First Round of Shearing a Success
We did our first round of shearing. We only did two of our animals, the two alpaca boys but Ben did both of them. It went well, a few equipment troubles but otherwise they both survived. It is amazing how much they look alike, Tuck is just smaller do to his age. There colors and fiber characteristics are very different when compared at the same age. Tuck is much darker and doesn't have nearly the curly crimp that FireHawk had. FireHawk sheared almost 7 lbs of fiber and all but .8 lbs of it is usable.
We also decided to trim llama nails while we had the chance. We only got to two animals but after a hassle with Truffles, Libby was a breeze. We hope to shear at least Bean this coming weekend and potentially the girls as well if we have time. It is just Ben and Melissa for the weekend but the llamas are sheared standing so it should work out just fine.
We'll post photographs when we get them edited.
