tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872212640888884210.post3330360269880727132..comments2018-09-19T02:16:27.342-07:00Comments on Hawk Hill Farm Happenings: If you are not eating Hawk Hill lamb, you are just eating sheep.Hawk Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250386098869746079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872212640888884210.post-7270113020749491382010-04-08T08:16:32.197-07:002010-04-08T08:16:32.197-07:00Very interesting Becky (I actually just picked up ...Very interesting Becky (I actually just picked up this comment as I am still getting used to having a blog). We are keeping more and more data on our sheep so we can tell the difference. This year we will have pure Tunis, Tunis/Cheviot cross and Cheviot/Hampshire cross. Again another taste test but like yourself a whole lot more data on growth rates etc. <br />We are planning to cut our rams because of the logistics of managing the ewe lambs and ram lambs.<br /><br />We are planning to plant some annual pasture of oats, wheat, barley and field peas as a forage crop and finish the lambs on that.<br /><br />I will be posting the results.<br /><br />LaurieHawk Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250386098869746079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872212640888884210.post-91125309360946065442009-12-18T09:45:43.095-08:002009-12-18T09:45:43.095-08:00In complete agreement! Something else you might pl...In complete agreement! Something else you might play with... A couple years ago I took a tunis ram, a tunis wether and a suffolk ewe lamb, all within two weeks of age (7 months). I finished them on alfalfa and a pound of grain a day. This was a two fold test, not very scientific but it was very revealing. All weighed within 10 lbs of each other hanging, the ram being the heaviest; the suffolk ewe had almost no fat; the wether had too much fat; the ram was perfect. Having already eaten suffolk and not willing to repeat the experience, that lamb was sold so there was no real taste test here, the whole point was to see how the tunis growth /consumption compared to the bigger framed suffolk, and to see if there was any difference between ram and wether meat hanging. I don't cut my tunis locker lambs anymore, no point. Glad to hear you're keeping you girls :)<br />~~Becky~~Sittin.n.Spinninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488509291525218944noreply@blogger.com