Hand shearing, progress made

 So far all the sheep here in Hopesay are done. See here some examples of my work.

Speed is  (slowly) increasing and the amount of collatoral damage seen as small dots of blue spray are reducing.

The whole process is strangely empowering as although the time taken and cost are far in excess of contractor shearing, we now have control of timing and are not reliant on the availability of busy contractors.  

Summer and un-sheared sheep have always been a time of worry for me as a small flock keeper with the spectre of fly strike at the back of my mind. So far we have only had a single fly strike incident. One of the few benefits of this cold wet season is that the fly population like every other insect is significantly reduced. Every cloud......