I found a guy that travels around the country shearing.  He is also from North Carolina, not far from my home town.  It figures I would have to move to Alabama to find a shearer from North Carolina.   I had to be referred and luckily the lady i bought the sheep from also used him, so she referred me.  I got on the list and now I had to wait until he had time to come down south.

                                              

I happened to be the first private farm on his list and he showed up last Friday afternoon.  I didn't know what to expect but we had the sheep penned and waiting for him.  He moved in his large piece of equipment that ran his clippers and set down to shaving the sheep.  One by one he grabbed them and sat them on their bottoms.  The sheep never panicked and actually sat very still while he set to his work.  

I was impressed as I watched him roll the sheep around the floor while taking off their winter coats.  It was fascinating to watch.  I only have six sheep so it only took about 45 minutes and he was done.  Luckily, I was able to worm them before he turned them loose so I got to kill two birds with one stone.  It made that nasty job much easier.

Now I have a pile of wool in my barn that I am not sure what I am going to do with.  I am currently looking for someone who might be able to make it into yarn for me.  I love to knit and it would be really nice to be able to make something from the wool grown right here on my own farm.  We will see.