http://www.landlamb.com promoting the survival and continuance of the Navajo-Churro Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:43:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not certain why, but there are different spellings floating around.  I always use Navajo-Churro which is what the breed association uses but you might also find Navaho and Churra out in print.  And don't forget that a 'churro' can also be a doughnut-like pastry or even a sausage in ... http://www.landlamb.com/other-spellings/ Received earlier today: Hi Marian I made a leg of lamb with a piece of meat you sold us last fall, and I want to pass on the (simple) recipe I used. After defrosting the leg in the refrigerator for a day, I removed the meat and cut little 1" slits at various ... http://www.landlamb.com/lamb-recipe/ Here is what I keep on hand for the just-in-case times that occur from year to year: In the freezer I have Merrick's Super Lamb instant milk replacer as well as colostrum which I get from a neighboring organic dairy farm. Among other items in my lambing-time bucket I have up-to-the-shoulder OB ... http://www.landlamb.com/lambing-supplies/ Twin lambs that don't seem to be thriving like the others?  If the ewe's udder looks okay, my guess is the ewe--- for some reason--- isn't making enough milk.  So I worm the ewe, give the lambs some extra lamb vitamins, and offer them "warm" sheep-milk-replacer.  By 'warm' I mean ... http://www.landlamb.com/weak-lambs/ All of our 2009 lambs are now born and looking great.  If the sun stays out photos will be posted on the Land & Lamb web site.  Colors include brown, badgers and one 'reverse badger,' totally black and several 'Two Grey Hills' black.  They're rushing around  and growing and ever ... http://www.landlamb.com/new-lambs/ This Spring was weather-lucky: with rain the night before (the sheep were locked inside & thus dry) the weather was warming. But it is still early March so I have whole corn on hand to give them extra fat/energy. It is easy, they love it and it gives ... http://www.landlamb.com/shearing-nutrition/ With longer wool breeds (like churros) 'crupping' your ewes is one solution. Take a scissors and [with someone strong holding the ewe tightly] carefully cut the dangle-y long wool near the udder. What you want to achieve is to give the newborn lamb(s) an unobstructed path to the udder. ... http://www.landlamb.com/no-shearer-and-lambs-due/ My philosophy is not to bother the sheep more then needed.  Thus I vaccinate everyone each Spring with CD-T when the shearer is here (note: I shear 2-3 weeks before the lambs are due).  This provides some protection to the lambs through the placenta/milk. I vaccinate the lambs roughly at 5 ... http://www.landlamb.com/spring-shots/ This morning was minus 16 at 7 a.m. -- cold even for sheep! Knowing the forecast, I gave them some whole corn in addition to their supper-hay. Navajo-Churro sheep don't need grain or corn but minus 16 is COLD (and tonight should be even colder) and the energy ... http://www.landlamb.com/cold-weather/ Trying to keep my fleece free of loose hay--- and after years and years (and years) of building a new feeder every year to that end--- I believe a permutation of the Premier Sheep Co design is the best, easiest, cheapest for flocks of 10+. Premier sells the wire panels (I think no ... http://www.landlamb.com/feeders/