Employee Grill-out With Shepherd Song Farm Meat
What a treat for the employees of 180Fusion. [Even the boss approves]…
Tag: grass-fed
Seared Lamb with Artichokes and Potatoes
Prepare a hot fire in a grill. Place the chops on the grill and cook, turning once, until nicely charred and done to rare or medium-rare. Grilled lamb is one of the best ways to enjoy this luscious meat. More Grilled Lamb Recipes Grilled Lamb Shanks Grilled Lamb Heart Skewers Grilled Goat Chops with Hummus […]
Winter Feeding Trials
We are often asked what our sheep and goats eat in the winter. Northwest Wisconsin is a cold and snowy place. Turnips and some types of grasses such as rye and wheat can be grazed throughout the winter if the snow cover is soft and sparse. Grass that is young and growing in the fall […]
Why Are The Lambs Eating Turnips?
Customer Question: What do your sheep eat? (Part 2: Late summer diet) As summer turns to fall the growth of warm season grasses slows, seed heads develop and the previous tender stems become tough. A field may look full of grass but the nutrient content is often very low as in the photograph below. Whereas, the […]
Customer Question: What Do Your Sheep Eat?
What our sheep and goats eat depend upon the season. In the spring the new grass growth is eagerly anticipated after their winter’s diet of harvested grass and alfalfa hay. If the opportunity presents itself a eager sheep may test the gate latches and often manage to release a chain, open the gate and bellow […]
Goats Browsing in the Woodlot
Goats are natural browsers. This means that they like to eat with their heads up, often reaching as high as they can for leaves, twigs and wooded area’s understory. They prefer woods to grass pasture but will also nibble on fresh, uncontaminated grass. They are observed to be much fussier in what they will eat […]
Escaping Sheep!
Why are grass-fed sheep running to the field! Sometimes sheep with their lambs do escape from their field into something more interesting. When one goes through the gate the rest are sure to follow (see picture). We have had knocks on our door in the middle of the night or phone calls asking if we […]