This evening I killed my shears
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 21/06/2020

With this wet warm weather it’s perfect for fly strike and it’s due to get even hotter. So I thought in the cool of the evening a perfect time to start to shear a few of my ewes. I’ve no idea when the shearers will come. Covid19 lockdown has set everything on its head. 



Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We sell, Zwartbles sheep, Zwartbles blankets and yarn made from the sheep, and calendars featuring the Cats Shepherd Bodacious and Inca the World's Smallest Sheepdog.