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I actually don't mind the paper. It should actually be a breeze. 
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Well, I got my hen! She's very pretty and is currently penned with Betty (Bob) White and my BBB hen Henny Penny. 
for chicks.
We castrated most of the boys Saturday. There is one who is just so vigorous and pretty that he gets to be a (little) man for a while longer.
Today everyone got sheared. In years past my sister and I had to shear every one. With our clippers it takes about 30min-1hr to do a sheep. Needless to say not everybody got sheared every year. In fact Henry the devil has never in his whole three years of life been sheared...Mainly because he's a very special word not appropriate for a lady such as myself to type.
This year I made the decision to hire certified shearers to come out and do it for me. BEST IDEA EVER!!! They showed up at 12:30 and were gone by 1:45. They hauled in a mobile shearing shed. Had three guys shearing, one helping me keep the sheep coming and one operating the wool compress. It took them and us about half and hour to get the shed backed in, get the ramp up and to create at chute out of panels.
At 1:00 on the dot they started shearing. By 1:24 they were done. They sheared all of the pure white face ewes and rams first then they did our black and mottled faced ewes. The wool from each group was thrown in the compressor and pressing into two sacks which came out like bricks.
It was the best use of my tax return I could have thought of and I now endeavor to never shear another sheep
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Another plus is I also got rid of two roosters! From what I understand ( only the crew boss spoke English, and my Spanish isn't the greatest) he was going to eat them and I am A-Okay with that. I tried to give them more but they only wanted two: rolleyes:.
for chicks. We castrated most of the boys Saturday. There is one who is just so vigorous and pretty that he gets to be a (little) man for a while longer.
Today everyone got sheared. In years past my sister and I had to shear every one. With our clippers it takes about 30min-1hr to do a sheep. Needless to say not everybody got sheared every year. In fact Henry the devil has never in his whole three years of life been sheared...Mainly because he's a very special word not appropriate for a lady such as myself to type.
This year I made the decision to hire certified shearers to come out and do it for me. BEST IDEA EVER!!! They showed up at 12:30 and were gone by 1:45. They hauled in a mobile shearing shed. Had three guys shearing, one helping me keep the sheep coming and one operating the wool compress. It took them and us about half and hour to get the shed backed in, get the ramp up and to create at chute out of panels.
At 1:00 on the dot they started shearing. By 1:24 they were done. They sheared all of the pure white face ewes and rams first then they did our black and mottled faced ewes. The wool from each group was thrown in the compressor and pressing into two sacks which came out like bricks.
It was the best use of my tax return I could have thought of and I now endeavor to never shear another sheep
.Another plus is I also got rid of two roosters! From what I understand ( only the crew boss spoke English, and my Spanish isn't the greatest) he was going to eat them and I am A-Okay with that. I tried to give them more but they only wanted two: rolleyes:.
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Congrats on the new hen, Brownsheep!
That is so cool about the mobile sheep shearers coming. How many sheep did they shear in that time? That's really fast! And so now what can you do with the brick-like compressed wool?
That is so cool about the mobile sheep shearers coming. How many sheep did they shear in that time? That's really fast! And so now what can you do with the brick-like compressed wool?
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They did 24 sheep today.
I guess the technical term is a wool bale. We'll just join the wool pool and take it in to sell.
I guess the technical term is a wool bale. We'll just join the wool pool and take it in to sell.
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1 a minute? 
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Yuuuup 
. It was pretty fantastic to watch!
. It was pretty fantastic to watch!
bonbean01
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Wow!!!! That is fast!
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Wow! If I could find a shearer and a wool pool, maybe I can get those scottish blackface I like so much.....- Thread starter
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I found the shearers on here http://www.sheepusa.org/shearer_directory
And you can find local wool pools here as well http://www.sheepusa.org/wool_pools
Looks like there is one pool in Irvington KY and 5 or 6 shearing groups that service Kentucky.
Now you can get those Scottish blackface !
And you can find local wool pools here as well http://www.sheepusa.org/wool_pools
Looks like there is one pool in Irvington KY and 5 or 6 shearing groups that service Kentucky.
Now you can get those Scottish blackface !
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Cool! Thank you. Now my husband is going to have some words with you and they won't be kind......BrownSheep said:
