'Crutched' ... not Shorn

I forgot to mention that I don't shear my ewes until the end of May/first of June. It is a personal preference that just seems to work here. I do, however, have my shearer come and 'crutch' the girls so that things are cleaned up for lambing, and so that lambs have good access to udders. This will be the fourth year following this practice, and lambing has been so much easier.