Our Katahdin Sheep are tough!
Here is our most recent lamb, delivered on the snow, up and nursing in sub-freezing temperatures, and running after mama like it wasn't miserable weather here in East Tennessee.
We don't do anything for our lambs.
Our ewes do it all.
We don't pull lambs (help with deliveries).
We don't dry lambs after delivery.
We don't warm lambs up in cold weather.
We don't have our ewes deliver in barns.
(Note... I have NO PROBLEM with farms that do these things, but we've intentionally developed a flock that doesn't need these things.)
We started with a breed that can handle the cold of Winter and the heat and humidity of Summer. Then we manage our flock's genetics intensively, selecting for the traits that will produce hardy stock that will handle bad weather and less-than ideal pastures, all while producing the best-tasting, grass-fed lamb possible.
This system takes time and dedication to develop, but the results are worth it!
Bauernhof Kitsteiner
East Tennnessee
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