Jacobs are extremely attractive sheep, and are intelligent and inquisitive. They are very straightforward to look after, lamb easily and, on the whole, make excellent mothers. Virtually all ours will eat out of your hand, and always come to call which makes catching and penning a doddle! We run a small flock of 13 well marked breeding ewes of the two horned variety and cross them with our registered four horned ram. The resulting lambs are 100% four horned, and very appealing!

We always lamb at Easter, in the hope that the sunshine will prevail and give the lambs the best start possible. Provided the weather is fine we always lamb outside as this is by far the best place. The ewes are given their annual vaccination 4-6 weeks prior to lambing so that lambs have some immunity at birth. One or two lambs are usual, but Jacobs often have triplets or quads - although our girls have yet to achieve this feat! (Newsflash - 2008 lambs arriving, two sets of triplets successfully delivered!!!)

Jacobs make excellent meat sheep - although they take longer to mature than commercial sheep, the meat is lean and tasty.

We sell on all the lambs during their first year. The 2008 crop will be available late Summer at weaning. If you would like to purchase ewe lambs, please contact us as soon as possible as they sell very quickly.

We currently have a super, 3 yr old ram for sale. His sire is Brutus, he has a lovely temperament and is ready to work (NB: He is NOT registered).

 

                

Brutus - our registered ram