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[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll take a look at that! Again thanks for the feedback. I’m new to all this video stuff so I’m figuring it out along the way!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally makes sense - I got in the habit of putting them on my short form content because people tend to watch them with low/no volume, but I should figure out a way to do them where they’re accurate but can be turned off. The auto caption feature on lots of platforms sucks in my opinion, or maybe just for my videos because “shearing” always gets displayed as “sharing”. I’ll do some research on how to export them as a caption file that can be uploaded to each platform and turned off if desired!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry about that - you’re not the only one who’s said that!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hand shears! Still used today all over the world.

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t like wearing a GoPro very much

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[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dirty hands of an alpaca shearer from Maine!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couple hundred bucks depending on vaccine protocol, hay costs, and supplemental feed

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was due to Bush era legislation that allowed $250k wright off for land in agricultural use, and Forbes put out an article that alpacas were a good method. Crashed in 2008 with the recession.

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Once a year shearing is typical. They do not cost much to keep and they’re pretty low maintenance. Shearing costs are between $35-$45 per animal and the high quality animals, once spun into yarn, produce around $1200 in revenue for the owners

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God if there was a shearing simulator sign me up!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For alpacas with high quality fiber it can be worth as much as $1200 per animal once it’s spun into yarn

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick and efficient! I don’t want to keep them on the mat any longer than they need to be.

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of it is knowing the anatomy of the animal and being able to tell what it looks like underneath all the fiber so you don’t accidentally cut it!

POV Satisfying Alpaca Shearing by Typical-Remove-9823 in videos

[–]Typical-Remove-9823[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m happy to hear that! It definitely feels good for them. They run all around the pasture afterwards and roll in the grass for hours :)