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Shroeder Shearing Shroeder Shearing provides kind and gentle shearing services for alpacas, llamas, sheep, and goats. Remove fiber in an efficient and professional manner.

Shroeder Shearing is a service started by Anne Shroeder in 2004. As a small flock owner, I discovered it was difficult to find shearers to shear my animals and so decided to dedicate myself to learning the craft. I currently shear for upwards of 400 farms each year – the flock sizes range from 1 to 100. I shear sheep, alpacas, goats, and llamas, and also do hoof trimming and (for camelids) tooth trimming. My primary goals:

Treat your animals with care and respect. I partner with experienced livestock assistants who are polite to humans and gentle with animals. A portion all proceeds of the shearing go to benefit Star Gazing Farm Animal Sanctuary.

A nice motley crew today at one of my stops. Finnsheep- full shear. Babydoll - face, bum, belly. Ancient and terribly sw...
10/14/2026

A nice motley crew today at one of my stops. Finnsheep- full shear. Babydoll - face, bum, belly. Ancient and terribly sweet Katahdin- hooves.

They always seem to need to return to the scene of the crime. Trying to figure out what just happened? Or checking to se...
10/06/2026

They always seem to need to return to the scene of the crime. Trying to figure out what just happened? Or checking to see if I’ve left already 🙃

The many moods of Percy the pig.First, hiding all 4 feet under his rather large bulk (spoiler alert, it didn’t work). Se...
10/01/2026

The many moods of Percy the pig.

First, hiding all 4 feet under his rather large bulk (spoiler alert, it didn’t work). Second, giving me the I’m going to charge at you now look. And third, smiling for the cookie and happy that his hoof trims are done. I do not specialize in doing pigs. I do them as a favor when needed. They’re very difficult, in my opinion, and hats off to the people who do it as their profession.

“OMG, honey, some lady came over and shrank our sheep!”
09/29/2026

“OMG, honey, some lady came over and shrank our sheep!”

A local farm has an alpaca with meningeal worm and the owner is unable to administer the medication so I’ve been going o...
09/18/2026

A local farm has an alpaca with meningeal worm and the owner is unable to administer the medication so I’ve been going over there every day this week. This guy is a fighter and a spitter, but we have figured out how to get along and get the safeguard down the hatch with minimal fuss. Here he is watching me drive away. I’m not sure if he’s thanking me for making him feel better or giving me the finger. Alpacas are quite inscrutable.

09/15/2026

Taken with meta glasses!

Starling, Clarice and Luca. Pretty Big Sheep — but they sheared nicely.
09/12/2026

Starling, Clarice and Luca. Pretty Big Sheep — but they sheared nicely.

So many babydolls. Babydolls are bred to be incredibly hairy. People may like this look, but it means a lot more mainten...
09/11/2026

So many babydolls. Babydolls are bred to be incredibly hairy. People may like this look, but it means a lot more maintenance for these sheep than other breeds.

They can easily go wool blind because they grow so much fiber on their face that it covers their eyes. They also can get urine scald on their pizzles and bums because their fiber is so thick, requiring a shave in these areas to open the skin to the air. They get really hard crusties in the corners of their eyes and they tend to get pockets of wax and lanolin and wool stuck inside their ears. Sometimes the glands between their toes also become clogged, in which case they have to be very gently expressed. All this means that they need maintenance in between shearings.

I do a lot of belly, bum and face shaves on babydolls in the fall!

09/09/2026

This was a big girl (Finnsheep) but she was largely quite cooperative. And what a fleece!

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Boyds, MD
20841

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(301) 755-8400

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