Sheep Shearers List for Maine

Revised March 2024

grazing sheepThis list of shearers was compiled by Assistant Extension Professor and State Livestock Specialist Colt Knight, for the Maine Sheep Breeders Association and other sheep and wool growers in Maine. It is meant to be distributed to the public. Please send additions and corrections to colt.knight@maine.edu or call 207.581.2953.

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Information on this webpage is provided purely for educational purposes. No responsibility is assumed for any problems associated with the use of products or services mentioned on this webpage. No endorsement of products or companies is intended, nor is criticism of unnamed products or companies implied.

Sheep Shearers by County, Region or State:

Androscoggin County

Abigail Smith
Auburn, Maine  04210
207.520.8767
sheepshearing@yahoo.com

Cumberland County

Roger Link
2 Sunset Lane
Gorham, Maine 04038
207.839.4693
(four southern counties only)

Brandon Woolley
58 Mountain Road
East Baldwin, Maine 04024
207.838.5383
thewoolleyfarm@gmail.com

Franklin County

Dave Averill
115 Cape Cod Hill Road
New Sharon, Maine 04955
207.778.9421
saverill48@yahoo.com

Kennebec County

Vernon Hicks
2 Tillerson Road
Monmouth, Maine 04259-7213
207.576.1734
vharleyboy53@hotmail.com

Knox County

Arla Casselman
91 Tolman Road
Warren, Maine  04864
207.832.1284
arlacasselman@gmail.com

Lincoln County

Jeff Burchstead
408 Willow Lane
Wiscasset, Maine 04578
207.882.8082
buckwheatblossomfarm@gmail.com
(will travel all over Maine)

Emily Garnett
103 Goose Hill Road
Jefferson, Maine 04348
207.549.5954
emilyagarnett@gmail.com

Oxford County

Wilson Giroux
154 Pig Street
Brownfield, Maine 04010
207.393.7286

Waldo County

Edith Kershner
CCShearing & Shoes
29 Porter Road
Searsport, Maine 04974
207.322.4601
ediekershner@yahoo.com

York County

Erik Grove
754 Elm Street
Parsonsfield, Maine 04047
207.625.7100
erik@someforest.com
(Oxford, Cumberland and York Counties, New Hampshire)

All of Maine and New England

Ellen Forbes
29 Shepard Lane
New Gloucester, ME  04260
shearnewengland@gmail.com

Edith Kershner
CCShearing & Shoes
29 Porter Road
Searsport, Maine 04974
207.322.4601
ediekershner@yahoo.com

Vernon Hicks
2 Tillerson Road
Monmouth, Maine 04259-7213
207.576.1734
vharleyboy53@hotmail.com

New Hampshire

Gwen Hinman
P.O. Box 26
Acworth, New Hampshire 03601
603.835.6038
gwenched@hotmail.com

Information on this webpage is provided purely for educational purposes. No responsibility is assumed for any problems associated with the use of products or services mentioned on this webpage. No endorsement of products or companies is intended, nor is criticism of unnamed products or companies implied.