shearing

What a week to be shearing.........finally we have finished.......

this was to be a quick post but it very long now sorry but hopefully you enjoy it.........

Its been a cold week..........some days really cold for me and we have had some sun.........others not much sun..........some days windier then others.......poking along slow on the bike is not too bad all rugged up but if moving faster OMG.........

think most was 12 deg felt like about 7 degC

Thankfully I avoided most of the work in the shed............which is good and bad........its warmer in there but I don't like it.........its only warmer as your not speeding along on a bike............in the wool shed it still has cold wind blow threw but as your always moving it isn't too bad.........

This is the top of a wool bale that is about to come out of the press...........while the pins are still holding the wool down you pull the top flaps over.......two go one way and these top ones go the other way........bale fasters get hooked in to hold it shut...........labeled, pins released, door opened and rolled out of the press..........there is no way I can move one of these bales except to push it on it's side.........they are heavy........you have big hooks you use to move them......

Since I was in the paddocks and not the shed i made scones one day............

served with jam and cream for morning smoko..........

I have shearers in my family so this is one of my brothers (who doesn't shear much now he was roustabout this day) who hopped on to shear a couple shearing with his son my nephew who is starting out..........the nephew is going really well and getting good numbers in his days...........

Due to it being to wet we have lots of wet bellies (the wool from the sheeps belly comes off first)

Here are some now all laid out on the floor to dry......cannot bale wet wool........

Here is my nephew shearing Lamby..........see that tuff on her head.....in the sun patch.........well that got left on her..........she looks so funny.........bit of a mullet/mowhawk????

Lamby and Bridget are the fattest sheep on the property..........Lamby still lives with the cows.........

Bridget waiting for her haircut.............

Here he is about to start shearing Bridget...........

If you want to watch Bridget being shorn check out this video I uploaded to Youtube.......

Also I uploaded a golden hour video I took muster a few weeks who...........

so pretty........link here

Sheep fresh off the shears are so fresh and white they are so much easier to see in the paddocks............just moving these ones back into cover yesterday so they had protection........with the cold weather they need timber and grassy areas they can find some protection in............

yes that is complete mud slop in the bottom 1/2 of the photo.........their is still so much water lying in the paddocks..........the ground is saturated.........

Another freezing day......worse if I can say that........no sun today and not sure we are going to get any either.........

11.30am  and currently 9.9degC (49f) that feels like 3deg C (37f)

Best go put some more wood in the fire...........

Keep the love of blogging alive.......

Catch you later.........

Chookyblue.......