Although my daughter has been shearing lambs for a few years, this was our first go at it.
Her 2 lambs were already at the farm, and they have shearing stands and shears, so we loaded up our other 2 lambs and headed up to the farm.
Me, drying a lamb
The first step is washing and drying the lambs. The dirt in their wool, will dull the sheers, so they’ve gotta be clean.
“Wrangler”
It’s quite a task getting the lambs up on the stand, but once you have them hooked in, they are fairly content. You have to watch them closely though, as they tend to slip off every now and then.
Aspen, shearing one of our girls
Eric, shearing Wrangler
Of course, Aspen was great at shearing, but who knew Eric would be such a natural? He was such a perfectionist, we had to pretty much pry the shears out of his hands.
Look how fluffy and white!
Exhausted from a busy day
Overall, we did pretty well. We washed, dryed, sheared, and cleaned up in under 3 hours. We definitely got a better appreciation of what my daughter has been doing the last couple years.
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