East End: Spring on a Farm is Sheep-Shearing Time
“They have to get the wool off. They don’t shed. So as much as there’s a lot of discussion about it, to me it’s completely unhealthy to leave their coat on,” says sheep shearer Tabbethia Haubbold.
Twice a year, Mattituck farm Browder’s Birds gets their sheep sheared. It takes about two days to shear 21 sheep.
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