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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:

> I could sheer wool sheep with my giant horse clippers. I went and got  
> a lesson from a wandering sheep man on a friend's commercial flock. It  
> isn't so very hard once you've nailed down the containment  
> issue...head gate, sling, hammock, whatever. 

You don't just tip them up on their rump like the pros? I tried it, and 
had so much trouble keeping them (and me) upright that I couldn't 
maneuver to shear them. I'm no weakling, but my ewes are 250-300 pounds. 
I finally developed the "knock them down and sit on them" technique. I 
had a few escape in mid-shearing, dragging their fleece behind them. How 
embarrassing. I say let a professional do it. I get nicer fleeces to 
work with (no messy blood spots...mine or sheep...).

Lynn Wigglesworth


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