With a long dry season from milking my Jersey, we had time to travel and collect a couple breeding groups of Finn sheep and a Texel/Dorset ram to begin again.
Finns are known for having litters of lambs and for quality wool. We will utilize our Jersey milk to raise lambs and use the wool for spinning and insulating some of our metal buildings. We will also cross them with our Dorset for commercial sales and to fill our freezer. The beauty of sheep vs our cows is the quicker turn around from breeding to lambing. In 5 months we will have lambs, as opposed to 8 long months waiting on a baby calf (and milk).
Finn ewe yearlings
My first lambing will begin in December and I hope to have another lambing in April. With a baby llama due in September and Midi Jerseys and White Dexters due in February and March, it’s going to be a busy winter and spring. We can’t wait!
A Simple Prairie Life 