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When I was at MSU I took a class that Ray Ansotegui (Gosh, spelled way wrong, sorry Ray)and Pat Hatfield taught... ARNR 210 or something like that and Pat talked about it a bit.. No ryhm or reason, said they would process there own out at the station and full sibllings would taste totally different..
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Guess what? You spelled it right! Congrats!!! :D :wink:

He's coming over to help us preg test next weekend....hopefully he can bring Linda, love that gal! :D
 
I took a class or two with Linda.. She was going back to school while I was out there. She was a super nice lady.. Didn't really get to know her well but she was always nice. I will have to do the happy dance for spelling Ray's name right, lol.
 
Nice pix, Katy!!! While I admit to knowing NADA about sheep, pictures of lambs are always enough to make me go "AWWWW"!! :D :D :D alot like calving season here, you always look so very forward to seeing the new babes running around and enjoying the sunshine!! got a question for ya.....how are away is your nearest neighbor??? Ya'll look alot like us...pretty isolated!! Just the way I like it!! Nice when it's so peaceful and quiet that you can hear each cow in the pasture "moo" when you are doing the 2 a.m. checks on the "heavies" in the stalls!! :D :D :D
 
well lambs are very cute, and they are still cute when they get older, unlike cows! :lol: umm our closest neigbor is about 3 miles away if your on the road and about 2 as the "crow flies" in a 4 miles radias we have about 4 neigbours. So were kinda out in the boonies, But we have the Solsgirth church just out our lane and turn right and go about 2 miles or so. and you will get there. Its a very nice to walk in all seasons! and it only has service about 3 weeks in the summer and thens theres quite a bit of traffic. Well ok not that much but its alot for around here. When its really quiet you can hear the trains which are about 5 miles from us and you can hear the semis on Highway 16.

Katy
 
From a reliable sheep man here.The reason grocery store lamb is normally a bad experience is with the shortage of GOOD Grain fed lamb.He claims that all the real good lamb sells to the white table cloth restaurants on the east coast.That in turn leaves the poorer imported lamb from australia which is normally older and sagebrush finished.

This guy lambs out about 300 ewes in Feb and march each year he feeds all the lambs to finish weight which for him is shipping lambs out in june and early july.No more than 6 months old and finished,good and young
 
Since we no longer raise any sheep ( :clap: ) I try to buy one at the 4-H market sale in early August...Those kids put a lot of effort in trying to get a blue ribbon so they are fed out on good grain or sheep feeder mixture- usually about 100+lbs at Fair time....

They are really good- but since the rest of the family has no taste for lamb I usually catch heII everytime I buy one....Good lamb is hard to beat...Mutton is atrocious- like chewing on an old sagey Pronghorn......
 
I've never heard of anyone eating mutton, let alone a place you could buy some if you had the hankering. With the amount of ewes and rams out there someone has to be eating some. I have always wondered who they were.
 
Thanks for the pics. Haven't had sheep for 15 years. Had mostly Suffocks.
Had a few Barbados. They are the brown hair sheep that are in the wild.
There is not a fence that will keep them in. They will stay with the flock, but you have to watch out for the horns.
 
Frankk said:
I've never heard of anyone eating mutton, let alone a place you could buy some if you had the hankering. With the amount of ewes and rams out there someone has to be eating some. I have always wondered who they were.
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I don't know of anyone anymore either...Some of the old Basques and Mexicans used to- guess their stomachs were tougher than mine- or their tastebuds dead.....I never could get a piece chewed up- kept getting bigger the more I chewed.... :roll: :lol:

Dad said the Australians used to eat a lot of mutton- and thats all the Army fed them when they were in Australia in 41....
 
Nice pictures Katy, be sure and take pictures when you shear. Be interesting to see how the wool is handled and tamped up in your area. Also the wool warehouse where you take it to be sold. Thanks for the pictures.
 
You used to be able to buy it in some stores around here or so I am told... The African Muslims and Mexicans suppossedly eat it, same as those who eat chevre supposedly.. I think a good portion of it goes into that lamb and rice dog good so many people feed their dogs..
 
I"ve never seen lamb in the grocery stores down here. Might have it in the Hill Country where they raise sheep. I dunno.

I've never eaten it either, haven't ever heard anyone say it was good...so I haven't taken the time to find out LOL

I will however say, that a goat bbq'd the right way is some goooooood eatin. The Mexican's really know how to cook Cabrito. Can't beat good goat meat, with a few onions, and peppers rolled up in a tortilla. MMMmmmm Mmmmm Good.
 

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