"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[bhazell123]

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I loved our sheep more than any of the poultry we had. They are so easy to handle and maintain and have the sweetest personalities. I've gotta find me somemore but can't find any katahdins locally.

I have found a ton of breeders around here while I was searching. Most of them are high quality show/breeder animals though, so they come at a premium price! I would eventually like to get some, but I figured I should start small. Everything I have read has me thinking the sheep will be a GREAT addition to our little farm. They seem so easy to keep. I just can't come up with a single reason not to have one if you have the space for them. They seem to be so self sufficient. Just give them a little shelter, clean water, and plenty of grass to eat! I will post some picks of the new additions tomorrow. I feel like it Christmas lol

U enabler hahaha

 

[Gracie9205]

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Oh dear! More scovies?!?! I can only imagine what your barnyard looks like right now with all those critters running around!

 

[Gracie9205]

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I have found a ton of breeders around here while I was searching. Most of them are high quality show/breeder animals though, so they come at a premium price! I would eventually like to get some, but I figured I should start small. Everything I have read has me thinking the sheep will be a GREAT addition to our little farm. They seem so easy to keep. I just can't come up with a single reason not to have one if you have the space for them. They seem to be so self sufficient. Just give them a little shelter, clean water, and plenty of grass to eat! I will post some picks of the new additions tomorrow. I feel like it Christmas lol

U enabler hahaha

Hey, nobody was nice enough to talk me off the edge so I figured I would just join the crowd and say "jump on in!" Who wants to pay for meat that is full of hormones and god knows what else when you can raise your own stock in your backyard? It's a no-brainer!

 

[kuntrygirl]

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I loved our sheep more than any of the poultry we had. They are so easy to handle and maintain and have the sweetest personalities. I've gotta find me somemore but can't find any katahdins locally.

I have found a ton of breeders around here while I was searching. Most of them are high quality show/breeder animals though, so they come at a premium price! I would eventually like to get some, but I figured I should start small. Everything I have read has me thinking the sheep will be a GREAT addition to our little farm. They seem so easy to keep. I just can't come up with a single reason not to have one if you have the space for them. They seem to be so self sufficient. Just give them a little shelter, clean water, and plenty of grass to eat! I will post some picks of the new additions tomorrow. I feel like it Christmas lol

That is a perfect explanation as why everyone should get sheep!

 

[Gracie9205]

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I have found a ton of breeders around here while I was searching. Most of them are high quality show/breeder animals though, so they come at a premium price! I would eventually like to get some, but I figured I should start small. Everything I have read has me thinking the sheep will be a GREAT addition to our little farm. They seem so easy to keep. I just can't come up with a single reason not to have one if you have the space for them. They seem to be so self sufficient. Just give them a little shelter, clean water, and plenty of grass to eat! I will post some picks of the new additions tomorrow. I feel like it Christmas lol

That is a perfect explanation as why everyone should get sheep!

I think this is why the hubby couldn't tell me no! I gave him my sales pitch, and he just said "well don't go off and spend $400 on sheep when I don't even know if I like the taste of them yet." Fair enough!

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Oh dear! More scovies?!?! I can only imagine what your barnyard looks like right now with all those critters running around!

I will try to take a pic of all of them when I open up the chicken yard gate so that they can free range in the human yard. Do you remember an old Alfred Hitchcock movie entitled, "The Birds"? Well imagine a flock of ducks, chickens, turkeys and geese flying at you, IN to you and over you when you open that gate. I just run for dear life when I open it. It kinda looks like this pic.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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U enabler hahaha

Hey, nobody was nice enough to talk me off the edge so I figured I would just join the crowd and say "jump on in!" Who wants to pay for meat that is full of hormones and god knows what else when you can raise your own stock in your backyard? It's a no-brainer!

Yep.

I don't give the grocery stores any money to buy meat. I raise my own.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

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That is a perfect explanation as why everyone should get sheep!

I think this is why the hubby couldn't tell me no! I gave him my sales pitch, and he just said "well don't go off and spend $400 on sheep when I don't even know if I like the taste of them yet." Fair enough!

I only had lamb chops one time & I didn't really like them.

My BIL in Wisconsin grilled them so maybe that was why.

I like the idea of sheep - maybe I ought to spring for some lamb chops at the store & see how they taste if we grill them --- how do you all grill or cook them? like a steak? what do you season them with?

 

[TerriLaChicks]

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Oh dear! More scovies?!?! I can only imagine what your barnyard looks like right now with all those critters running around!

I will try to take a pic of all of them when I open up the chicken yard gate so that they can free range in the human yard. Do you remember an old Alfred Hitchcock movie entitled, "The Birds"? Well imagine a flock of ducks, chickens, turkeys and geese flying at you, IN to you and over you when you open that gate. I just run for dear life when I open it. It kinda looks like this pic.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_the_birds2.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_hitchthebirds.jpg

That movie gave me nightmares for weeks!

 

[Gracie9205]

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I think this is why the hubby couldn't tell me no! I gave him my sales pitch, and he just said "well don't go off and spend $400 on sheep when I don't even know if I like the taste of them yet." Fair enough!

I only had lamb chops one time & I didn't really like them.

My BIL in Wisconsin grilled them so maybe that was why.

I like the idea of sheep - maybe I ought to spring for some lamb chops at the store & see how they taste if we grill them --- how do you all grill or cook them? like a steak? what do you season them with?

I have read that the Katahdins have a more mild lamb flavor than some other breeds. That is another reason why I think I will like them. I had some lamb chops at a restaurant once and wasn't overly impressed, but you never know where they got the meat, how they cooked it, or what kind of sheep it was.

I have read that grilled chops are very good, and that lamb makes good stew meat since it is so rich. I figured that even if it isn't my favorite meat that I can come up with some type of gravy, glaze, or soup that will mask the flavor. You know how we Louisiana people are... If it's not quite right, put some gravy on it!