Hello, Having a bit of a nightmare with shearing this year.
Singing shearer couldn't make it to ours to shear the little flock and I actually managed to shear the majority of them myself. Apart from one. She is a skittish thing anyway but she managed to get out of the race and pen, demolishing a wooden fence and causing a wound on her abdomen all at the same time. I managed to treat the wound by hiding in nettles and spraying and very very luckily it's healed beautifully (it was quite superficial fortunately)
My question is, as a wiltshire cross could the clumps of fleece that are falling off of her indicate that she has inherited the self shedding gene? SHe's looking quite poodle like.
I'm unable to get near her at all, she won't come to a bucket anymore and I really don't want to stress her further in this heatwave.
Any advice from wiltshire people please?