Merino Wool Sheep Shearing
This is generally done in the spring when the sheep no longer need their winter coat.
Merino wool sheep shearing. Vickie manns goal is to raise sheep that produces wool so fine it feels soft next to the skin. Shearing is necessary for the health of sheep and if its not done the fleece can become overgrown and impact the animals. Shearing is the process of removing the fleece which is just like getting a haircut as the wool grows right back.
Annual shearing benefits both the sheep as well as us humans. When she first saw merinos 32 years ago while living with her husbands family on a. But shrek decided to dodge shearing for 6 whole years.
The wool fiber is a hardened protein and does not contain any sensory structures. When he was found in 2004 he was not immediately recognized as a sheep according to the bbc. A merino sheep named shrek was one of 17000 sheep on a wool farm in new zealand.