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how long do farmers keep their ewes before they go to the slaughter house?
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hi trt - A female sheep will be put to the ram (Tup) usually in the first autumn of its life and have its first lamb in the second spring. Depending on the Breed an average age its culled from a commercial herd is around its sisth autumn -not always and not usually to slaughter though -many get sold on to smaller farms an smallholdings as that can give them a bit more TLC and if this is the case and their udders are ok they can produce for another 2-3 years . Sheep can lose their teeth as unlike horses they do not continue to grow through their lives so they normally do fall out or get wobbly and you can take them out and they are quite ok as they can chew with their back teeth. If their udders are damaged through mastitis or get saggy then they are usually sold for slaughter after their final lamb is old enough to be weaned. HTH
don't you be talking about my sisters like that.....
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two wonderful variations - try, if you ever get the chance, Agneau de Sel - lambs are taken off the mountain and fed estuary sea grasses and a slight background salty flavour adding to the meat - delish. Though French, they practice it off Cross Fell and down onto the Solway Firth.....well worth keeping a look out for.
The other is more controversial - Agneau du lait........lambs fed solely on milk, the meat white and succulent - a version of what veal is, though the lambs aren't force fed, just not permitted solids.
mags has answered it.
two wonderful variations - try, if you ever get the chance, Agneau de Sel - lambs are taken off the mountain and fed estuary sea grasses and a slight background salty flavour adding to the meat - delish. Though French, they practice it off Cross Fell and down onto the Solway Firth.....well worth keeping a look out for.
The other is more controversial - Agneau du lait........lambs fed solely on milk, the meat white and succulent - a version of what veal is, though the lambs aren't force fed, just not permitted solids.
Aww thanks mazie-its nice to be back - -it wasn't for a few days I realised I'd been zapped -we've lambing and haven't been on PC - then i was really miffed cos I needed to ask a question about homemade lemon curd that separated and couldn't. I've got a new zip for my big mouth and a book on discretion ;-))