Little snippits of life on a working farm in the Pacific Northwest.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Angora Goat Shearing
Here is Cinnamon, he's a 3 year old Angora goat with a lot of lovely curls! Angora goats give mohair, many of us know of mohair sweaters as being not only warm but soft and light to wear but not many of us know where that mohair comes from!
Here you can see I've started shearing from his back side forward, and you can see the soft fuzzy side of his curley coat. And here he is with his completed summer crew cut so he can go out and impress the ladies all summer with how cool he is!
I'm an old programmer turned computer tech who decided to give up my commuter car for a farm with a truck, my second car is a tractor! Now I spend time taking care of the animals, my family, and in the middle of all that I sometimes get to do something for me!
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