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Its a fun afternoon which entertains the kids greatly..

Serious farm work though..the years fleeces had to go.
Tough year for the flock..we lost a sheep and gained a lamb...

So we now have

Eenie, Minie and Moe.
(RIP Meenie, 2007)

Before shots...






A sensibly planned operation has lap of luxury transport to shearing shed and a crack team of helpers...



Being grandchildren of a farmer, they all know more than me.
Luckily Howard was doing the shearing, perfect job it was too.

First the shedding up....





Moe gets the Dooo, with help from Sarah.
Appoligies for the abstract blurring, I was not going to flash in there as the sheep were a little stressed.



Have a look how black he is...



Minee gets hers done, short back and sides porfavore!

A bit of wool classing...



Why would you have normal white sheep, so boring!



Sweep up, a beer and a laugh..



Back in the Brumby for a 1st gear ride home.


Done again till next year.

Thanks team.

haha nice work matt

looks like everyone had fun there!
and the shearers arm is always faster than the camera

Tired, hot and crabby at the end...
Kids,
Sheep and Me.

Howard is a legend, he just laughs.

Boags stubbies! only ye best
I like the open top cage for the Brumby, seems to be able to contain livestock and kids haha

For anyone with a keen eye..the brown one who is not much taller than a sheep in the first two photos.. that's Alice.

The smallest, miniature, full grown cow in the whole wide world.

(of east Cranbrook!)

BRUMBERTY wrote:the brown one who is not much taller than a sheep in the first two photos.. that's Alice.
The smallest, miniature, full grown cow in the whole wide world.

I thought that was a goat, and i grew up on a dairy farm.

What breed is she, in the first photo id say heriford, but in the 2nd, id say she was a jersey

haha a cow, its hair looks like hoarse but its back structure is cow... a coarse?

EDIT:
haha you have them feeding on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD51OM-VzlY < if you don't mind

Alice is a Miniature Hereford, and a small version at that.
She is two years old and fully grown.
The Lamb, Eenie will probably end up being taller.

Has Alice won awards or is famous?
If so, I think i've heard of her before.
if not, must be the neighbours down the roads goat haha