Sheep Shearers List for Maine

Revised September 2025

grazing sheep

This list of shearers was compiled by Livestock Educator, Rachel White 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 rachel@maine.edu or 207-667-8212 or 207-255-3345.

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

Abigial Smith
Auburn, ME 04210
207.520.8767
sheepshearing@yahoo.com

Cumberland County

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

Neil Kessler
Appalachian Custom Shearing
Scarborough, ME 04074
207.239.1411
neil@appalachianshearing.com
www.appalachianshearing.com

Franklin County

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

Kennebec County

Vernon Hicks
2 Tillerson Road
Monmouth, ME 04259
207.576.1734
vharleyboy53@hotmail.com

Knox County

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

Lincoln County

Jeff Burchstead
408 Willow Lane
Wiscasset, ME 04578
717.808.1194
buckwheatblossomfarm@gmail.com
(will travel all over Maine)

Oxford County

Wilson Giroux
154 Pig Street
Brownfield, ME 04010
207.393.7286
(Small flocks only)

Penobscot County

Stephen Lackey
63 Cates Road
Parkman, ME 04443
207.343.2013
stephen.lackey@gmail.com

Piscataquis County

Stephen Lackey
63 Cates Road
Parkman, ME 04443
207.343.2013
stephen.lackey@gmail.com

Somerset County

Stephen Lackey
63 Cates Road
Parkman, ME 04443
207.343.2013
stephen.lackey@gmail.com

Waldo County

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

Chloe Geffken
3 Fates Studio
Lincolnville, ME 04849
207.930.9349
chloe.g.weaves@gmail.com

York County

Erik Grove
754 Elm Street
Parsonsfield, ME 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, ME 04974
207.322.4601
ediekershner@yahoo.com

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

New Hampshire

Gwen Hinman
P.O. Box 26
Acworth, NH 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.