Ok, so we are still reeling in shock from the little skinny deer/sphynx animals that came out from underneath the boys' fleece. It was the girls' turn next, but the shearer said that only Malibu, Vodka and Kayjay needed shearing - the others didn't have enough fleece!
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| Kayjay - 'What's going on? What happened to YOU Sherman? |
Lucky for some? Well apparently not, as all of the girls were manacled for their injections, drench and toenails regardless of being shorn or not. I expected some bad, spitty behaviour, but the girls all suprised us with only Vodka crying (no spitting), and Aqua uttering a few moans.
So, next up was Kayjay...
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| Kayjay - before |
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| KayJay revealed! |
Allie and Maddie had their fringes trimmed...
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| Allie - 'Just a little off the fringe please' |
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| Allie - 'Not too bad!' |
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| Maddie - 'well if I'm not to be sheared then just a little off the front please.' |
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| Maddie - 'WHAT??? My life is ruined!!! I don't even have any eyebrows!! ARGHHHH!' |
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Then it was big Vodka's turn...
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| Vodka - the shearer said ' she's a big 'un!' |
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| Vodka - revealed!!! |
The shearer was especially careful with putting Malibu down. He checked her over carefully and announced that we had a few weeks to go yet! We all heaved a HUGE sigh of relief!
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| Malibu - before with 2yrs of fleece |
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| Malibu carefully stretched out for shearing - Shades of Grey? LOL!! |
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| Malibu - revealed!! |
Well! It's all still quite shocking, for us and the Alpacas! We didn't realise that we had such skinny minnies under there. I always thought our animals were a little 'over-loved' with food, as they are nothing like the svelte creatures that I see on other blogs, but now I feel like I have to feed them up! How are those legs supposed to support anything?
These are just a few more photos of our half-sheared herd...
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| Some of the crew before...Voddy, Boo, Sherman and Hamish |
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| Hamish - 'I feel sooo light, I can feel the sun...' |
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| Sherman - 'I feel stupid, I mean look at me...fluffy ears and feet?? Not really macho!' |
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| KayJay (back) 'What happened?' Vodka - 'This is going to take sooo long to explain to her (mutters under her breath)!' |
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| Malibu - 'I look like a pregnant Posh Spice - I'm still gorgeous!' |
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| Sherman - 'Hello!!! I'm over here between these blades of grass!!' |
I love shearing time (if not the actual process ) they all just look so cute naked. I remember that our lack of resistance to making our first alpaca purchase was due to seeing newly shorn alpacas!
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