Photos (Finally!) of my new Hair Sheep

[theawesomefowl]

Both of my new lambs today......Amelia and Sadie.

Sadie (Katahdin/Dorper)

I think this is Amelia

That's it for now. I love these girls! They are already taming down, and are so CUTE.
Thanks for looking!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

They're very cute! Congrats!

 

[PattySh]

They are really cute! Congrats.

 

[happydodgefarm6113]

Beautiful sheep. What are hair sheep and how old are your new ones?

 

[carolinagirl]

Hair sheep don't have wool...they have hair. They shed in the spring and don't have to be shorn. They are raised for meat.

 

[theawesomefowl]

My lambs are about 8-9 weeks old. Sadie is a week younger than Amelia.

 

[rockdoveranch]

They are ADORABLE! Thanks for sharing.

happydodgefarm6113, hair sheep have hair, but do grown some wool in the winter for protection from the cold. They shed their wool as the temperature warms.

Although we have not had the courage to eat any of our hair sheep YET, we are told the meat is not muttony like wool sheep.

 

[carolinagirl]

Although we have not had the courage to eat any of our hair sheep YET, we are told the meat is not muttony like wool sheep.

I have heard that too. I was told it's because they don't have lanolin that wool sheep have. Lanolin has a very distinctive odor and it taints the meat. Hair sheep have a little different smell from goats but it's not unpleasant or strong.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

None of the lamb I've ever eaten (that I've raised) tasted like mutton at all, and they've all been wooled breeds.

 

[carolinagirl]

no...lamb does not taste like mutton, but it does have a taste that some find stronger than other kinds of meat. Not strong in a bad way, just maybe more richly flavored for the lack of a better word?