MANKATO — Joe Domeier vividly remembers the first time he sheared a sheep over 15 years ago, and it wasn’t pretty. “The very first sheep I sheared was my own and it was just brutal,” Domeier laughed. ...

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YORK COUNTY — Dottie the Sheep kicked, thrashed and bleated through the process as her wool was sheared Saturday, stopping only briefly to nibble at a patch of grass. The sheep shearers bent and ...

When it comes to competitive sheep competitions at the New York State Fair, it's all about the condition and grooming of the sheep's wool -- and for some breeds, the way a sheep looks when all its ...

Cup of coffee in hand, Jim Barnett takes a break from shearing Brian Iburg's sheep. They seem unaware of the change, however, as they mill around the barn. It's hard to hear over the bleating, which ...

The Maryland Sheep Breeders Association Inc. hosted Sheep Shearing School on Friday at the Ridgely Thompson Farm in Westminster. “This is one of the oldest shearing schools in the nation,” said Aaron ...

Meet Chris. He's a sheep who had the fortune (or bad luck, depending on how you look at it) to elude shearers in Australia for about five years before he was finally captured earlier this week. Good ...

Who knew a future British king and queen might need to shear sheep? British fans of the rural lifestyle now know their future monarch can wield the shaver like a pro, and his wife only a little less ...

Indiana is home to roughly 2,000 sheep farms and over 50,000 head of sheep, making the state number 28 for sheep production in the U.S. Even with Indiana’s bountiful flocks, however, it’s unlikely you ...