Successful first lamb roast!
Meat was fall off the bone good! Lots of garlic cloves inserted into the meat followed by an olive oil rub down and a dry rub of kosher salt, pepper, cumin, dill, rosemary, and paprika. Marinated in fresh lemon juice and olive oil. Added some local smoked sausage and...
Thanks! I was surprised they bred early this year. It was 29 degrees this morning and the two day old lambs weren’t even phased. One male, one female. I’ve got three banded from the first of the year but they are small compared to the rest of the flock. The one red I left intact is full size...
Still
Waiting on lambs to drop, but here’s some updates. Got chickens now, eggs are plentiful. Built some new barn doors out of cypress for the old tobacco barn. Sheep are driving me crazy with their demand for sheep feed as there udders are swollen and any day I’m waiting to see new little ones.
I have five ewes and one ram. I found a new ram last September and he was young at the time, so we'll see what comes of it. The ewes are large sized and "Lambo" the ram is rather small in stature with one small horn but his temperament is very mellow. He got beat up by the ewes for the first...
Very cool!
I've only got a few Katahdin ewe's so far and they are very tame, more like pets. My sheep guy unfortunately passed away last year so I've been looking for a suitable ram for breeding in September. Three ewes were born on the farm and the other two were from the sheep guy. I'm...