The annual Gathering and Clipping of the Scottish Blackface Sheep (Watch the rounded up & shearing)
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Each summer Scottish Black Face Sheep are Gathered and Clipped on Monzie hill farm above Blair Atholl. I watched as Rory and his partner Hazel gather their blackface sheep off the hills ready for clipping as they say in Scotland or shearing in the rest of the world.
The blackface sheep that are scattered on all the hills and glens in the highlands of Scotland, need to be sheared or clipped to remove their woolly coats.
The first day was the gathering and penning the sheep, the second day was the clipping of the blackface sheep.
Glen Muirhead's highly professional Shearing or 'Clipping' Team, were extremely professionalism, I was very impressed by their the care they took of the sheep and the quality of the clipping. The clippers being farmers meant they always had an eye out for any sheep with health issues. There was one sheep with a foot problem, the hoof needed cutting back, Rory the farmers was able to treat it there and then.
We meet Hazel with the orphaned lambs and watch them being fed. We also hear about the increasingly popular Munro baggers and the effects they can have on those who early a living off the land.
Contents of this video
00:00 Intro & sheep gathering plan
01:05 Gathering the sheep
02:35 Shepherd's sheep dogs
04:00 Separating sheep & cattle
04:31 Request to Hill walkers!
06:42 Yearly sheep farm cycle
11:00 Why use contract shearing teams?
11:42 Separating lambs from ewes
12:18 Preparing the shearing shed
13:00 Ewes overnight in shed
14:18 Why bottle feeding lambs?
16:22 Shearing team setting up
17:42 Shearing & folding fleeces
19:25 Why do shearers wear leather moccasins?
20:35 More shearing
20:42 Glen Muirhead head shearer - discussion
21:46 Sowing up & stacking wool bags
22:51 Adjusting clipper combs - Australia shearing war
24:03 Tups or rams to finish
25:01 End of day Shearers meal
25:56 Thank you
Next time you see a blackface sheep, you will know part of the story of the care and effort in looking after these hardy Scottish animals.
I've just watched it again, and no change I still love it, it's real life, thank you.
Thank you Colin. Exactly, it is an account of what happens annually captured in one moment of time. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
@@JamesRattray James, I live in East Anglia so the hills and scenery are something to behold in the video, there are not many hills in the East of England, unfortunately.
My 89 year old Mum, born and bred on Ardgie farm has been watching this. She has dementia and is loving the memories. She says she recognised Monzie Farm (?) which belonged to her Dad's cousin !
Thank you Dee. My friend John Cameron used to farm this, now his son Rory, who we see here, is the current farmer.
My mother also suffered from dementia like so many other people today. What we did was go through old photograph albums with her. I used to recount the stories she told me. It was brilliant, it was like plugging in lost memory in to a computer. We had very good discussions and jokes, it brought her back. We could never talk about anything that was current. Even when a younger brother had been to see her 2 hours before hand, she did not remember, nor was it important. But taking her back to the past as you are doing with your mother, worked really well.
Once again thank you for sharing this with us. She is very lucky to have you.
I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing this process!
Thank you Rachel. It is always nice to get feed back especially when it is complimentary. I enjoyed capturing a bit of the work a hill farmer does in Perthshire.
HELLO FROM THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE USA! So enjoyed your video.
Thank you Lynn, I really appreciate the time for you tell me that. i enjoy making videos and try and capture real life stories. A big thank you must go to Rory Cameron whose farm I was invited on, too.
The scenery there is beautiful!
Just a great video...THANKS. Jim and Sandy. Iowa City, Iowa USA
Thank you Jim and Sandy. I really appreciate you taking the time to let us know how you enjoyed it. It is special thanks to Rory and Hazel, that they let me intrude and record their world, so we can get a glimpse of a local hill farmer in Perthshire Scotland.
A very good video, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thank you Colin, I enjoy trying to capture real life stories. A big thank you has to go to Rory Cameron the farmer and Glen Muirhead the head of the Clipping or Shearing team.
@@JamesRattray Thank you for your reply, these videos are excellent for people like myself who like to see farmers doing a good job with their livestock, here in East Anglia we don't have as much livestock as other parts of the UK so that makes your videos very enjoyable to watch, thank you.
Enjoy the videos but it is difficult to hear conversation. A lot of wind interference. Suggest you use a wind muffler on microphone
....a Merchant bought two Goats from a Farmer for £860.
If the Merchant went to the market to sell them both and, he made a 25% loss on one and a one-third profit on the other.
If the total profit on the sale of these Goats was £30; how much did he pay for each ?
How much did he sell them both individually for ?
Now you are testing my maths. Long ago, I would have tackled this as follows:-
Goats are x and y.
x + y = £860
3/4x + 4/3y = £890
Having constructed these two equations, how do I then calculate and arrive at the answer?
@@JamesRattray ...if 3x/4 + 4y/3 = £890/1 ......you must find the lowest common denominator for the algebraic fractions .....12 is the LCD .......move this forward to a simultaneous equation by finding the coefficient of either x or y , then the process of elimination shall bring you to the conclusion .....now complete if you can !
@@abeonthehill166 I will let some one else take it to the next stage. Thank you a wee bit of fun with a difference.
@@JamesRattray .....Right On !