[Jacob-list] eating lambs

[Melanie Boxall]

I draw the line at eating bottle babies, but otherwise never had a problem.
When they're big enough to eat, their personalities have changed enough that
they're annoying, but apart from that it's sheer convenience, I don't have
space for "pet" livestock, that's just too much of a luxury, and needs must,
you know?

And they are DELICIOUS.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Victoria da Roza" <castlerockjacobs at yahoo.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] eating lambs


> HI,
>    Two questions.  How in the world can you know
> these lambs from birth and then eat them?  I have 3
> male lambs but they are so individual I cannot imagine
> eating them. There is one of them I would sell to
> someone who was going to eat him but the other 2 are
> just such lovers.  HOw do you think about them as
> food?  Is it because I have a small herd?
>    We had a little shed barn built down in the grass
> with one side for the ram and one side for the moms
> and babies.  Somehow the lamb(3 weeks old) I would
> sell if someone wanted eat him commando crawled under
> the structure and got in with the ram who almost
> killed him before he was rescued.
>    I was thinking of keeping one male lamb as a
> companion for the ram after the lamb was wethered.
> HOw old would the lamb need to be before the ram would
> not squish him at once?  Will it make a difference in
> the agression when it is a wether?  Is there a trick
> to the introduction to the ram?  They are just on the
> other side of a fence now.
>
>
> =====
> Victoria
> Castle Rock Farm
> Jacob Sheep & Nigerian Dwarf Goats
> www.castlerockfarm.net
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