Shearing time aka spa day for the sheep

Spring is SUPPOSED to be here which means shearing of the sheep here on the farm. We have had some crazy weather lately which means it has played havoc on our shearing schedule. Brandie likes to set aside a full week to shear the sheep so that there is no rush, take time, don’t stress ourselves or the sheep out. 5-10 a day is good. If you want to stop or something comes up you can. We took this stance after watching a commercial shearer butcher a bunch of animals by trying to do too many in a short amount of time. They really didn’t care if they took chunks of flesh off as it was not their animals. we do our darnedest to not nick any animals. Unfortunately sometimes it happens. Out of 35 animals only 3 were nicked and we felt worse than the sheep who really didn’t…

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