Grooming Farm Animals

We get wool from sheep by shearing the fleece from them with cutters, but there are other reasons for relieving these animals of their covering. Even a pet sheep, whose fleece might be more of a...

Sheep shearing is very interesting to see. When I was a child I thought my Uncles were harming the sheep when shearing. I cried and tried to rescue the animal "smile", but after my...

You have spent the entire summer working with your market lamb. You’ve monitored its feeding program. You’ve carefully worked on a fitness program for optimal muscle development. In a few days, at...

Shearing a sheep is like getting a hair cut. Some sheep farmers shear their own sheep, while others hire professional shearers to do it for them. Sheep are sheared once a year, and experienced...

When you own sheep, you have to make sure to trim their hooves on a regular basis. If a sheep's hooves become overgrown they collect dirt and manure, which can cause abnormalities, hoof rot and...