Sheep

Sheep are a delightful animal. They eat grass, don't complain much, aren't as destructive as goats, produce wool, and taste delicious!

We have mostly raised Romenys, although our new sheep are a mix of Romendale, Jacob, and Romney.

Romneys are a fairly easy to keep breed, not small and not huge; the wool is nice, not too coarse, not so fine it is difficult to process; the meat is tasty. Our new sheep have very good dispositions but we don't have much experience with their wool or meat yet.

Our ewes are Cocoa and her daughters Kona and Dagoba; they have been bred for (hopefully) lambs in May. They come to us from La Ferme Noire in Scio.


Lisa, Kona, Cocoa and a little bit of Dagoba

The sheep have been doing a remarkably good job at keeping down the undergrowth in our little forest, the blackberries and poison oak, as well as keeping the grass under control. Who needs goats!


Sohpie loves to play with the sheep;
this picture makes it look like she knows what she's doing.
The sheep are very tolerant.

Products from the Sheep

We shear our sheep annually. Since there's so little time for me to spin, there's quite a backlog and would be happy to share/barter/sell some fleece.

We enjoy the lamb meat, and sometimes have a whole or half sheep to sell.

The skins of the sheep are sent off to be tanned by the Amish, at Bucks County Fur Products. The fleece is often long at time of slaughter, so the fleeces came back luxuriously long and soft. We've accumulated quite a few sheepskins, let us know if you are interested.



last updated: 1/16/12