winter and freezing temps set in. Remove any trough or non-nipple style waterers from the coop. Take one of your birds and activate one of the waterer's nipples with the bird's beak. The bird will now know how to access its new water source.
We suggest setting the waterer so it is head high for the shortest bird.
Nest Eggs
Using nest eggs to tempt your birds to try a new nest box. Also used to discourage egg eating.
No-Mess Automatic Poultry Drinker
Free-standing drinker designed for waterfowl. Large access holes on each side provide fresh and clean water by keeping out most ducks, geese and turkeys.
NoShock™ Hen Pen
NoShock™ Hen Pen is a lightweight, non-electrified net enclosure for chickens and other poultry. Best when used as a monitored day pen for adult birds and chicks.
Poultry Handy Feeder Assembly Instructions
Poultry Handy Feeder Assembly Instructions.
Poultry Quick Clean Bucket Waterer Assembly
How to assemble the poultry Quick Clean Bucket Waterer.
Trough Feeders
All purpose trough feeders for poultry and waterfowl.
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