Photos: Check out Shearing Day at Painted Spring Farm Alpacas

Alpacas are only shorn once a year which allows the animals to keep cool during the summer months, May 11, 2019.

Master Shearer Nathan Good carefully removes the fiber from an alpaca, May 11, 2019.

This is some of the fiber that Painted Spring Farm Alpacas harvested. It can be processed and made into yarn among other things, May 11, 2019.

To ensure the safety of everyone involved, alpacas must be restrained so they can't kick shearers, May 11, 2019.

Anthony Obin holds down an alpaca ready for shearing, May 11, 2019.

Jess Clauser collects loose fiber from around the animal, May 11, 2019.

Caleb Good holds down a particularly pleasant alpaca during Shearing Day, May 11, 2019.

This is what a completely sheared alpaca looks like. It will take a year for the fur coat to completely grow back, May 11, 2019.

Alpacas waiting to be sheared stand outside watching their friends get a fresh new haircut, May 11, 2019.

Anthony Obin clears the mat of any excess fiber before the next shearing, May 11, 2019.

An alpaca patiently waits for the shearing to end, May 11, 2019.

All together 40 alpacas were sheared, 31 from Painted Spring Farm and nine from other farms in the area. Nathan (left) and Caleb Good work on an alpaca, May 11, 2019.

The most valuable fiber on alpacas comes from the back and stomach. Shearers are very careful to avoid making any bad cuts here, May 11, 2019.

Master Shearer Nathan Good moves from alpaca to alpaca quickly but efficiently, May 11, 2019.

Useless parts of the fur coat are set aside to be thrown away later, May 11, 2019.

Some alpacas at Painted Spring Farm enjoy a quick meal before their haircut on Shearing Day, May 11, 2019.

The head is often one of the last areas to get cut during each shearing, May 11, 2019.