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🐑🐑 Breeding Decisions 2025 🐑🐑
Our 2024 lamb crop was amazing!!!
Every ewe had a ewe lamb and one had twin ewe lambs!
Our herd exploded from 10 ewes to 21 ewes!!!
Some thoughtful culling was in order!
If a ewe had ever needed lambing assistance-culled!
If she did not produce twins after her first year-culled
If she had ever rejected one of her lambs-culled
If her lambs needed feeding assistance because she was older and her teats were now too low-culled
If she wanted to eat grass in the wrong pasture-culled
If she consistently threw lambs with straight fiber-culled
If the suspensory ligament on her udder was weakening-culled
I culled rams too!!!
If his name appeared more than twice on a 5 generation pedigree-culled
If he was hard to lead on a leash-culled
If almost every ewe in the herd was his sister-culled
I ended up with 2 rams and 12 ewes, which some would say is the perfect sized herd.
However, lambing is underway. We already have 8 ewe lambs and 8 ram lambs. At this point, I am wondering if I need to open my closed herd and purchase an unrelated ram. Or learn to do artificial insemination.
I have reached many of my herd goals: All white wooly fiber, all teats pointing downward, all animals easy to work with (no wild flighty beasts), most tails are wool free, most ewes have long ears which seem to stand up better to the desert sun, and no lambing issues.
Update June 2025
Meet Beltane!!! This is my new ram! I was worried that I would not find a ram with good fiber, a mother with a good udder, long ears, a perfect tail and nice straight legs, but I did!!! Thank you so much Caroleena for this beautiful ram!!!
He's sure to continue my breeding goals and improve the herd!
Wide Chest
Wide Chest
Love the "make-up' around his eyes,
Straight front legs
Straight front legs
Long ears to stand up to the desert sun,
No wool on his tail
No wool on his tail
And curly fiber that goes from neck to butt.
Lambs 2025
Why Sheep Milk?
My journey toward sheep milk started when 2 of my children were sensitive to milk from the store!!!
My journey toward sheep milk started when 2 of my children were sensitive to milk from the store!!!
After many trips to the dermatologist and being told they were allergic to all kinds of things,
After many trips to the dermatologist and being told they were allergic to all kinds of things,
I decided to try goat milk and see if it made a difference.
I decided to try goat milk and see if it made a difference.
It did!!
It did!!
Within days the children's' eczema was clearing up.
Within days the children's' eczema was clearing up.
But buck goats smell bad!!!
But buck goats smell bad!!!
And goats love to get out of their pens and jump on your car!!!
And goats love to get out of their pens and jump on your car!!!
So we tried A2A2 milk cows!
So we tried A2A2 milk cows!
Yay! No more eczema!
Yay! No more eczema!
And no more dents in the car!
And no more dents in the car!
But cows are big and bulls are scary!
But cows are big and bulls are scary!
And it takes 2 years for a calf to produce milk.
And it takes 2 years for a calf to produce milk.
While waiting for our 2nd cow to produce a calf and give us milk,
While waiting for our 2nd cow to produce a calf and give us milk,
I discovered Milk Sheep!
I discovered Milk Sheep!
And now look at the treats my family can enjoy!!!
And now look at the treats my family can enjoy!!!
Fresh Sheep Milk
Fresh Sheep Milk
Rich and creamy sheep milk is one of the most digestible foods. People like myself, who are sensitive to milk products can tolerate sheep milk. The taste is similar to whole cow milk only sweeter.
Sheep Milk Kefir
Sheep Milk Kefir
Kefir is a fermented milk that is even more digestible than fresh milk. If you add a little fruit and sweetener, it becomes a health shake to rival the best out there.
Cream Cheese
Cream Cheese
The cream cheese pictured has been frozen and thawed and the texture is as good as freshly made. Cream cheese is made with whole milk + extra cream. Sheep milk is already super creamy! Strawberry cream cheese is one of my very favorite things!!!
Butter
Butter
Yes butter!!! The first cream I separated was as thick as paste, but I have figured out how to get thinner cream which makes delicious cultured butter in just a few minutes. Cream from our milk cow sometimes took 5 hours to turn to butter!!!
Sheep milk is rich and creamy. Rams smell fine and are small and manageable. And no more eczema!!!
Sheep milk is rich and creamy. Rams smell fine and are small and manageable. And no more eczema!!!
Questions?
Questions?
Sally@BriarPatchCreamery.com
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