Peat, Pecan, & Bucky's Big Day

 Peat, Pecan, and Bucky were sheared yesterday.  Why those sheep?  We chose boys (wethers to be exact) because we did not want to stress out any of the ewes so close to breeding season.  (They'll be going in with Timmy, our ram, in about two weeks.)  We also chose the ones with the biggest fleeces.

First up, Pecan.  A before picture from last year at about this time:

Some action shots:

He looks so much smaller now that he's been sheared!

Next up, Peat.  Here's what he looked like Friday morning:

Being sheared.  (Very surprisingly, he was the best behaved out of the three boys.)

Now, Peat looks like a tiny, silver sheep. 

That's his half-brother Bucky in with him.  I don't have any action shots of Bucky.  He was a little nervous, being sheared for the first time, and that made me too nervous to take pictures.  (In other words, he thrashed around a bit.)  Both of Henrietta's boys look so lovely that it makes me question not breeding her ever again...

From a quick glance, their fleeces look like they are in great shape.  I'm going to skirt them in the next day or two, take pictures, and list them on here.  I also have milled roving from our spring shearing (Tricot--black, Hazel/Filly--musket, Sandy/Peanut/Almond--white, and Theresa/Quartz--very light grey) that I will be listing.