A Shearing Story II

posted October 2003

Read on for Step by Step Instructions!

More Alpaca Farm Stories here
Meet the Shearing Team

Step 1: Prepare your gear

Shearing gear	David Stobbart preparing his gear

Step 2: Get 'em in the shearing shed

Step 3: Shear light coloured alpacas first, then move through the darker colours
Step 4: Always have some ready to go the minute one shearer has finished

Step 5: Haul one out...

Step 6: ...to the table or the floor, whatever works for you
Step 7: Getting them up on the table or down on the floor is always fun...

Step 8: Restrain the legs, front and back

Step 9: Pull tight! Alpacas wriggling around are dangers to themselves and others
Step 10: Restrain the head. Alpacas wriggling around are dangers to themselves and others