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GRASSFED
COLORADO
LAMB
The Gist
For the last 12 years I have run a small flock of East Frisian, Bluefaced Leicester, Dorper and other mixed breed sheep right here in our serene North Fork Valley.
My mission is to provide the most gratifying and nutritious lamb to my customers, the most vibrant lives to my animals, and to maintain the beauty and wellness of the land. The sheep live out their lives on pasture, where sheep belong. They spend their days grazing on clovers, fescues, alfalfa, chicory, timothy, orchard grass, and wayward weeds. I spend my time rotating them methodically, ensuring the freshest forage and least amount of stress on the pasture ecosystem. The lambs grow in tandem with their environs, 100% grass fed and finished. I do not use any synthetic wormers, hormones or antibiotics on my lambs, nor do I use herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers on our land.
Each spring is spent sheering my ewes, producing an abundance of raw wool. This material is then transformed into yarn and roving; becoming available to you for any craft work you desire.
GRASS-FED LAMB ORDER SHEET
Farm Wares
Lamb Meat
All of our lamb is pasture raised, grass fed and grass finished. Grass fed lamb has more Omega 3 fatty acids and beta-carotene than conventional grain fed lamb. It is also lower in fat and higher in protein than it’s conventional counter part. Our lambs graze on hand selected organic pastures that are always free of pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and synthetic wormers. Besides all of the health conscious reasons to provide yourself and your family with grass fed and finished lamb, it also tastes wonderful!
Naturally Tanned Hides
We have a small tannery on farm where we process through roughly 75 lamb hides per season. We are using a non-toxic, organic tree bark tanning method. This way of tanning increases the softness of the leather side of each hide, and ensures longevity of the hide over time. This process differs from conventional chemical tanning in huge ways, one being that these hides are considered water resistant due to their remaining lanolin content and the nature of this tanning process.
Lambskins are great for newborns, pets, throws on couches, ottomans, and benches. They are great for car seat covers, camping pads and simply laying in front of the hearth.
Our lambskins differ in color, size, wool length & texture. If you are interested in a specific size or color hide, please reach out and we will try and find you your match!
Yarn
!!! Currently sold out of yarn !!!
We sheer our sheep once a year, early spring roughly 3 weeks before lambing season. (March) We aim to send off as much wool as economically viable. Processing wool on a larger scale continues to have its challenges with the lack of ‘local’ wool mills near our area is Western Colorado. We will update the site as soon as we have yarn.
We will have white yarn using only wool from our Blue Faced Leicesters and black yarn from the BlueFace Crosses; this will be available in worsted and sport weights.
*The rest of the white wool and some brown wool for the East Frisian and East Frisian crosses will be processed into roving.
lamb
How do I get A lamb?
To reserve a grass-fed lamb will we first need your contact information and a non-refundable deposit. The deposit will be applied to your balance, so think of it as a down payment. The deposit for a lamb is $100. If you so choose you can pay for the whole lamb up front.
The lambs are sold in three sizes: small lamb are 25 lb to 35 lb hang-weight, medium lambs are between 35 lb and 45 lb hang-weight and large lambs are 45+ lb hang-weight. We will do our best to honor the size you choose but it is always a bit of a guessing game how many of each size we will have.
We will let you know when we have received your information and your deposit to confirm that you have a lamb reserved. As butchering time gets closer we will send you a cut sheet so that you can decide how you would like your meat to be processed. When the lambs go to the butcher we will provide them with your cutting instructions. This insures that the butcher knows exactly how you want your cuts to turn out. Once the your meat is done, you will be contacted to set up a time for your lamb delivery!
How much does it cost?
Small lambs are $450, Medium lambs are $500 and the large lambs are $550. The processing is included in the price.
Free delivery within an hour of the North Fork and Roaring Fork Valleys and in Metro Denver. If you’re interested in a lamb and live outside of those areas please send me an email; I'm sure we can figure something out!
How much meat will I get?
HANG-WEIGHT IS NOT THE SAME AS FINAL WEIGHT!
How much meat will end up in your freezer is a hard question! A lot of it depends on what cuts you order but a general rule of thumb is 60%-70% of your lamb’s hang-weight. If you order a lot of roasts and steaks the percentage will be higher. If you are mostly interested in ground and stew meat the percentage will be lower.
The Farmhand
For most of the last decade I have spent my days in the fields; building fences, planting, cultivating, harvesting, and herding sheep. These open fields are my home, where I find comfort and peace. With bent back and dirty hands, I strive to build a life not based on monetary gain but upon a rounder sense of fulfillment. An appreciation of manual labor, stronger relationships with those around us (and the world as a whole), as well as real nourishment from the soil under our feet are the things that creates true wealth.
It is this sense of life, neither archaic nor digital, that I wish to propagate.
You can share a taste of this life with your family through our delicious grass-fed lamb, sheepskins, and, eventually, though woolen wares. With your support, our family and flock will continue growing and flourishing on Colorado's western slope, where the mountains meet the mesas.
