any hints to tasty lambs for fattening?
Hello Di from Sally in not-quite-Scotland (just about 20 miles from the border)
Like everyone says you'll have loads of fun choosing your sheep breed and everyone has their own reasons for preferring their own favourite - but your question prompted me to share how very tasty (tender, lean, juicy and sweet), easy to manage and fast growing our Charollais crosses have turned out to be. Hardly native or rare, but definitely have their benefits. They can have a tendency to be thin-skinned (fleeced) though, so we were advised to get a tup with a woolly head, which should ensure that the lambs have enough of a covering for the Cumbrian weather. Seems to work, but we do use the wee plastic macs unless it's really dry and warm.
Envious of your ducks - mink took my Muscovies