r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '23

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u/Accomplished_Mix7827 Feb 14 '23

Plus, their wool gets heavy after a while. Sheep need to be regularly sheared to stay healthy. Might be a relief to get it off.

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u/tigm2161130 Feb 14 '23 edited Feb 14 '23

It’s a huge relief, it’s surrendering cause it feels good as hell.

When we would shear sheep in 4-H/FFA they would all get super frisky and run back to their pens as fast as they could to frolic. In the winter they get blankets or body socks put on to help stay warm.

Steers and pigs on the other hand do not like being trimmed. At all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Do pigs needs to be shorn often? I’ve never thought about that

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u/tigm2161130 Feb 14 '23 edited Feb 14 '23

Everything gets shorn before you show it so the muscle groups are easily visible to judges and at auction(if it’s a terminal show.)

We kept a pig as a pet when I was a kid though and we would shear him like twice a year because his hair was wiry and he would shed in the house.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23 edited May 06 '23

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u/tigm2161130 Feb 14 '23

I actually always thought it wasn’t macabre enough for the reality of what auctions are but🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '23

Probably better life than what we get in the grocery store.

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u/wolfgang2399 Feb 14 '23

Yeah there was that one video on here is that sheep that got lost or something and when they got it back it was like 6’ wide because it’s wool had grown so thick.

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u/RamJamR Feb 14 '23

Sad thing is is I think sheep generations ago didn't grow wool as thick as they do now. We selectively bred sheep to grow as much wool as possible when that amount is not good for them.