Organic Sheep
We have two different breeds of sheep They all live outside apart from when they come in for lambing. They occupy approximately 400 acres.
Lleyns
We have 700 ewes, 14 rams and anticipate 1,120 lambs between the months of April and May. The breed originates from the Lleyn peninsula in Wales. Until recently they were not found far from their home range and at one point were listed as a rare breed. They have the traditional white wool and no horns.
Lleyns are quiet in nature, prolific and make good mothers with plenty of milk. The Lleyn do well grazing our herbal leys of over 30 clovers and herbs, and they form an integral part of our rotational grazing system. They produce exceptionally fine meat and a slightly bigger carcass than the Hebridean.
Hebrideans
We have 280 ewes, 4 rams and anticipate 322 lambs between the months of April and May. Hebrideans produce a small carcass but it is the best tasting of our lambs, being very tender and succulent.
This ancient breed of sheep originates from Scotland and the Western Isles; they are thought to be descended from Neolithic sheep.
Hebridean sheep are fine-boned with flowing horns and black fleeces, giving them an attractive and unusual appearance. Both sexes can have two or more horns and although the fleece is black it can become sun bleached to brown. Some sheep can also go grey with age, particularly on the hindquarters and hand spinners and weavers seek selected fleeces on this basis.
Comparison Chart
|
Breed |
Lambing |
Lambing |
Average age |
Average |
|
Lleyns |
One |
165% |
5 months |
19 Kg |
|
Hebridean |
One |
115% |
11 months |
13 Kg |
| Types of Feed | Cost of Feed |
|
Grass Home grown cereals at lambing time |
All sheep are fed with home produced feed therefore there is no purchase cost for bought feed. |