Wow this was a lot of fun and hard work. Another local farmer named Bill came to help us out and later another neighbour Mike also showed up for the last 4 shearings. Lucas our shearer had been shearing for 5 years and used an overhead kit. He was also able to trim nails and teeth. While these are two pictures from when we sheared the males on the floor, we used the shearing table for the girls. Much prefer the table as it is much easier on our body. Definitely need more people next year. 3 guys plus the shearer is good for the shearing of the alpaca but Caroline would like help collecting and organizing the fleece. With the potential of 15 animals next year we will have our work cut out for us. Learned lots and will use Lucas again .
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