Monday, February 22, 2010

Good day sunshine

What a great day, in the 60's, daylight until almost 7 PM, and I could hear the tree frogs calling in the rain.Finished shearing the sheep and a few buck goats at the home farm, will have to wait on the next warm spell to finish the sheep at the other farm.I have to get started shearing early in the year to get them all done before the weather gets to hot and, they were ready to shear. I don't shear on a certain schedule, but when the fleece is ready to come off , it's time to shear.When it gets the right length, a certain bloom, with the goats it is a halo, I shear.If you wait to long the fiber will start to string off the animal, they will start to rub and then they will felt,especially in heavy rainfall.Moving like a turtle this morning until the stiffness gets worked out.

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