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Heathen Pagan Witch
We had our annual shearing day this past Wednesday. It went so smoothly!! Our shearer is great, and all my friends who came to help are fantastic. Good shearing, good friends, good food, good day. 
Fibers Shearing Day
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Heathen Pagan Witch
Thank you! 33 head gives me quite a few bags full
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
thanks for the photo tour BA! thats a LOT of work . . . Raggedyann goes over to help our neighbor on the other side of the mountain when she shears. not sure how many head over there, but its a bunch . . . and she's worn out by the time she gets back to the house.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I used to shear when I was younger, much younger, that's something I truly do miss! On a couple of the farms they raised fiber sheep but didn't send the fleeces off to processing, they'd put them on the burn pile! So I'd shear some of the sheep in exchange for the fleeces, often getting rambouillet, lincoln, shetland, and other quality fleeces. Some were dirtier than others but hey when you're a young poor artist, free is free!
Littlesister
Veteran Member
Wow! Great photos!
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Heathen Pagan Witch
Thank you!
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Heathen Pagan Witch
Mine too! That's why I hire it out to someone much younger and more pliable than I am. Shes a fabulous shearer. Competes and wins on a national level.Makes my back ache just to see the pics.
That lady knows what she's doing.
shepherdess
Member
Good job! Beautiful droolworthy Merino. And so clean! I work in a mill, so I appreciate clean fleeces, and the work it takes to produce those! I shear in a few weeks.
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Heathen Pagan Witch
Thank you. My sheep and I work hard to keep clean fleeces and minimize second cuts by the shearer! Good luck on your shearing day!
pauldingbabe
The Great Cat
That's amazing!
Women and their craft! It's a beautiful thing to see.
Women and their craft! It's a beautiful thing to see.
lonestar09
Veteran Member
That is really neat!!
ioujc
MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
I learned to shear, and did well.......until one of them kicked me square between the eyes!! I had my glasses on, so it hurt double bad!
I kept on shearing after a short break to stop my nose from bleeding but I had a pretty bad headache.
Woke up the next day and spent it in the ER..both eyes black and a concussion. Lucky the Doc I got had grown up on a SHEEP FARM!! He made me stay in the ER on a gurney in one of the rooms, because I was dizzy and could not stay awake.
Finally, he sent me home (to my motel room) and said no driving until I was able to see only one of everything!!
Interesting experience.......but I just used hired shearers for my herd of Angoras after that......