Salt & Pepper

One thing I love about being at Ranfurly is that even though the animals are raised for meat, they still take wonderful care of their animals and make sure their lives (until its time to go to market) are happy and healthy. This leads to lots of great stories from the barnyard.

Salt & Pepper are two lambs that were both rejected by their mothers. (Margaret explained, "Sheep like people, some ewes are good moms, some are bad. Some of them take great care of their babies, and some reject them, who knows why.") In order to keep the lambs growing, 4 times a day they receive a bottle of milk blended with eggs, corn syrup and omega-3 oil. Because of this, they've become quite friendly with people, especially Salt. Pepper is still a little shy. We have found it especially amusing because these two little lambs have become our lunch bell (12 noon feeding) and quitting-time bell (4pm feeding) as they come galloping down the alleyway, crying for their bottles. I'll upload my video of feeding them - although part of it is sideways as I had to put the camera strap in my mouth while I fed them.

Salt & Pepper - adding a little extra flavour to our farm experience! :)