A month or so ago, I did a post on raising your own lamb for meat production. We have since had our butcher out and had a couple big days of creating and preserving our meat! WARNING - if you don't like the gory details and pics, don't read on! Most people who raise meat […]
Raising your own lambs for meat can be a very fulfilling enterprise. Not only do you get the fun part of managing your livestock and watching the lambs grow, but home produced meat is a lot cheaper (and I believe TASTIER!!) than what you buy in the supermarket. There is a lot to consider, however […]
We have had a set of 4 lambs born to the one ewe! This is so rare, certainly the first time for us! She was right near the gate to our sheep yards, with no other ewes close by – so I’m sure they are all hers. She is happily letting them all drink too, […]
We put the Rams out with the ewes on New Years Day, every year (occasionally the next day, depending on the night before!!). This has them ready for lambing on June 1st. For the last couple of months the nutrition of the ewes is crucial to the success of lambing. Ideally the ewes that are […]
So we have five orphaned lambs now! The original one, Mischeifa, is going great. He’s grown lots, and is really fit and healthy. The second two lambs we got were named Bobby, and Boris. They were both found off by themselves on different days, and quite weak. Not sure why – we have had a […]
We had another lovely day yesterday (today is exceptionally cold, rainy and windy!! Great winter weather), so I couldn’t resist grabbing my camera as I headed out to check the lambing ewes. Look away now if you don’t like gory/ unfortunate photos. This little lamb has had its tail bitten off by a fox. […]
Our ewes started lambing about three weeks ago. They are actually due to start on the 1st June ( because we put the rams in on New Years Day, and they have a 6 month gestation period). However they always seem to start about a week early. I try and get around the ewes at […]
Our first lambs have been born. I know it happens every year, but its always very exciting to see those first ones. After six weeks of checking them morning and night in the cold and wet, I’ll be over it, but right now, it’s exciting. These are a little set of twins. They were born […]