[Jacob-list] shearing

[Robvcas at aol.com]

Linda and all, the book "Raising Sheep the Modern Way" by Paula Simmons has a 
full chapter on shearing.  Its illustrated step-by-step with line drawings 
and very well explained.  The book is an inexpensive paperback available at 
feed stores and such.    I haven't been able to convince my sheep to lie 
calmly like in the pictures as I shear, so I got a shearing stand.  I 
straddle and hold them while shearing their neck quickly and then put them in 
the head hold and shear the rest.  I'm terribly slow and careful but 
optimistic that my skills will improve before I die !    Robin