Grass Fed Lamb (Please scroll down)
Natural native summer grasses.
Though most of our sheep are sold as breeding stock, we do have grass fed lamb
for sale occasionally (on the hoof). Our sheep graze on native grasses grown in
abundance when there is no drought with which to contend. Our climate is sub-
tropical which makes rich sweet grasses seem to pop up out of nowhere even with
only a minimal amount of rain. We do not use fertilizer or any chemical-type
improvements on our pastures, letting nature take its course as the sheep graze
and replenish the ground with what it needs the natural way. When necessary, they
are fed native grassland hay from this region and are given whole oats when
pregnant or lactating.
Springtime at Lone Star Farm.
Our flock is vaccinated annually against Clostridium perfringens, and also tetanus
to insure a healthy flock. They are also treated for internal parasites until they have
reached approximately six months of age and have built up their own natural inherited
immunity which is only one of the desirable traits that characterize this particular
breed of hair sheep.
This is also a good time to bring up the fact that our flock is the only flock of registered
Barbados Blackbelly hair sheep in the United States to be certified free of scrapie
disease, the equivalent of mad cow disease in sheep. We are inspected annually by
the United States Department of Agriculture and we adhere to their strict regulations
regarding the handling of sheep. See a copy of our "USDA Certification" on this
website.
Native winter grasses.
For those of you interested in purchasing some of our stock either to raise as meat
lambs to sell, or for your own dinner table, I would like to recommend the Lamb Lover's
Cookbook put out by the BBSAI. Go to the BBSAI website, then click on Giftshop,
then Cookbook, to take a virtual tour through the recipes and photos of Barbados and
American Blackbelly sheep. This is a cookbook like no other, dedicated to delicious
recipes exclusively written for lamb dishes with American and many ethnic backgrounds.
It covers everything from barbeque to Bobotie and oooohhh those Sticky Dippy Lamb
Chops. Yum! You might even try your hand at making some casing stuffed lamb sausage
for breakfast or to use in your chili, but only after you have picked one of several sausage
recipes included in the cookbook. This cookbook is well worth the $16.75 price you will
pay for it. Bon appetit!
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Lone Star Farm | Barbados Blackbelly Sheep