Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb

12 Oct · Mon 2009

October Newsletter from Kyle Farms

It’s Officially Fall at Kyle Farms!

This past weekend the Genesee Valley Hunt Club hosted their annual Hunt Races on Nations Rd. Those who attended may have seen Kyle Farms ewes in a pasture adjacent to the racetracks. We are very grateful to Megan for painting a sign to go in front of our ewes advertising Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb and our website www.kylefarmsnys.com

Lambing is still on going, and should be winding down as we get closer to November. The next lambing group will be lambing in January and February, giving us time to transition the lambs out of the lambing/weaning barns and to allow the barns to rest and be completely cleaned between lambing periods.

We are very excited that Matt was invited to speak at the Cornell Sheep and Goat Symposium on October 24^th. He will be speaking on “How We Do Things at Kyle Farms,” giving attendees insight on our management practices and how one can run a profitable sheep farm (often believed to be an oxymoron). This should be a very interesting talk, and the whole symposium looks to be fun, informative, and interactive.

(http://sheep.cornell.edu)

And now for the topic everyone is waiting for: All Natural Lamb pick up date!

All lamb orders will be available for pick up on Saturday, November 14^th in the morning (most likely 9-12). I will be sending out order sheets for how you would like your lamb cut.

We greatly appreciate your interest and support of Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb, and look forward to meeting all our customers on November 14^th!

Posted by Anne @ 10:21 AM EDT

28 Aug · Fri 2009

Late Summer Newsletter

This is our first attempt at a much awaited newsletter to keep you updated on the goings-on at Kyle Farms. I want to start with letting you know how much we appreciate our customers. This has been a summer of changes for us at Kyle Farms.

As some of you may have seen Kyle Farm's address has now changed! Matt recently purchased a new house and has been busy, busy, busy gutting and remodeling to get his new house ready for move in, in time for his wedding this fall. This is exciting for the farm as well, as the new house comes with a well fenced pasture and attached barn. The new pasture has provided the perfect place to teach early spring weaned ewe lambs how to graze and a vacation home for our ram flock when they're not scattered through the main flock breeding.

We are also pleased to announce that DJ and Nate are both newly married, and they are both eagerly awaiting the arrival of the newest generation of Kyle Farms in early 2010.

Another big change for Kyle Farms is a new employee! We are excited to welcome our new flock manager Joe Emenheiser! He joined Kyle Farms this spring and has had his hands full this summer with the end of late spring lambing and almost all of the flock spending the summer out on pasture. Some of the unique Kyle Farms experiences he's had this summer include members of the local hunt club, Genesee Valley Hunt Club, helping move a group of ewes down the road on horseback, and docking and processing baby lambs on pasture with help from community members of all ages!

Joe has been receiving help protecting the ewes and lambs from another group of new arrivals, our two flock guardian dogs and their three pups (all girls). They have been diligently protecting our ewes and lambs from the local coyote population. They are working dogs and choose to live with the flock and are provided with food and shelter for themselves and the pups with the flock.

Now for the part all of you have been waiting for....our late spring lambs were born on pasture in May and June. They will be weaned in the next two weeks, and moved onto lush pastures that have been saved specially for recently weaned lambs. They will remain on these pastures until October/November when they will begin to be supplemented with locally raised grains as the grass decreases in nutrition, and we start to experience that lovely western NY fall weather. By supplementing the lambs with grain we also condition them to being handled and decrease the stresses associated with being sorted and weighed prior to processing in early November.

Coming Soon to Kyle Farms..... Fall lambing will be beginning in early September. We have selected our ewes to lamb regardless of the season which allows us to meet multiple lamb markets. Our website is currently being updated with pictures from our summer pastures and more details of lamb pick up as it gets closer to fall.

Thank you all for your support and interest in Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb! We look forward to providing you with quality, locally and humanely raised, all natural lamb.

The Staff of Kyle Farms

Posted by Anne @ 10:19 AM EDT

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