Shearing sheep

Our sheep get their "annual haircuts" this Memorial Day weekend and OSV historians show the whole textile process – scouring and carding the wool, and spinning, knitting, and weaving. Sheep-shearing will be done throughout the weekend, and sheep herding demos are set for Sat. May 25. Details at www.osv.org. Do you know how much wool each OSV sheep produces? And why shearing sheep is good for farmers' hands?

As shearing season drags on, Agridirect.ie puts together a comical list of 5 signs you've been shearing sheep this month.

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By Dr Clive Dalton (Photos by Des Williams) Shearing a sheep using hand shears. A blade shearing method. There are may methods used around the world to shear a sheep using hand shears or blades. The method shown below is used in the north of England and in Scotland. In parts of Wales the sheep have three legs tied together, and are shorn on a long stool with the shearer sitting on one end. In New Zealand Merino sheep in the high country are still blade shorn when shorn in winter or…

How to Shear a Sheep

For the past two seasons I've had to get a contract shearer in to shear my small flock of sheep, because I don't have the skills or machinery required. What I have got is a can-do attitude and access to the Internet, where I found the British Wool Marketing Board website. The BWMB sponsors shearing courses and if you're a farmer (the government says we qualify) the cost is minimal. I had visions of shearing my own sheep this time next year. Two days on a course has corrected my vision. This…

It sure has been an eventful past few days! Today we got to watch the school's sheep get a hair cut! Before that we visited the goats who were very happy to see us!

Sheep Shearing at Old World Wisconsin. Photo about sheared, blue, shirt, shearer, sheep, world, clip, lamb, wool, wisconsin, festival, shearing, clippers, skilled, eagle - 146854544

Check out sheep shearing for beginners from a professional shearer on the ins and outs of at-home wool removal, setting you up for a safe, humane experience every time.

Sheep Shearer Using Old Fashioned Shears – Wensleydale-sheep.com

Australia- Workers shearing sheep