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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: scarlettoara on March 22, 2013, 02:17:39 pm

Title: spring lamb on the menu
Post by: scarlettoara on March 22, 2013, 02:17:39 pm

jimmys farm were advertising spring lamb dinner nights for early april.
so i was wondering just how old they were and when are these lambs born? december time maybe?

Title: Re: spring lamb on the menu
Post by: thenovice on March 22, 2013, 06:12:06 pm

Technically, they are still lambs if they were born late april or may last year.

Title: Re: spring lamb on the menu
Post by: VSS on March 22, 2013, 09:37:39 pm

Lambs born last year wouldn't be classed as Spring lamb - they would be old season lamb.

Spring lamb will be December born I should think.

Title: Re: spring lamb on the menu
Post by: Cosmo on March 23, 2013, 06:51:01 am

Or Mid-January born and then fed on ad-lib cake.

Title: Re: spring lamb on the menu
Post by: MKay on March 25, 2013, 10:20:18 am

Of old Spring lamb means they are not yet weaned. If they are weaned they are new season lamb.