Category Archives: sheep
Lambing Season for 2015 is now done..
Well unless Ice breed very late in the season and finally caught on her last heat, I have been told that being a wool sheep and the breeds that she is that she will not cycle out of season, and … Continue reading
Freezing colostrum aka “Liquid Gold”
Its a great idea to freeze up one lambs worth of colostrum just to be on the safe side, ewes only produce Colostrum of the best quality for around the first 24 hours, but it does take three full days … Continue reading
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Tagged Colustrum from sheep, ewe, Freezing Colustrum for lambs, milking sheep, Sheep Milk
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Sheep Milking 101Review
I was asked when I would be able to do a sheep milking demo or class, and I can and will work on getting a video together for this but till then, I will do a detailed write up to … Continue reading
First Lamb has arrived..
Thankfully we got our Sweet Dirty Face Girl into a jug three days ago, very good timing considering this deep and bitter cold.. I like sockhop if this wee lamb is a ewe but a winter name would work as … Continue reading
Baby Lamb Photo Love
The older lambs are going so fast and they are all eating hay and chewing their cud these days, the younger ones are part of the baby mob, and still more new ones have joined us in the past days.. … Continue reading
Catalogs starting to come in now.. Got Sheep? Like Wool?
This past week my garden catalogs have started coming in and some of the new an amazing fruit trees and veggies are looking just wonderful but this post is all about my new woolgrowers catalog. If you have never heard … Continue reading
Homemade Paper Making using Sheep Manure
Had a couple really great questions and comments on my first post about making homemade paper using Cow Manure, along with a few great ideas. So one of them was that in the UK they sell Welsh Sheep Poo Paper, … Continue reading
Posted in Carfts an Hobbies, sheep
Tagged crafts, Garden, Hobbies, Homemade Paper, manure, sheep
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Lamb Milk Replacers
If you have sheep for any length of time, you will have one or two bottle lambs, or more.. I know of at least one person that has a deal for one of our local farm’s bottle lambs, she takes them … Continue reading
Charcutepalooza February- Guanciale
I decided to keep it both tradional and yet mix it up a little at the same time. While we have often made our own homemade bacon, I have always used the pork Jowl as part of our head cheese, … Continue reading
Posted in Charcuterie, raw milk, sheep
Tagged Charcuterie, Food Production and Recipes, sheep, Sheep Milk
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Chilled Lambs
Well, it snowed here all day yesterday and looks like a bit though the night as well, its cold but typical for the time of year, but the windchill add’s quite a bit to it.. This was a well broke … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 