Tuesday, June 7, 2022 Countdown to shearing 4 days. This year, we are sandwiched between two other farms so I need to make sure the shearers have food they can just grab and go. These crews do thousands of alpacas before they get here and their work together is like a well rehearsed dance by the time they get out west. If you’d like to see how many teams are scheduled and where they go, click here They start in March and try to be finished by the end of June. Look at the month of May and what they did then! We first asked these shearers to come out west many years ago, and we loved the 4 man crew concept and their skill level. They are gentle with the animals, and are very skilled at what they do. One of their crews left the home team and we went with him for a while but we decided to go back to the “mother ship”. They were actually here last year after our main guy had his crew quit. Looking at all the farms they have done makes my head spin, and you can see why the scheduling is a challenging job. Weather is heating up, I see 87° predicted for us Saturday! They will definitely be ready to give me those fleeces! Happy Tuesday!
Photo of the Day: Aspen: A little off the top please. Ruthie is just happy to be with her mom. (I trimmed Aspen’s eyes after I took this photo)
Gigi Caito
It sounds like a well oiled operation! I remember the crew that quit and the stress that caused. Smooth clipping ordered for this year!
Linda
Exactly! We don’t need an more stress added to shearing day. It will be smooth as silk. 🤞🏻