The idea of a tiny, adorable lamb living in your home that you get to take care of is a little more than enticing. Even I watch YouTube videos with tiny bottle lambs bouncing around, wearing diapers, and my heart melts a little bit. But something I’ve learned in my Read more…
You might wonder about how we manage to take care of 180 head of sheep (as of spring 2018) without going a little crazy. To answer your question best, I want to give you a first-hand walkthrough of a day in the life of a sheep farmer. The day usually Read more…
Busy day here at Prime Number Farms. Spent the day putting together the sheep working facility. Nice and shady for the big day in two weeks.
I have 3 puppies still available. These are Livestock Guardian Dogs- 2 females and 1 male – Great Pyrenees x Karacachan Puppies – parents are working dogs. Pups will be raised with sheep and chickens. They will be ready to go mid May. I like my puppies to stay with Read more…
Today was weaning day at PNF. A lot of work, but it’s time for the young ones to get some extra attention. Ninety-six little ones currently in the hoop barn.
After a long, hard day of working sheep, it’s awesome to stop, have a drink, and sit on this porch.
With the introduction of wool onto our farm, people might wonder about the intricacies of shearing sheep. As have most people, I have seen the inflammatory ads produced by organizations such as PETA about the “horrors” of sheep shearing. Of course, PETA isn’t the most reliable source on farming operations. Read more…
Prime Number Farms is so very proud to welcome my daughter, Sydney McCallister’s first self-owned flock. Today, she purchased five Shropshire ewes and one Iceslandic ewe. In the next few years, she hopes to begin showing these lovely ladies. They currently range in weight from 50 pounds (the youngest) to Read more…
Why buy from local sheep producers? Did you know, that the vast majority of lamb consumed in the United States is imported from other countries? In fact, in 2015, the U.S. ran a 53:1 ration on imported vs exported lamb. Think about that. For every one million pounds of lamb Read more…
Did you know? Lamb has fewer calories, more cancer-fighting CLA, more omega-3’s and less saturated fat than beef? Sadly, few people in the United States realize that lamb meat is both delicious and readily available. In fact, Americans eat “less than one pound of lamb per person per year. Compare that Read more…