We have made the jump to the sheep business today! Quarles farm made the purchase of four Katahdin ewe lambs this morning and have brought them home to the farm. We also purchased four ram lambs that we will be selling for meat later this fall. We chose Katahdin sheep for our herd because they are a meat based breed with great mothering ability and best of all they have hair instead of wool. So we don’t have to worry about shearing sheep. Katahdin sheep are also very tolerant of heat and humidity which as we all know is a summer time staple here in the Bluegrass state. All our future ewes are twins so we are looking forward to having four sets of twins next year since twining is a very heritable trait with sheep and something that we desire.
We have two red, one white and one black and white ewe, the ram lambs are all white with the exception of one which is black. The ram lambs are going to be offered for sale at a later date at our farmer markets outlets or by special order. In the area of pasture management cattle and sheep compliment each other in that cattle eat mostly grass and sheep enjoy mostly weeds in addition of some grass. Having raised Lankins the lamb earlier this year we are looking forward to have little lambs next spring in addition to our spring calving run.
We have two red, one white and one black and white ewe, the ram lambs are all white with the exception of one which is black. The ram lambs are going to be offered for sale at a later date at our farmer markets outlets or by special order. In the area of pasture management cattle and sheep compliment each other in that cattle eat mostly grass and sheep enjoy mostly weeds in addition of some grass. Having raised Lankins the lamb earlier this year we are looking forward to have little lambs next spring in addition to our spring calving run.