Sheering questions…

[Farmercharliesblog]

Is anyone in my area a sheep sheerer?

 

[secuono]

I'm not a sheep person, but it seems to me that it would be best to shear them after winter and before it gets too hot in summer. Like @Mini Horses said - probably Mar/April.

Yeah. Some shear in winter, if lambing then, to get them to seek shelter to lamb and to get the wool before lambing break. Wool breaks yearly, from lambing or in the spring. It gets extra thick lanolin that makes it a bother to shear too close to that time frame. 30 days before or after.

 

[secuono]

Is anyone in my area a sheep sheerer?

Where are you?
I don't believe you've said.

American Sheep Industry | Shearer Directory

A contact directory listing information for sheep shearers in the U.S.

www.sheepusa.org

 

[Farmercharliesblog]

I am in great berrington Massachusetts. Below Pittsfield next to Stockbridge.

 

[farmerjan]

The link that @secuono posted had several shearers listed for Mass... if there are others in your area that have sheep, find out when they get theirs done and maybe get several flocks set up all on the same day....

 

[Farmercharliesblog]

There are several sheep farmers in my area. 1)their son does it for them and will not sheer for us
2)shears their own sheep and is too busy to sheer ours. She is working multipal full time jobs. 4H is paying for their sheep
3) sheers in mid winter. They are my sheep’s sheep farm. My boys are freezing now.

 

[rachels.haven]

That sounds like the Mass i know. I'm sorry you're stuck that way. Winter shearing in Mass is NOT okay.