Lambs
We sell lambs once they have matured to market weight, typically in the range of 45-55 pounds. This provides an average of 30-35 pounds of meat once dressed and packaged.
There are several options based upon preference for purchasing your lamb. Most folks choose to slaughter and dress their lamb onsite themselves. We provide facilities and dispose of the waste. If you would like to have a butcher package the meat for you, there are options of travel butchers who come to our farm or we can take your purchased lamb to a local butcher in town.
Pricing varies depending on weight of the lamb and choice of preparation. Our lambs have been certified kosher and halal.
Additional information about buying lamb, the American Lamb Board is a great resource:
Breeding Ewes
If you are interested in starting a new flock or adding new breeding ewes to an existing flock, we can help you. Our ewes are from 3 sourced flocks in the local area and all have born lambs in the past year.
To help make sure we have a healthy mix and are preventing any chance of inbreeding, we are often selling or trading breeding ewes. Our ewes are organic grass fed and have not been exposed to animals with disease or swine.
About the Breed: American Blackbelly
The American Blackbelly sheep is a hair sheep, originally developed by crossbreeding programs involving primarily Mouflon and Barbados Blackbelly. They are a thrifty, energetic, small- to medium-sized sheep with a strong flocking instinct. It is well adapted to a broad range of environments, breeding goals, and management styles. On the farm, it is desired for its productivity and thriftiness, great prolificacy, and fairly low maintenance.
In addition to the continued economic importance of trophy rams, the American Blackbelly is adaptable to many management programs and objectives. It is capable of uses ranging from biological weed management owing to its foraging capabilities, to exotic, exceptionally delicious gourmet lamb. This sheep produces a lean, fine-grained, and mild meat, highly suited to the production of gourmet lamb or the religious holiday small lamb market. It also is popular with herding dog enthusiasts.
Reference: http://www.blackbellysheep.org