Do sheep get more than one coat in a year, and
when do they cut the wool off ?
2007-04-11 08:34:15 · 3 answers · asked by MooDoo2007 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sheep are shorn at all times of the year. The shearers can't be everywhere at once and they travel from farm to farm to shear the flock. Consequently, the sheep can be shorn at any time. They are shorn once a year.
In areas with harsh winters, the sheep are not shorn when it is particularly cold but apart from that, any time.
2007-04-11 10:05:15 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you wear a wool sweater in summer? Neither do they. Sheep are sheered, depending on the shepard, around the end of May, beginning of June. And wool is like any other hair. Yours keeps growing after a cut, doesn't it? So does a sheep's
2007-04-11 16:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by Moon Maiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-11 17:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by J3nn@ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋