Our annual alpaca shearing day was today at my sis's farm down in Franklin County. A total of 25 head were shorn today, and unbelievably in a relatively short amount of time.
In years past, this dreaded day has been spread out over two days and the past three years has become a nearly twelve hour event. Last year 21 head shorn in 11 hours and 40 minutes. Today, we sheared 25 in three hours.
This year we hired a crew of four young men who really know their way around the world of alpacas. Not only did the 25 get a much needed haircut, but toenails got trimmed, teeth got shortened and fighting teeth were removed.
The stress time on the animals was amazingly short this year, and we can only hope that this will now set a precedent for many, many years to come.
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