1. Gates.  Can you open your gate with one hand?  Or do you have to drop everything and fiddle with
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In some ways, it should be easy to evaluate your animal's body condition. But if they are all fluffy, how can you tell? 
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Shearing uncovers some surprises. Here are a few things to look for on your animals on shearing day.
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Here are some things to consider if you're planning an event around shearing day.
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It's spring.  Time for shearing But it's raining. What do you do? Here are some ideas.
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No, these words were not uttered by a client. They are my own. I just returned from a 10-day, 4-state
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I became a shearer by accident.  And yet I cannot imagine a better job, more satisfying and more suited to
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Now you've gotten your animals shorn for the year -- what next!? There are many options to use the fiber
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With a few caveats, I'm a firm believer in pre-lambing shearing.
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Shearing is a service. As such, shearers aim to please the farmers, remove the fiber efficiently and expertly, and treat
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August 4, 2014 Recently there has been a terrific brouhaha in the shearing world and amongst animal rights activists over
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Most farmers think of shearing as being exclusively a spring activity.  Contemplating the heat of summer, they (hopefully) call their
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Despite all the challenges of setting up a schedule for shearing at hundreds of farms in multiple states, and despite the hard physicality of the job, you may find that the most difficult part of being a shearer is communication.
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The year 2020 brought a deadly and decidedly inconvenient disease to the world.  For many people, life stopped. But the shearing must go on.
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Being a travelling shearer means that I get to meet a wide variety of people and animals. Here are some of their stories.
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The story of Huckleberry: his love, loss, and comeback.
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A story of how I got hooked on shearing.
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Busting some myths about sheep shearing and those who would oppose it!
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