22 Apr Thu 2010
The Littlest Sheep Dairy
This is Franny Lou:
And this is Franny Lou's milk!:
Franny unfortunately lost her lamb, but we decided to make the most of the situation and use her milk. Now, sheep club members get to learn how to milk a sheep and how to manage a tiny one-sheep sheep dairy. Franny is milked twice a day and Victoria is freezing most of the milk to make sheep ice cream.
Franny is a very well behaved sheep. She stands patiently in her halter as we milk her, provided she has somebody patting her neck and sitting beside her. We want to build a head gate so that milking can become a one-person job. Right now we are looking at designs and planning a building party.
Sheep's milk is fattier and sweeter than cow's milk. It also has more protein and calcium. I drank some yesterday and it was delicious. I can't wait to try it as ice cream!
