Shearing Day 2019

Shearing day was yesterday, it was a practically perfect day for shearing.  A little windy, fortunately most of the shearing was in the barn.  Had a lot of help, and got 66 sheep done in 4 hours thanks to our very able shearer who travels from Massachusetts to Western New York to do our flock plus a couple others in the area.  Managed to get some pictures to share.

Waiting for the shearer to arrive

Brought the ram lambs from 2018 into this stall from their outside pen for shearing day

Hannah's packaging and record keeping station is in order

Shots, worming and general checkover station

Shearing has commenced

Worm medicine being adminstered

The boys helping out

About halfway through the ewes

Edith is so very black - just wonderful

Patiently waiting

Pearl is certainly bred.

Keeping track of our progress

Meera Reed's fleece

The girls are almost done

Brienne

Reminds me of when he used to show in 4H Fair

Freshly shorn fleece

Fascinating to watch the graceful movement of the shearer - its hypnotizing

All the used coats - will get washed and reused next year after we start to feed them hay

All naked and ready for lambs!

Rich with his bottle ram lamb

Out to the ram pen

Hi Rush!

Before

During

after

Dowager Countess and one of Reawick's girls

Arya has a cool heart shaped patch of white?

I have 66 bags of wonderful wool to play with!

Already washed Mrs Hughes to build back my grey yarn/batting inventory for festival in May

Next up - Lamb Cam - waiting for lambing to begin!