Adopt A Lamb
Posted: January 22nd, 2007 by Lisa
When the new spring lambs start arriving in May, we offer a psuedo-adoption program.
Choose the type of lamb that you’d like to adopt. This is a real, working farm, so be sure to pick the type of lamb that you are comfortable getting updates about all season. Would you like to eventually have something handmade from fleece? Are you a spinner yourself, so would like the fleece? Do you knit or crochet, so would like yarn made from your fleece? Do you felt? Icelandic wool felts wonderfully. Are you looking for freezer lamb? Would you like a pelt?
After you choose the type of lamb, we’ll show you the lambs that fit that description.
- You get to name your lamb.
- You can download a file so that you can hear what your lamb sounds like, including a ringtone for your cell phone. (We think that should be mandatory, so that you’ll hear your lamb almost as much as we do!)
- If you’d like your lamb to wear a jacket, you can request one, to keep the fleece even cleaner. These can be customized with your name, your company’s name, your favorite team, whatever.
- You’ll get biweekly progress photos, so you can watch your lamb grow up.
- If you are in the area, you can come visit your lamb.
- If you are in the area and you adopt two or more lambs, you can have the lambs come live with you and mow your yard for the summer. Let’s keep our region pretty! See details here.
- You get a t-shirt, mouse pad or tote bag with the photo of your choice on it, with the lamb’s name.
- You get a set of twelve note cards with photos of your lamb on them.
- At shearing time in the fall, you have to decide what you want done with your fleece.
- If you’ve chosen a lamb that is destined for freezer camp, you will choose the types of cuts you’d like. (Lamb chops, sausage, etc.)
- If you live far away, you know, fall is a wonderful time for a visit. We can send you home with a cooler full of lamb. Consider visiting the area around the first week of October, when we are at fall full peak. Frank gives little boys tractor rides, and lets big boys drive his tractor! Fall shearing is then, and the honey harvest will be done. You can join us for a mushroom walk, and take home black trumpets.
We will give a share of a sheep on your behalf from Heiffer International.
This makes a great gift for a favorite niece, nephew, grandchild, or entire school class.
Comments
Comment from Maya Time: May 2, 2007, 5:05 am
Hello,
I’m sorry to bother you, but is this adoption program for real or just a joke? I keep looking for more details now that there are lambs, but can’t find any. So, if it isn’t a joke then I would love to hear more, I think it is a great idea:)
Comment from Lisa Time: May 2, 2007, 7:29 am
Oh, great! I was waiting for a few ewe lambs, as all the lambs until then are destined for either sale or freezer camp, and those are harder to adopt out.
I’ll contact you by email as well — tell me what little one you might be interested in?
Comment from Lucie Bolton Time: September 10, 2007, 11:10 am
Hi, I would like to adaopt a lamb for my friend. This site looks really good and the things you can get are great aswell! How do you adopt a lamb and how much does it cost etc? Please could you get back to me asap. Thank you very much,
Lucie Bolton
Comment from Leslie Time: May 14, 2008, 6:32 pm
Lisa, I read one of your posts in homesteading today and you said you sent in junk wool and got back 112 pair of socks. where can you send wool to have it made into socks? I always send my wool to a mill and get back yarn. I’m missing out here!!!!! Please fill me in!!
Comment from Liana Time: September 19, 2008, 10:52 am
I am very interested in the Adopt-a-Lamb project. I would like to adopt a lamb for a friend’s birthday, and as a felter, I would be very interested in seeing if there is a way to get some of the wool back, as you mentioned in the description. Thanks!
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