Finding a shearer who will travel to your farm can be a challenge. In many areas of the US, shearers are in short supply and more than one desperate shepherd has resorted to scissors to relieve their animals of their fiber.
1. Gates. Can you open your gate with one hand? Or do you have to drop everything and fiddle with carabiners, springs, pushing up…
In some ways, it should be easy to evaluate your animal’s body condition. But if they are all fluffy, how can you tell?
Shearing uncovers some surprises. Here are a few things to look for on your animals on shearing day.
Here are some things to consider if you’re planning an event around shearing day.
It’s spring. Time for shearing But it’s raining. What do you do? Here are some ideas.
No, these words were not uttered by a client. They are my own. I just returned from a 10-day, 4-state run shearing several hundred animals,…
I became a shearer by accident. And yet I cannot imagine a better job, more satisfying and more suited to my temperament and interests. This…
Now you’ve gotten your animals shorn for the year — what next!? There are many options to use the fiber that your animal grows –…
With a few caveats, I’m a firm believer in pre-lambing shearing.
