Saturday we had our great friends come down to shear our sheep for us again. Our friend Tyler does all the hard work while we stand around and chat about sheep and life and when hes done we pick up the wool and get ready for the next sheep. This year we had 12 sheep to shear here at the farm. I love when they are sheared! It looks so much cleaner and I like to think that they are more comfortable, but who knows. It is amazing how much space all that wool takes up! It was crowded at the feeder Friday night and by lunch on Saturday I could have fit at least 2 or 3 more sheep at it. All the sheep were well behaved and everything when pretty smoothly. The lambs were well behaved too when their mothers were getting hair cuts. Nutmeg was the last ewe to be sheared and her lamb Macey sat on my lap quiet as can be the whole time. Here are some pictures from the big event.
Poor Stella did not look too impressed.
And here is the flock after the event. They look about half the size that they were before!
Here is Peas looking good from behind!
Our friend Maple after her first haircut ever! Turns out she is a full grown sheep under there! (Click on the picture to see the little Tunis lambs in the background).
Here is only half of the wool that we collected. I am going to call some local fiber mills to see if I can get some of it made into yarn. So get out your knitting needles and crochet hooks everyone!
Here is Peas' little ewe lamb! She's getting big just like the rest of the lambs!
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