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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I have a video on shearing sheep by Fiona somebody or other, champion 
shearer from New Zealand. I watched, tried, watched again. She's not 
very big, but threw those sheep around. SHE says that the shearer's size 
doesn't matter; skill does. Yeah, well, whatever. I admit total failure 
as a sheep shearer. I did help my shearer with my ram this year...he 
hands me a kicking leg and says "here; hold this". I could barely hang 
on to the one leg, but I DID keep the shearer from getting kicked too hard.

Lynn Wigglesworth

paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> I weigh 95 lbs, Lynn. I can't tip my 6 yo on her ass.
> 
> 
> On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> 
>> 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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