Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep: livestock and lamb boxes                       Follow southyeofarm on Twitter

Lamb: We sell our grass fed, slow grown, pure Welsh Mountain Badger Face lamb, that produces medium sized delicious carcases direct to you, the customer. All improved of course because of their spectacular daily Devon views over Dartmoor and Hatherleigh Moor. Whole and half lamb boxes are available in season, normally from September to November, and we encourage customers to reserve their lamb boxes early as demand always outstrips supply, even though we expand the flock year on year.  One fully butchered lamb takes up about one and a half shelves in an average upright freezer and will be cut to your requirements.  Your lamb will then be couriered fresh, in chilled polyboxes, direct to your door.  Most people have their lamb prepared:

  • Legs whole or halved
  • Shoulders whole, or halved, or whole boned and rolled
  • Breast boned and rolled, or minced
  • Loin and rack as joints, or as chops

We try and accommodate any other butchery requirements you may have.  If you want a whole or half lamb in one piece for spit roasting, we can do that too, (at a slightly lower cost as there is less butchery involved and it's collection only because we just can't get hold of chill boxes large enough). 

Hogget:  Older lamb, between one and two years old.  A slightly larger carcase with a deeper, wonderful taste that still maintains tenderness.  Hogget is not always available, but we are happy to put you on the waiting list.

Mutton:  We occasionally have mutton available; carcases will weigh more than lambs or hoggets. Please let us know if you are interested in mutton and we will put you on the waiting list – it is a flavoursome meat, perfect for slow roasting, mutton curry, moussaka, Lancashire hotpot and any number of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall recipes.  Contrary to popular belief, with slow cooking we have never found it to be tough.

Prices:
Half lamb box: £55 collected/£70 delivered
Whole lamb box: £100 collected/£115 delivered
Half hogget box: £75 collected/ £90 delivered
Whole hogget box: £140 collected/ £155 delivered
Half mutton box: £65 collected/£80 delivered
Whole mutton box £120 collected/£135 delivered

Weights: Weights obviously vary, but whole lamb carcases range between approx 12-18 kilos, and fully butchered weights, depending on how much you want boned, will give you a whole lamb box of around 10-13 kilos.  Mutton boxes will be heavier.

To place an order, or for more information about our livestock, fleeces, lambskins and lamb, hogget or mutton boxes, please contact us.

What our customers say:
"We have been rationing the lamb very carefully, but this week saw us grilling the loin chops from our half lamb box. Can I just say - they were the best lamb chops I ever remember eating. Being a South African we rave about Karoo lamb and its flavour. But these little lamb chops were even better. Just fabulous! Can't wait to try the pork!" KW, London
"By far the best lamb I've tasted in a long time!!! lt was served slightly pink and melting in your mouth... wonderful!!!!" AO, Kent
"G..... just phoned to say she ate some of the lamb over the weekend - and thought it was the best she'd ever tasted!!"
"By the way, and needless to say as I am re-ordering, the lamb was absolutely delicious!" MD, Exeter.
"The lamb is gorgeous. It all arrived well packaged and in one piece (well, several chopped up pieces :-) We had our lamb moussaka using one pack of mince and it was really lovely.". DS, Bristol.
"Arrived still chilled to north of England - gorgeous meat - highly recommended!"
" Great condition, brilliant price and very quick delivery, highly recommended".
"The lamb is amazing; I'm going to become a regular customer and I can't wait to try the pork too."
"I would like to thank you very much for the quality of service and goods you have provided. Many thanks to you and Andrew." CM, Derbyshire
"MOST delicious lamb I have EVER tasted." GB, Devon

The Welsh Mountain Badger Face: There are two types of Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep, the Torwen (Torwen is Welsh for white belly - but the rest of the sheep is black) and the Torddu (Torddu is Welsh for black belly - but the rest of the sheep is white), and we keep both.  The Badger Face is an ancient native breed, hardy, medium sized, polled (hornless) females, lavishly horned rams and are highly attractive with superb meat.
If possible, we try to grow on a few lambs as hogget (year old lamb) and the flavour is astonishing; deeper and more mature, whilst maintaining its lamb-like tenderness. Occasionally we have mutton available - a meat that is having something of a renaissance, which considering its taste is not surprising; it's perfect for slow roast recipes and dishes that get their flavour from long slow cooking such as succulent curries, hotpot and shepherd's pie. 
Our Badgerface sheep are closed flocks, and we buy in the best pedigree rams every two years to ensure we continuously widen the gene pool. Our breeding ewes are home bred and there is a well-established hierarchy. Our lamb is truly grass fed, growing slowly on mother's milk, grass and our own meadow hay to produce the best possible taste.  Finishing weights are approximately 33-44kg.

Livestock: We do have stock for sale, so please contact us with any queries.  If you have a plot of land that needs management but you don't want the stress of lambing, a small group of interesting, unusual and  prettily marked sheep is an attractive grazing option, and cheaper and greener than a ride-on mower.  We are happy to give advice to any first-time purchasers, or you might like to join one of our smallholder training courses.  We frequently get asked if we hire out our rams, but as we keep closed flocks to minimise health risks, we don't do this.