But the mess in her fleece only got worse as winter wore on. Unfortunately, I bought 200 bales of hay, last summer, that were apparently full of burdock! GRRRrrr
I knew it was supposed to be a gorgeous day today so I planned on picking burdock out of fleeces and trimming feet on a few of the girls...
First I had to get everything ready. One bucket for putting the burdocks in. One for any fleece that I plucked off and wanted to keep. A scissor, foot trimmer, and hand shears. My camera, a dog brush and comb, halters, the sheep "chair" and a stool for me to sit on. And, of course, COOKIES. BLUFF COUNTRY ANGEL volunteered to go first...
It took me a close to an hour to get all the burrs picked out. I had to use the dog brush on some areas where the burrs just split into little slivers that I couldn't pick out of the ends of her fleece. Angel was SO good!
Her "reward" (in addition to about a pound of cookies!) was a pedicure!
Somehow, Angel didn't really seem to appreciate the pedicure all that much.
I managed to get FIVE ewes done today! I had only planned on doing three. I figured that would be enough to wear me out. But Sera and Rosie were hanging around so I figured I may as well do them while they were right there anyway.
:-(
I have often thought of buying one of those sheep chairs from Premier but always wondered how well people liked them....any advice? Looks like you were productive!!!
ReplyDeleteAngel IS a beautiful girl!
ReplyDeleteLMAO Nancy! You crack me up! Sunshine = sheep picking, Rain = taxes. THAT WAS NOT what I was thinking and you got me completely off guard! LOL
ReplyDeleteThese sunny days DO make a person feel good don't they?
I spotted the Miracle Grow bucket...now I know how come you grow the prettiest sheep! The secret's out Nancy.
ReplyDeleteSSSSSSSHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Great makeover! Those girls look great.
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness Nancy, the before and after is unbelievable. Good job.
ReplyDeleteNancy,
ReplyDeleteWow, you really got a lot done and they look wonderful! Wish I could've been there, but at least at work I got to do inventory this afternoon--it was due anyway and it got me outside to the storage garages--it was HARD to sit inside at a desk in this nice weather. Tomorrow I clean house and babysit grandkids. I heard we might get snow Sunday but I'll wait and see. Are the hoofs you are trimming same ones we did last fall--some look like the same. How are they looking?
Terry
Angel is beautiful! You had a lot of work to do on her - great job! I have no idea how much work is involved in cleaning stuff out of fleece or trimming hooves (I can't even cut my cat's nails!), but I think I'd much rather do that than taxes...
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Great Job!
ReplyDeleteYour sheep are all so beautiful Nancy. I love pedicures too :)
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