After you've sheared its belly and between its legs, let the sheep sit back on its right hip, leaning against your legs as you support its shoulders with your knees. This will allow you to shear its …

Learn shearing from watching a pro, attending a demonstration or a shearing school. Nearly all sheep require shearing. Sheep do not have the continuous growing and shedding cycles of …

Six Key Points of Good Shearing Control of the sheep—get right down over the sheep and “become part of it.” Positive hand—know exactly where the handpiece has to go; don’t poke, …

Shearing to treat sheep with active cases of flystrike is done on a case-by-case basis. Aflicted animals will require, at minimum, localized shearing to alleviate the problem.

Avoid spreading disease through your flock by shearing animals that are at the greatest risk for contracting disease first (e.g. shear young animals before older animals, shear healthy …

Blow 20 clears ear and continues around back of head to far ear and clearing front of eye on wooly sheep. Blow 24 clears strips under leg. On blow 17, keep the top of the comb on the …

The overall goal is to complete shearing with minimal stress on the sheep, working help, and shearing crew– all are achievable as producers consider and prepare for various factors such …