Took a chance and sheared Miracle a couple of weeks ago. She is a young doe in extra good shape with a ton of hair. You can tell when a fleece is beginning to drag a goat down, they usually get sluggish and spend a lot of time scratching, so off it came.Miracle was a bottle baby and will always be my pet.Annoying most of the time, escaping out an unlatched gate, knocking over a bucket of feed sitting on a fence post, under my feet when I am trying to feed.If you shear in cold weather the animal must be in good condition and fed well with good rain free shelter, bedded down with a thick layer of straw.I am waiting on a warm spell to shear the sheep. Sheep can take the cold better than the goats, most sheep, including mine, have a layer of fat, fat animals can stand the cold better than skinny. |
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Miracle warming up
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