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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 13, 2015, 08:27:54 pm

Title: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 13, 2015, 08:27:54 pm

Really excited :excited: picking up the two sheep Tomoz, couldn't pick em up last week as I was really busy, supervising calving. I'll try and take some pics of them for you all. They're not pure frieslands, but they're very milky. A brilliant adventure for next year, I'm planning on making cheese out of their milk. One question..... is it possible to make sheep's butter, as you would with cows milk?

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: roddycm on November 13, 2015, 08:49:58 pm

what fun! I would love some milk sheep! you can make butter, people don't do it that much just because they make more money from cheese etc.

Good luck, do post pics when you have them!

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: devonlady on November 14, 2015, 06:19:23 pm

You can certainly make butter from ewe's milk but you will need a cream separator.

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: Ghdp on November 14, 2015, 07:41:15 pm

I for one am reallylooking forward to following this thread! Keep us all posted :-)

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 14, 2015, 09:41:52 pm

Ah well picked them up today driving back had to drive through torrential rain not nice but we're all eagerly home and no hiccups of any kind on the way home. I stopped a few times to check them, they were really relaxed. I will try and take some pics of them in the next few days. Thanks for the comments and I'll keep you all updated.

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: nutterly_uts on November 17, 2015, 07:59:19 pm

I think sheep's butter is paler than goat too

Title: Re: picking up sheep tomoz!
Post by: Buttermilk on November 18, 2015, 07:08:23 am

Goat butter is white if not coloured.