Shearing Services
I strive to offer both education and shearing services. During a shearing session, I'm happy to skirt fleeces, evaluate quality, and offer advice on best practices for improving clip and general health evaluations.
I also do shearing demonstrations! If you'd like to host a shearing demo day, I have my own PA system and can speak extensively about the shearing process in terms people can understand, and make wool more accessible a topic to those who might not be familiar with it.
I'm located outside of Philadelphia, but am generally willing to travel up to 2 hours away from Montgomery County. Locations outside of that band will require an additional fee, to be determined at time of quote. I also accept payment partially in fiber at my discretion.
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My price list is as follows. Note that it may change at any time, but once I quote a price it will remain the same unless one of the incidental fees applies (in italics, determined at time of shearing or during).
Pre-Shearing Fees
Setup
- $80/location if you're my only trip that day
- $60/location and lower if you can coordinate with others or I'm already in the area.
Sheep/Goats
Shearing
- $10-15/animal
- Prices are determined on site, and influenced by several factors. I will try to give a range ahead of time
- Do the animals have horns or full tails?
- Are any of the animals lambs, rams, or wethers?
- Are the animals Southdown influenced (i.e., with greater than normal fiber coverage)?
- $50/hour on site if the animals are not contained prior to my arrival
- Contained means in a small catch pen, next to a location where I can set up my station
- This is for my safety and the animals' comfort, chasing animals means they're less relaxed during shearing, and means they're sweatier which makes it harder and more dangerous to shear
- This is also so I can ensure my timely arrival either back at home, or at the next job!
Wellness
- $5/animal hoof trim
- $20/animal crutched
Example
You have 5 sheep, 4 of which need just hooves trimmed, 1 of which needs shearing and a trim. I have no other appointments in that area that day.
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