Shearing Prep

In my last post I talked about the project of fixing up my office and all the prep involved. The prep isn't usually the most fun part of a project, but is necessary. My prep for shearing has been spent mostly doing major clean-up in the barn, but a few weeks ago Farm Club came for part of the prep.               It's hard to imagine now with unseasonably low-70's daytime highs for the last few days and predicted for the next week, but during most of January we had fog and drizzle. On he morning of our Farm Day this was what the brush pile looked like--a wool flower forest.

                  I don't really like to see this because it means the sheep are rubbing on these branches.                 We are shearing tomorrow. This is Cindy in full fleece.                The lilac ram, Catalyst.                  I love Shelby's blue eyes.                   We caught each sheep and inspected their fleeces. Farm Club members get first dibs on fleeces on Shearing Day and they can pre-select them on our Farm Day.

                  We also clean the ear tags so that they will be easy to read on Shearing Day. That's Carole with the towel working on the tag.

                                               Mary makes sure that fleece reservations are recorded on cards and that the ear tags match the ID on the card.                    Another great day with Farm Club.                      I noticed that white line in the fleece of Terri, a 2017 lamb. I don't have an explanation for that.

                  I love the ability to write on the photos on my phone.

Are you as excited about Shearing Day as we are?