It's the summertime, in the spring, the sheep are
usually sheared. At least once a year, the sheep must be stripped of
their fleece for their well-being. The reasons? First, for hygiene:
sheep shearing avoids the appearance of external parasites, and animals
are the cleanest in sheep. Having less hot, sheep eat with more
appetite and have a better body condition. Although more than one crop
of wool, sheep shearing is most essential to their health.
Although
there are still some who practice shearers shearing sheep with forces,
most of them use electric mowers sheep. In less than three minutes, the
sheep is totally stripped of its wool, then it would take 10 to 13
minutes for shearing sheep with scissors. For a herd of 200 to 300
sheep, this modern tool allows them to gain valuable time.
The
Bowen method: there are various techniques for sheep shearing,
depending on the type of race. The best known and effective method is
the Bowen, the name of a shearer in New Zealand. The sheep is then
positioned comfortably between the legs of the shearer in a sitting
position. Then the positions are linked in a specific order: on the
side, back and side. This method can remove the wool in one piece, like
an orange peel. Thus only 41 shots electric clipper, sheep are stripped
of his fleece.
To learn this technique, a 3-day training is
required. But in reality it will take years to shearer and thousands of
shorn sheep to master this method and succeed in removing the fleece in
less than 3 minutes. The world record? An Australian Dwayne Black, who
has stripped a sheep in 45.41 seconds in 2009. But the sheep shearing
is not just about speed, it must be a balance between speed, cutting
and quality of work. More than a profession, an art ...