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 ...

This three-day event celebrates traditional UK-style sheep farming and showcases a variety of hill sheep breeds, sheepdog ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

Seth Jenkins grabs a black-faced Suffolk sheep around the neck and with Billie Fowler nudging from behind, they lead the nearly 200-lb animal onto a plywood board. The friends maneuver the ewe onto ...

Man shearing a sheep in stall at headquarters of the San Emigdio Ranch, Kern County, Calif. C. 1890. Marking freshly shorn sheep. Malheur County, Oregon, ca. 1941. Sacks of wool at sheep shearing time ...

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 ...

Hundreds of students, parents and teachers gathered at the Museum of Appalachia in Clinton on Friday for an annual day of sheep shearing, presented by the museum to help educate people about the ...

New Yorkers, prepare to get fleeced—in the best way possible. The 14th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival returns to Queens County Farm Museum this Sunday, May 18, from 10am to 5pm, with a full day of ...