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Shearers working alone or in crews: sheep shearing, combing cashmere from goats, clipping camels and trimming hooves. The card gives the number of head a crew handles in a day, whether it brings its own handpiece and generator, how far it travels and which dates are free. Timing outranks money here. Work is done in warm weather, before the summer heat, and only on a dry fleece, while crews are booked out a season ahead, so approach them early. Have a holding pen, a dry floor and somewhere clean to lay the fleece ready, since clean unmatted wool sells for more and that part is down to the owner.
When should sheep be shorn?
In spring once the warm weather holds, before the summer heat arrives and before the fleece starts to felt. Coarse wooled types are sometimes clipped twice in one season.
Can a wet sheep be shorn?
No. Wet wool blunts the comb, cuts badly, and once rolled into a fleece it heats and rots. Bring the flock under cover the evening before so it is dry by morning.
Whose handpiece is used?
The card carries a flag for a crew that brings its own kit. With its own machine and generator a crew does not depend on your power supply, which on remote grazing camps is the only workable option.
How many head are shorn per day?
It depends on the crew, the breed and how well the flock is penned. The shearer states a daily count in the listing, and that number tells you how many days your flock will take.