Well the sheep have been done. Decided to bring them indoors for a couple of hours prior; didn’t want to leave them in a pen in the sun. Took a long while to get most of them in there and then on finally getting the last one on the pathway in was mortified to see I’d left a gate open after fetching the others some water
Needless to say sheep decided against joining the others and bolted out into the yard, up the track, and far away. Long story short, we got her back, and by God I will NEVER leave a line of hurdles unchecked again. In fact I will check them twice and once more to be sure.
After all that the shearing went painlessly. He was very good, said they were a bit wild but I had given a heads up and as he said they’re still only young. They all did really well and only a couple tried to give him a run for his money. He recommended maybe Clik-ing them a little less than a month due to our position. Now they look rather odd! Not sure what we’re going to grab hold of when we need to get them next time!