It’s that time of year again – warmer months mean fleeces off! We’ve just completed shearing for this year, with all the non-shedding sheep having their fleeces removed. Sheep can be shorn during all seasons, mostly depending on weather, managements and availability of shearers. For us, we shear the ewes in warmer months. The professional […]

We were lucky enough to have great weather this lambing time – lots of sunshine and not much rain. We had around 550 lambing inside this year – they were still turned out to grass with their lambs in great conditions. When it does rain, ewes don’t generally mind much. The lambs, though, don’t like […]

By investing in specialist machinery, we are able to manage our own enterprises to the optimum growing quality for grazing and also in the establishment of fodder crops for the sheep. At Six Valley Lamb, we are able to offer contracting services to manage grassland and cover/fodder crops across East & North Yorkshire. Below are some […]