Rural Gardening: First attemp at hand shearing, 1 by frans530

frans530 wrote:
I am still "goat sitting" and just could not take watching these goats blowing their coats, watching the fiber waste away.. and their skin just get flakier and flakier..
I am the one watching all this, that makes me a part of it... si if I can't stop it, can't afford to have them sheared, then I will just have to shear them myself.. I will mail the fiber to the owners.

Just in case you asking.. last time I heard from the owners they were gonna be here to shear at the end of march.

It took 3 hours.. my dh helped me.. we worked non-stop...Tank was a champ.. he was grumpy a few times.. but all in all, very patient with us.. We could never have a better teacher than him... he has gotten me a couple times with his horns, not bad enough to "kill" me.. but enough to teach me to be cautious.. a great teacher.

I realized how under-weight he really is... we have been working on him.. hopefully he will start gaining now.
Oh Claire.. No cuts... yipee