You would think that with a huge flock of just three Ouessant sheep that it would not be so hard to hand shear them - well you wouldn't believe just how tiring (and satisfying) it can be.
As we've only the three, it is just not financially sensible to have them professionally done - nor is it sensible to spend hundreds of Euros on electric clippers. So the decision was made to do it the old fashioned way - by hand.
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