We always breathe a big sigh a relief when shearing is done for the year. It's a lot of work and the alpacas don't like it very much either, until we're done. Then they lay spread out in the grass completely at ease taking sun bathes and luxuriating in the relief of not having five to ten pounds of fleece insulating them while the sun bakes down.
This year was especially nice. Having sold quite a few animals and with boarded animals returned to their home farms, and with females out for breedings, we were down to 11 alpacas to be sheared (from 26 last year)!
Plus, due to a problem with our original shearer we had to find a new one at the last minute, and she turned out to be terrific! Penny Jernigan from Arizona travels around with her shearing table, and did the most fantastic shearing job in our last eight years of raising alpacas! Her phone number is on our resources page, if you're looking for a shearer.
The animals look fantastic and there are very few second cuts in the fleece (which cause a problem in the yarn we have made out of it). Hurray!
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