At the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village farm in New Gloucester, sheep are shorn once a year in the spring. This year, the farm has 73 sheep and it took most of a day to shear them all. Shaker Village, ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

When it comes to competitive sheep competitions at the New York State Fair, it's all about the condition and grooming of the sheep's wool -- and for some breeds, the way a sheep looks when all its ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual ...

ZEELAND — Families were invited to learn more about sheep shearing during an annual demonstration on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Critter Barn in Zeeland. Timothy Wright has been shearing sheep at Critter Barn ...

VERONA - A master sheep shearer showed off his skills before more than 300 visitors at Liberty Ridge Farm's annual Open Barn Shearing Day in Verona. On Saturday, veteran shearer Tom Horton and his son ...

As the sun rises over a feedlot in a northern corner of San Angelo on a late September morning; a large group of sheep, heavy with overgrown layers of wool, kicks up clouds of dust as they nervously ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

With the longer days, it is easy to find more chores to do at La Plata Farms. As spring continues to move forward, major activities are centered on getting ready for our lambs to be born. With the ...