Shearing Day!

Yesterday was shearing day on the farm. All eighteen animals received their yearly haircut. Linda from My Sweet Alpaca was the shearer and she did a great job for us.

Tara and our son Jansen worked their tails off with rounding up the animals and haltering them and keeping a systematic order so Linda could keep a nice steady pace. Tara also handled the bagging of the fleece and fiber samples and labeled them accordingly. She also took care of the photography duties. I helped with the heavy lifting and laying down the animals on the mat. Ten hours later we were all totally exhausted and ready for a nice cold shower.

But, the animals were loving life!




Here's some pictures from yesterdays event.

Tara & Jansen rounding them up

Jansen (The Alpaca Whisperer) reassuring Marilyn

Yours truly holding Aurora for some dental work
(She threw me off twice - she's extremely big and strong)

Ottimo's dense & soft blanket fleece

Samantha just shorn and very pregnant
(Due date: 06/12 - You can see her noticeable bulge)

And last but not least we have our Stud Wira Cocha getting his turn. He is about as gentle as they come and never put up a fight. He really just laid there and sort of enjoyed the whole ordeal like it was a massage!