The Dairy Shepherdess

The Dairy Shepherdess 🐑 Breeder of high quality, coloured dairy sheep 🐑

20/05/2026

Julius is back in with the bachelor group and they all enjoy fresh pasture.

Since shearing end of November Peggy‘s fleece has already grown by about 8cm (3 inches)! She always has the longest lock...
16/05/2026

Since shearing end of November Peggy‘s fleece has already grown by about 8cm (3 inches)!
She always has the longest lock length in the whole flock, perfect for spinning and weaving.
I have retained one of her daughters from last year to see how her wool will grow out, having Jack as a sire.

15/05/2026

Love my great, little helper💛

Dotti is 6 1/2 years old and a seasoned worker with the dairy sheep. I definitely couldn’t do it without her.

Now to start taking Bear’s training a bit more seriously, so he can one day take over.

Both our Border Collies come from the fantastic Sarasota kennels in Oatlands, where Tull Luttrell breeds outstanding working dogs. I highly recommend to get one of her pups, if you are in need of a helper. Tull selects future dog/owner pairs very carefully, offers a lifetime support in case you ever have questions with regards to training, showing etc. and is generally just a wonderful person to deal with.
I promised myself to add to our Border Collie family every 4 years and the next is guaranteed to be a Sarasota prefix again🥰 (only another two years until the next one😅🫢😬).

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This season is going to be Freckles’ fourth lactation.She had a year off last season as I had bred her for summer lambin...
14/05/2026

This season is going to be Freckles’ fourth lactation.
She had a year off last season as I had bred her for summer lambing the season before and she milked into late winter to keep us in milk for the whole year while the other girls were pregnant. Because of the tough season, being such a high producer and having had triplets twice in a row Freckles’ needed time off to gain condition.
She looks fantastic at the moment and I am curious what cute little lambs she will have this year. Paired with Julius there should be speckles and spots all over the place🤞🏼

Another recipe that will find its way into the sheep milk recipe book💛Apfelstrudel (apple strudel) is a staple in Austri...
13/05/2026

Another recipe that will find its way into the sheep milk recipe book💛

Apfelstrudel (apple strudel) is a staple in Austria.
My granny used to make it and it’s also readily available in grocery stores, bakeries etc.

The key to a good strudel are the super thin layers of pastry. Trust me on that - my very first strudel was an absolute disaster with a thick, rock hard crust🤣

The photo shows a birthday gift for a very special friend - made with love together with another special friend😘
Lots of fun and laughter pulling and working the dough into this perfect dessert, served fresh from the oven with warm sheep milk vanilla custard on the side🥰

An Austrian classic, potato noodles are made similarly to gnocchi but have semolina added to the dough.The cooked noodle...
11/05/2026

An Austrian classic, potato noodles are made similarly to gnocchi but have semolina added to the dough.

The cooked noodles are put in a pan with breadcrumbs that have been fried in butter - sheep butter in our case.

Served with a salad as a savoury dish or with sugar and ground poppy seeds as a dessert.

The process of making the noodles brings up beautiful childhood memories when my granny and I would stand in her kitchen at the table and roll the noodles by hand. Lots of fun and laughter involved.
If you asked granny she’ll tell you that, whenever she asked me what she should cook for my visits, I would always beg for these simple yet so delicious noodles🥰

And they taste even better made with sheep butter😉

…delicious, homemade chicken broth with vegetables, speck to flavour the soup and defrosted sheep milk to be heated up a...
06/05/2026

…delicious, homemade chicken broth with vegetables, speck to flavour the soup and defrosted sheep milk to be heated up and made into yoghurt.
Hearty & healthy😇

04/05/2026

Look how this little parasite wiggles around inside the egg😮

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The final colour for our Autumn mating is red😅Molly, Rahel and Lilly didn’t have a strong heat (silent heat) after pulli...
03/05/2026

The final colour for our Autumn mating is red😅
Molly, Rahel and Lilly didn’t have a strong heat (silent heat) after pulling the CIDRs so they cycled again and got marked.
Three ewe lambs got marked as well, so the September group will be quite large😅

In only 3 months (winter group) the first ewes will lamb and we‘ll be back in milk🤞🏼

Fun day of FEC/WEG (f***l egg count/worm egg count) training😅😆 ***leggcountsmatter
01/05/2026

Fun day of FEC/WEG (f***l egg count/worm egg count) training😅😆

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…the one with the cool blue roan fleece and the perfect udder attachment💛
28/04/2026

…the one with the cool blue roan fleece and the perfect udder attachment💛

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