a champion sheep shearer to give chris a much needed hair cut. the weight of the fleece was pulling on the skin. so in part i today double cut it and get the weight of the fleece off it and come back out with the skin so it doesn t cut the sheep. almost 45 minutes of careful cutting, this is the result. a massive pile of fleece. unofficially a woolly world record. this fleece weighs 40.5 kilos. 4.5 kilos. the average fleece after 12 months of growing would be 5 kilos. so it is quite amazing. i rec wreckon the sheep was about seven years old and never sheered before. as the media started asking us about the world record that we were even close. this is chris now. looking much lighter and apparently feeling better too. he seemed very happy. and the vet were quite pleased