This time of year comes and people may think we take a deep breath to relax a bit. This isn’t further from the truth.
We have started breeding season. This year we have four groups two Katahdin rams and two Dorper rams. We are excited about the possibility of incorporating a new breed into our program. If you remember, both there Katahdin breed and Dorper breed are hair sheep, so we negate the need to shear. The hair on our sheep gives the meat a more mild, tender flavor. The sheep have hair and not wool which means our meat doesn’t have that lanolin (wool) flavor.
Sheep are pregnant for 147 days (5 months) and weigh on average 8-11 pounds at birth. This means we will be lambing in March again this year. Our two heifers that we had Artificial Inseminated last summer go in for pregnancy checks here in the next few weeks. If all goes well they will calve at the end of May! Don’t forget to check out our website for more stories! www.myrvikfarms.com
