To Shear or Not to Shear

[Blue Sky]

From I Hava Racka-

Cousin It here is due for a haircut. It has rained every couple of days for a week. He’s gotten wet but I don’t know what disqualifies him from a shearing. I’ve had hair sheep for years so fleece was never a problem. I’ll contact the shearer tomorrow but can anyone give me some idea how wet is too wet?

 

[Mini Horses]

Now that's a rug!!

 

[Blue Sky]

Now that's a rug!!

It is. It’s like a ghillie suite. If nothing else Hubbs and I can do a crude haircut but I’d like him to have a good and proper clean up to make sure there are no problems under there.

 

[mysunwolf]

The shearer can still shear if he's wet, but ideally put him up in a barn for 24hrs to dry out a bit. I think the clippers are more likely to get stuck, things won't run as smoothly, and the shearers sometimes get rashes. There's other reasons but I don't recall! Good luck with him, I bet he's a whole different sheep once he gets that fleece off.