Katahdin Lambing Season

Our lambing season started in early April with our Texel-cross lambs. Things were slow and steady while we got to know the first offspring from our new Katahdin-Texel experiment.

But when May rolled around, we went back to our regularly scheduled Katahdin lambing season, and shifted into our busiest time of the year here on the farm. Our head shepherd Miranda, along with John and Sarah, were catching lambs left and right for about 5 weeks straight. At the peak, there were 15-20 arriving per day. The current total lamb count is 159, and we believe it’s a wrap on the 2026 season. (Though we have been surprised by a few late-comers in the past.)

Now for the tricky part with all of these newbies. Our seasoned adult sheep know the routine of the daily moves to fresh grass, and the occasional longer moves between fields. The lambs—not so much. Recently, we needed to move about 100 yards between two grazing areas, and given historic experiences, we knew to plan for some mild chaos. We had plenty of extra hands on deck to help carry the many, slow moving lambs and rein in the stragglers. It was slow. It was non-linear. But we made it. Thank you to all the helpers!