Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Sheared Sleeping

I'm by no means a professional sheep shearer, but I have sheared a goodly number of sheep in my time. But I have never had a sheep fall asleep while I was taking off her fleece - until today.

We sheared #17 today - Lorraine calls her 'Beanie'. I prefer to shear with the sheep upright through most of the process. It's easier for me, and the fleece seems to roll off better that way. Kevyn has the stanchion, so Lorraine just held her head while I worked from the neck back. The little gal was asleep in about 5 minutes! Utterly relaxed, but still standing. The fleece came off like a dream, certainly one of the easiest I've ever done. And when I did put her in the classic shearing position, on her butt, to get her belly wool and trim up, she went to sleep again! Amazing - and weird.

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