The boys have been feeling the heat so yesterday Ness took them over Ormiston because Mick had offered to shear them while he was shearing the merinos. I suspect that it is an offer he will not make again under any circumstances-there were major clipper issues, alpaca wool being very different from sheep wool. Clipper blades were sourced, sharpened, altered, re-sharpened, replaced, and there was much cursing.
Then the matter of alpaca restraint came in to play-Alan is an old hand, but Marley was singularly unimpressed with being tipped on his side and restrained while the clipper chewed through his coat. In the end Donny ( an expert in all things alpaca ) was called in to assist, and with a combination of hand shears and clippers they have rendered the comedy animals even more ridiculous.
Thank heavens for self-shedding sheep.
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2 comments:
aaawww, how cute do they look! What are you doing with the fleeces? R
I'm in love with Bob Marley. He is soooooo cute!
Send me a lock of his hair please
lots of love
Soo
(the Jamaica lover - in more ways than one - lol lol)
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