[Blacksheep]

We are charged £1.00 per sheep and £2.00 for rams, for about 70 med to large sheep.   Always give an extra £10 or so towards some beers.

[Dogwalker]

Last year I was charged the commercial sheep fleeces for his wool sack and I kept the coloured ones,  , I think he did 12.

This year he only had 4 to do that I couldn't manage.
 I made the mistake of telling him how much a bowmont fleece was worth so he thinks he should get paid extra for a posh ram and a shetland and castlemilk that he has to kneel down to reach.

[Old Shep]

Me I think you should go "on tour" !  Fancy doing 100 ish ewes in the Yorkshire Dales?

[Me]

Yes! You cover the fuel and I will be there! Yorkshire here we come! Can I bring Taff?

[TheSmilingSheep]

Gosh, I'm too shy to admit what we pay....more than you lot! But he has to bring a generator, and he fits our small flock into his schedule to suit us, and not a nick in sight (which is worth many pounds to me!)....

[Bramblecot]

Brendon, Your shearer was worth every penny - the sheep looked fabulous and not a trace of purple to be seen

[Me]

Well in the interests of fairness I will admit what I have been charging. £30 travel (big truck, trailer, heavy hurdles shearing gate etc) £1.50 for the first ten then £1 there after (unless they are thin/sticky, hairy, horned, long tailed, daggy and wild when it stays at £1.50!).... But if it comes to less than £40 I've charged £40 min.

There - outrageous. Yet strangely I am not a rich man...  How people charge less I don't know! They must just be a lot quicker than I am (entirely possible!) 

So Old Shep yours would work out at approx £1.35 a head..... those of you with two approx. £20 a head!

[Oopsiboughtasheep]

I paid £40 for my 4 sheep to be sheared. This included his travel, setting up, time to do them etc. He was very kind and gentle with them and no need for blue spray at all. I know that doing small numbers of sheep is a bit of a pain for some shearers but he does this specifically and I was very grateful to have someone who was nice to my sheep! Worth every penny for me.

[Melmarsh]

I'm in North Dorset, paid £50 to get him here ( same for the last 6yrs)  then for 7 , 1 ram 1 ram's friend !! And 5 wooly ewes total was £76 , so I assume £2 per ewe and £3 per male !! It's difficult getting someone who is willing to do small numbers.

[shotblastuk]

My shearer hand shears my cotswolds for the practice!! he enters competitions for hand shearing and says if he can make a good job of my cotswolds then he makes a superb job of an average fleeced ewe. Most of the ewes go to sleep during the process.it seems to have a calming effect. (we had to wake one up to get her to shift). Didn't want any money but I gave him £30 for a new pair of shears. Only a few nicks but super glued back together!!!

[Roxy]

I only have a small flock of mainly Gotlands, and the old Shetland boy.  He is going to charge me £40......and has now informed me he will either need electric or bring a generator.

[Kimbo]

"ME on tour"!!!!
My god, Bruce Springsteen, eat your heart out! 

[Me]

My shearer hand shears my cotswolds for the practice!!

A dangerous man!

[Castle Farm]

£1 per ewe and free worm drench for the lambs.

[Me]

A bit more information would be helpful for comparison purposes Castle Farm if possible; ref. £1 a sheep plus a free drench - I have four teaser rams on a field somewhere I haven't done yet, will he come and do them for me and throw in a free drench for £4?