The fleece auction is a significant milestone here on the farm - from April thru June we are busy harvesting, cataloging and making our soft shetland fleeces available for hand spinners to enjoy.
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Shearing Day - I am feeding the sheep thru handling system |
I just loaded a video on my youtube channel which shares what it is like here after the auction - getting the paperwork ready for shipping, packaging and shipping the fleeces all over the country.
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Please check out my video on my YouTube Channel! |
Here are a few statistics I thought you might find interesting:
We harvested 66 fleeces this year - 41 roo'd and 25 sheared
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Cheerfully Rooing a Sheep |
5 will be made into 1 oz packets from Tye, Lucretia, Carrie, O'Brien and Mimi
2 will be processed by me - Ofeibea and Elara
5 went into the Combed Top pool - Sebastian, Duncan, Harry, English Garden (our senior ewe at 13 years) and Salome (Sheared terrible)
1 was sold at full price as compensation to a farm helper - Hermoine
53 were sold in the auction
63 fleeces were from ewes, 3 from rams
53 fleeces in auction - 38 were roo'd, 15 were sheared
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Barbarina's parted fleece photo - I roo'd her 19.1 micron fleece |
43 sold in the auction, 10 were made available on website after auction closed (one left at the writing of this post)
24 people bought fleeces in the auction
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Our Soft Shetland Fleeces are Sprinkled all over the USA! |
80 lbs of wool was sold in the auction
Color mix for auction fleeces:
Black - 7
Fawn - 12
Grey - 19
Moorit - 8
White - 8
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