Thank you so much for all the good luck wishes for shearing day. Everything went very well except for Larry, one very large six-year old wether (above), who behaved badly. He finally calmed down, and that heavy year-long coat came off. Many, many thanks to our shearers, Joe and Melvin, and to all the family and friends who pitched in to help! We have 42 bags of beautiful wool just waiting for a turn on the skirting table. You should have heard the oooohs and aaaahs as the wool came off each sheep.
We thought you might enjoy a couple before and after photos. Daisy is pictured above and Juliet below. It will take us about a week before we begin to recognize the sheep in the field again. They look very different without those heavy winter coats. It is now so much easier to gauge the condition of each sheep as we go into lambing… just a couple of weeks now.
Your photos are wonderful! They do look entirely different! This is a trade that I never learned to do, but the experience sounds exciting. A way for family and friends to spend a day working on the farm, but best of all, making memories that can be reflected on for years to come 🙂
How different they look and all the wonderful wool, a true blessing.
Have a wonderful Monday.
What a wonderful way to lose that bulk! Wish it was so easy for me!! Thanks for the wonderful photos of the before and after…they do look very different, don't they?
I hope you have a really warm week so they don't get too chilled. I look forward to hearing more about the process of making wool yarn, etc.
Wow! That ram looks so big next to a person.
oh my, that is so cute! in the top shot the sheep looks huge! wow!! {must be all that fur…err…hair…um…wool? :}
Wow! I know that's a huge chore! Always good when it ends well. Congrats!
Ooh, all that beautiful wool! {drool, drool}
😉 Jaime