more shearing to do

It knew it would happen, finally warmed up and so much to do. Got to keep the shearing going until everyone is ready for the hot weather. We never know, it can get very hot in May, so I have to start early. If I start to early they will have to much wool in the heat of the summer, and sometimes they will get hot and have to be shorn again, losing a fleece. Sometimes the spring clip is matted from all the rain in winter, the cold then hot weather can make it stick and cause flakes in the fiber. Good grain and top quality hay, free choice minerals,  plenty of space in a good barn that is clean and bedded down well with clean straw, no sickness or stress, no sore feet from all the rain and mud, and an animal that has good fiber genetics to start with. Sounds like a lot to deal with. We're lucky if we get a good fleece in the southeast.