The Mid-Canterbury branch of the BCSBA is hosting an open day with the theme of preparing your fleeces before and after shearing, and how to look after your precious fleeces once shorn Crutching your sheep and keeping them clean all year round. Avoiding shed stain by yarding your sheep the day before shedding Separate individual…

Please bring a lunch plate to share, plates and cutlery, ideas for field days, and minutes of last AGM meeting if you have them. The meeting is at 1 pm. If you have not been to a meeting/field day yet you will find we are all friendly, with lots of information and stories to tell…

Heather Woods (North Canterbury ) would like some advice on how to use her fleeces. Heather runs a flock of commercial Texals, some pet Gotlands and Gotland /Valais sheep. It should be an interesting afternoon with our crafters who may have different ideas. Heather's son also owns the Tiny Homes production site on the property…