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Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically...

finer fiber. Fleece weights vary, with the top stud males reaching annual shear weights up to 7 kg total fleece and 3 kg good quality fleece. The discrepancy...

there is not a break in the fleece all over. Even thin-woolled old ewes—which the best hand-shearer could not shear without breaking the fleece across the...

thousands in a flock, shearing sheds are vital to house the necessary shearing equipment, and to ensure that the shearers and /or crutchers have a ready supply...

countries) of the show ring. Romneys produce a heavy fleece. A healthy mature ram can yield at shearing upwards of 10 kg (22 lb) per year, while flock...

year's fleece. Shearing is easier through this layer. Rooing – removing the fleece by hand-plucking. Done once a year in late spring, when the fleece begins...

is time consuming, so some producers shear the rabbit instead. While this results in slightly lower quality fleece, as the guard hairs are included, it...

completed, gave Psyche a new task. This time, she was ordered to approach a pack of rams known for being violent and shear their golden fleece to bring back to...

Scottish Soay sheep have to be plucked, not sheared, as the kemps are still longer than the soft fleece, (a process called rooing). Skirting is disposing...

for fleeces, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton), and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. In Commonwealth...

natural "break", or marked thinning, of the fleece in springtime, which can lead to a natural shedding of the fleece, particularly around the neck and shoulders...

set into a more elaborate jeweled pendant for the Order of the Golden Fleece by court jeweler André Jacquemin. The assembled piece included a red spinel...

subsequently saw the sheep in 2023 at the same location, with a much overgrown fleece. Turner said that the sheep bleated to her and her fellow kayakers...

are a unisex style of sheepskin boot originating in Australia. The boots are typically made of twin-faced sheepskin with fleece on the inside, a tanned...

wigs and fleece-type fabric. By mixing the various forms of fibers one can easily create a realistic synthetic fur. The fabrics can then be sheared or embossed...

creature arising from its fleece: startled and shy at the loss of its garment, which lay on the floor in one soft cloud.' The shearer, complaining of thirst...

shyrdak rugs have been made by women. The fleece is being dried and then beaten, to make the wool fluffy and divide good wool from unusable matted wool and dirt...

being produced in Texas. Turkey also produces good-quality mohair. Because the goats are sheared once a year (different from South Africa), Turkey produces...

with native dark-fleeced types to produce varieties of Welsh Mountain sheep. Initially, sheep were bred for their milk and fleeces, rather than their...

finding the udder and suckling a shorn ewe. In addition, shearing the ewe before lambing can increase the quality of the fleece as wool breaking can occur...