Before we got to see the penguins we had one final stop at a farm. They were showing how to milk a cow behind us, but we’d seen that before so we watched the calf nurse instead.
They sheep watched. They watch everything.
They knew that they were going to get sheared like their brethren.
The sheep being sheared was pretty mellow.
Only the tools have changed. The pattern that you used to take off the fleece has stayed the same since they used manual shears.
Not all the hair is taken off so the sheep wouldn’t be too cold since it was fall.
Normally shearing is done in the summer but this is a show farm so they do it year round.
Sometimes the sheep was contorted a bit but it never really shifted at all.
Almost done.
There’s the final product. One fleece is enough wool for approximately two jumpers.
They were probably wishing a bit that they had jumpers.
Kerri then learned how to crack a whip.
She got it pretty quick.
The last demonstration was the herding using a sheep dog. This is the puppy who is still learning.
He was a bit rambunctious.
He did the job though, although got a little excited near the end and wouldn’t stop herding. Needs a bit more training and growing up to do, he is only 3.
