Welsh Mountain Badger Face meat boxes and livestock
Meat boxes
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; 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 as a rack, or as chops
And 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 (and at a slightly lower cost as there is less butchery involved), but it's only a good idea if you use it fresh within a few days or have a chest freezer that can accommodate it whole.
| A whole lamb box, beautifully butchered locally, bagged and labelled. |
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.
For more information about livestock, fleeces, lambskins and lamb boxes, please look at the price list and do contact us with any questions.
What our customers say:
"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
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.
After years of producing lamb we finally kept some back to try as hogget (year old lamb) and the flavour was 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 considerings its taste is not surprising; it's perfect for slow roast recipes, hotpot and shepherd's pie.
Our Badgers are a closed flock, and we only bring in external replacements when it is necessary to widen the gene pool. The majority of our breeding ewes are home bred and there is a well-established hierarchy.
Livestock: We do have stock for sale, so pleasecontact uswith 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. A group of wethers (castrated rams) might be the answer; although keeping wethers is considerably easier than managing a breeding flock, there are still plenty of tasks that need to be done, so you still get hands on experience with your sheep. We are happy to give basic advice to any first -time purchasers.
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