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dry, cracked hands

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this time of year with snow, mud, embryonic fluid, iodine, colostrum, calf saliva, soap and water , my hand get rough and crack and bleed. Yes I tried all the lotions , bag bomb, Vaseline. Then one year the end of April we about thru calving getting ready to start Lambing ,We get in a few ewe and I start shearing. That night I look at my hands and wow they are heal up. Later at a trade shoe a lady took my hands and rubs a cream all over them , it wasn't greasy and it stayed on for hours. The cream was called Merino Cream out of NZ. At another trade show I found another cream that works too, Wool Wax Cream from Terry Mt. I use both all spring till shearing time.
 
I have taken to wearing surgical gloves when processing calves. Dehorning paste and all the other stuff you mentioned can really take it's toll. I would never pull a calf without obstetric gloves (and surgical gloves over top), I've heard a few cautionary tales with regards to the sickness a person can get.
But I bet that cream derived from sheep wool would really be a good deal.
 
Those cautionary tales mentioned by silver are bygod fact. I didn't used to wear ob gloves, but my brother in law (vet) told me about too many really bad possibilities. Good heads up from silver

I hate it when ladies want to rub creams on me - and it happens a lot, really cute ladies.
 
Dittos on the gloves. Stock up on them at Harbor Freight, 5 mil and 7 mil. Except they call them mechanics gloves.

There's got to be a bad sheep joke hiding somewhere in this thread.
 
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