On a beautiful Saturday in March our Shearer Nathan Good came to the farm to shear our angora goats and sheep. Nathan has been shearing our animals for several years now and does a wonderful job! Our angora goats are sheared every 6 mon and depending on the breed the sheep are sheared either every 6 mon or annually.
They fuss and carry on but it doesn't hurt them and Nathan is very careful with them. He knows just what to do! It takes Nathan about 15-20 min to shear an animal. The goats are trickier than the sheep. The goats bodies are more angular than the sheeps!
This is Sophora...halfway completed!
This is what Pom Pom and Abigail look like after their haircut! That's Abigails ram lamb next to her...I for got to mention we renamed him Abner...Rambo just didn't fit. He's doing fine now!
We did have a shearing day surprise though! Two of our yearling angoras who we didn't think got pregnant lo and behold are. When we sheared them we discovered that their Milk bag, udder, were very full! A clear sign that they will be kidding soon! LOL
I just found your blog (via Etsy), and reading the post below about your barn burning and the animals still inside made me cry. :( I'm glad you were able to rebuild!
ReplyDeleteThank you I appreciate your words...its been a long year! :) :)
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