Shearing Day!

Today was shearing day!  Emily Chamelin, who shears in the mid-Atlantic area.  I usually do my own shearing, but after hurting my back I realized it's worth the money to pay a professional!  She did all 7 sheep faster than I could have done just two. 

Barley was the first sheep to be sheared.  Here's the before:


















And here's the after:

Spots!  I don't remember her having spots last year after I sheared her.  Natural colored Romneys (she's a cross) tend to fade as they age, so it's always a fun surprise to see what she'll look like after shearing. 

Here's Bean's fleece.

And here's the nakey Bean.

I think she looks pretty great (she's on the right below, Darla is on the left). 

And here's the whole flock together.  The ram needs to gain some weight, which I knew. He has grown a lot frame-wise, now he needs to put on muscle.

The ewe lamb is looking great!  I still haven't named her...

Remember my friend's very wooly ewes? They got sheared too!

I was really looking forward to shearing day.  It's like Christmas morning.  Waiting to open presents, waiting to see what the ewes look like-same thing!