What is “Salad Bar” lamb?
Unlike many ‘grass fed’ systems that feed grass hay and still finish their animals on corn, our lambs are intensively rotated on fresh pasture, usually every 1-2 days. They are never fed any grain whatsoever and constantly receive a bountiful buffet of fresh green forage, hence the term “Salad Bar Lamb.” We don’t use any chemicals in our pasture, and …
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Come on out to the farm for Sheep Shearing Day 2017 on Saturday April 8th! Watch as our rare Gulf Coast Native sheep get their spring “haircuts” and see our baby lambs. Shearing will begin at 10 in the morning, … Continue reading
Come on out to the farm for Sheep Shearing Day 2017 on Saturday April 8th! Watch as our rare Gulf Coast Native sheep get their spring “haircuts” and see our baby lambs. Shearing will begin at 10 in the morning, … Continue reading
From now through November 30, anyone who buys one or more skeins of our yarn will get a FREE bar of goat’s milk soap!! Our yarn is chemical and dye free; it comes in 4 oz/236 yard skeins of 2 ply … Continue reading
Last weekend (September 3rd) my younger brother Timothy and I took our 3 market lambs to the county youth livestock show. Because our heritage Gulf Coast Native sheep don’t necessarily conform to industry standards, we […] MORE via 2016 York County Fall … Continue reading
This spring and summer season has been a very busy one down here at the farm. I had 9 goat kids and 2 lambs born, my sheep flock has expanded to 6 members (2 rams and 4 ewes), and I have raised … Continue reading
As the breeding season is coming into full swing, it’s time to start thinking about next spring’s babies! I will be getting our 2016 kidding schedule up by November to start accepting reservations. We are offering stud service with our … Continue reading
Here are some pictures from around Thames Farm, where I am working this summer! Registered Berkshire hogs Grass-fed Cattle Dorper/Katahdin cross sheep Pastured turkeys Broiler chicks Charlie the LGD, Nubian dairy goats, pasture views, horses … Continue reading