Sheep shearing machine

[Black Forest]

Pete, the reason for the sheep going off the back instead of the front is to keep the sheep contained so it can be exhausted into a catch pen in order to keep a numbers count and not to have sheep running around in the work area. In this video I didn't have a catch pen setup as I only sheared eight sheep and when done they hightailed it to their pasture just around the corner. Normally there would be a catch shelf on the back of the table to catch the fleece as it is sheared off so it never hits the ground. So when finished shearing the sheep I grab the fleece and throw it on the table. In this case I wasn't concerned about maintaining the integrity of the fleece so I just left them where they landed until I was finished. The shelf retracts when I step on the table tilt pedal to allow the sheep to land in the exhaust race.