These two little woolly freeloaders have taken up residence in the hay feeder. I guess when you're a lamb, nothing says "home sweet home" like lying smack in the middle of your lunch. They're nestled in there like a couple of baked rolls in a bread basket—cozy, content, and completely unbothered.
Good thing sheep are vegetarians or we might have to start questioning who’s on the menu tonight. “Hey, Frank, does this thing come with mint jelly?”
And before you start wondering if I’ve been feeding my chickens growth hormones, no, the hen in the foreground isn’t a giant mutant escapee from a sci-fi movie. That’s just your good ol’ trick of perspective—she's closer to the camera, not auditioning for a role in Attack of the 50-Foot Chicken. The lambs aren’t tiny either—they're just tucked into their hay bunk like a couple of farm-raised hobbits.
Life on the farm… where scale is a suggestion and dinner may or may not be walking around with a name.
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When I was growing up, every summer we would go to visit my grandparents. In that town, on July 24th every year (pioneer day) they would have a mutton fry. Mutton is so greasy, and has such a strong flavor, that it has ruined my taste for lamb. Those two little fellas can rest peacefully when I'm around. :)
It depends on the breed of sheep. Hair sheep, such as Katahdins, have a VERY mild flavor both as lambs and as mutton. The strong greasy flavor comes from the lanolin in the fleece that gets into the meat. The older the lamb/sheep, the stronger the flavor. Hair and shedding sheep such as Katahdins and Dorpers don't have fleece and lanolin so it doesn't give them a strong flavor. It also depends on how they're raised. Mine are totally grass fed, no grain, so they don't get fat. Don't cross all lamb off the menu till you've tried these breeds, grass-fed. I don't like most lamb either, but Katahdin and Dorper lamb, and mutton, is the best. All my customers say the same - they've got relatives who hate lamb/mutton but when they eat what my customers buy from me they quickly change their minds. Many have called me to order their own.
They are so sweet. Just adorable.
Lambs are so cute
I had a friend growing up that raised chickens
one of them laid a HUGE egg
and she named that chicken 'Horse'
it made it to the newspaper with a picture of the egg
maybe Horse was related to Godzillachicken (o:
I have to admit I do love lamb........I just try not to associate the meat at the butcher's with the beautiful babies
hmmmmm that does seem kind of hypocritical, huh?
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