More Shearing

My brother and I sheared 6 sheep yesterday and as you can see two of the sheep where very big. One was probably over two hundred and fifty pound.

The First Shearing

As some of you may know, I shear sheep kind of as a side job my dad has been shearing sheep since I have three. I had gone with him since than. Starting by trimming hooves when I was about 11 and shearing my first sheep when I was 14. The one time I got a chance to shear as many as I could in a day I did 32 which is far from what the real pros do. I can usually shear a sheep in about seven minutes. I did my first job of the year last as usual I was sore the day after even though it was just two sheep. .I hopefully will be shearing twice this coming week

It was a very busy week here at the farm. We have a new Lamancha buckling from great lines. We drove 4 hours today round trip to pick up three female heritage breed turkeys pictures to come as I get them.

Wool Away

I was looking though my pictures the other day and came across quite a few of me shearing so I decided I would do a post on sheep shearing. My dad has been part time ever since I was three years old. Not long after I started going with him and holding the cord and giving him the oil can. I started shearing when I was twelve and over the past few years I have started to get my own clients as well as shear with my dad and younger brother. I avg about seven minutes a sheep which is far from fast by sheep shearing standards (the best can do them in under a minute) the most I have done in a day in 31. It is more than a little extra work here and there it is a hobby and a passion filled with experiences and stories to tell. Here is a step by step of me shearing

 

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Natey Trimming hooves