Afternoon Team!
Its a nice thought, but we wouldnt be able to care for cade lambs. We both work the wrong hours to take on such a commitment...
After a few beers and lots of crisps last night, we decided on about 10 weaned lambs which we would raise and send for slaughter toward the end of year or possibly hold a few back for lambing next year. (Thats a decision we can put off until November time.)
I think its the easiest way into farming sheep, with no lambing or sheering to worry ourselves whilst we are still newbies and we are trying to be careful not to bite off more than we can chew and be running off to our sheep farming friends every ten minutes with questions.
We chose ten as we reckon that thats a cost-effective number without going OTT- It costs the same to secure a field for ten as it does for four, for example and any supplements or medicines etc will produce less waste as they apparently have a short shelf life so we cant keep any for next year....
So now- more reading and a bit of waiting!