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Lucky Lane Farm We pride ourselves on sustainable agriculture, emphasizing 100% grassfed lamb and free-range eggs.

Wool (Perendale sheep) for handspinners is also available, as are lambskin rugs and registered Perendale breeding stock.

No words. I’m overcome - and deeply honored.
10/10/2026

No words. I’m overcome - and deeply honored.

Last jams of this year. Eighteen jars of “Christmas jam” (cranberry-orange-strawberry jam; AMAZING on leftover turkey sa...
10/06/2026

Last jams of this year. Eighteen jars of “Christmas jam” (cranberry-orange-strawberry jam; AMAZING on leftover turkey sandwiches (or cheese sandwiches for the vegetarians amongst you). As with all out jams, they’re all-natural, sugar-free, sweetened with (minimal) raw honey instead of sugar.

These make fantastic hostess/teacher gifts. Plan ahead!

We’ll have them at the Hereford farmer’s market (9 am until noon) on Oct 10, along with 7 other jams (and elderberry syrup, and eco-friendly wool products!).

When they’re gone, they’re gone until next year!

A final batch of strawberry-rhubarb jam finished (made with local organic strawberries and rhubarb from our garden), alo...
10/04/2026

A final batch of strawberry-rhubarb jam finished (made with local organic strawberries and rhubarb from our garden), along with six bottles of elderberry syrup (made with elderberries from our farm), both with minimal ingredients and sweetened with raw honey. We’ll have them at the Hereford farmer’s market this Saturday - our last appearance there this year!

We will have six other flavors of small-batch jams, plus a seventh: Christmas jam, made with cranberries, strawberries, and oranges. This last is fabulous on leftover turkey (or cheese) sandwiches. We will also have wool sponges and felted goat’s milk soaps (made with wool from our sheep). All of these make fabulous teacher’s/hostess gifts, so plan ahead!

Ewe lambs, after the rain shower. This year I’m discriminating in favor of keeping the black (“natural colored”) ones.
10/02/2026

Ewe lambs, after the rain shower.

This year I’m discriminating in favor of keeping the black (“natural colored”) ones.

For the vast majority of the year, our ewes are 100% grassfed - something that sets them apart from most sheep raised in...
09/30/2026

For the vast majority of the year, our ewes are 100% grassfed - something that sets them apart from most sheep raised in the US. But twice a year there are exceptions to this rule.

The first time comes when ewes are nursing lambs. There is no way that even our lush spring grass growth - with its high moisture content - can supply the energy demands of ewes nursing twins or triplets. So we supplement the ewes with what many sheep producers would view as a minor amount of grain (1/2 lb/head/day of lamb they’re nursing - many sheep producers would at least double that).

We cut off the grain for the ewes in the weeks before the lambs are weaned. That does lead to their loss of weight prior to weaning - but it reduces their risk of mastitis.

The other time of the year when our ewes benefit from supplements is during the fall, leading up to breeding season. At this time of year, their bodies are (absent interventions) thin, from having given so much to nursing their lambs. (Thinness is especially likely following the sort of severe drought we’ve had for the last three summers). If we were to breed them while thin, they’d likely have but one lamb each, as opposed to two lambs if they were at optimum weight. So once again, we offer grain (a process referred to as “flushing”) to bring them up to a weight that can sustain pregnancy. We continue this supplementation through the first month of pregnancy to enhance placental attachment.

The dogs love this time of year. Holding the ewes off their feed while we’re setting it out (because who wants 3/4 ton of ewes crashing them in their eagernesss to get to the grain?) is one of their favorite tasks. Here you see Ross and Ellie holding one of the breeding groups off while we set out feed. If one ewe tries to sneak around them, all I need to do is utter “ahem!” and the dogs encourage the ewe to make a better choice.

CIDRs (progesterone implants), shown here, go into all of the ewes tomorrow for which artificial insemination (the *REAL...
09/30/2026

CIDRs (progesterone implants), shown here, go into all of the ewes tomorrow for which artificial insemination (the *REAL* AI) is planned (on Oct 16). This helps synchronize them so that they all ovulate at the same time. Ewes will also get a shot tomorrow of Vitamin A/D/E and one of BoSe (a vitamin E/selenium mix), along with a shot of GNRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone). Later on they’ll get a shot of estrumate (to regress any corpus luteum that may present that could be inhibiting ovulation), then another shot of GNRH and one of PMSG (pregnant mare serum gonadotropin), which triggers follicle growth and ovulation when given to animals other than horses.

Yes, it’s complicated. This is exactly why I work with a specialized repro vet for AI in my ewes. Not to mention the fact that AI in ewes is substantially more complex than AI in cattle or goats. Thanks (no thanks!) to the structure of the cervix in sheep, reasonable success rates are only obtained if the process is done laparoscopically (i.e., a process requiring mild sedation).

Hoping for some really nice AI ram lambs for sale in 2027! The 2025 yearling rams we kept are beasts - one is only very slightly smaller than the 5 year old ram we just parted with (normally rams take ~ 3 years to achieve full growth). One sire in particular produces lambs with amazing fleeces, a superpower that his son seems to also possess. So far we’ve kept all of the AI ewe lambs ourselves.

Said farewell to my good ram Spot this evening. I really hated to see him go. He makes beautiful lambs, with great growt...
09/26/2026

Said farewell to my good ram Spot this evening. I really hated to see him go. He makes beautiful lambs, with great growth and lovely fleeces. But it was time for him to get a chance to share his genetics with other flocks.

Getting ready for AI on this year’s ewes!Hoping for the same quality of lambs as I’ve been getting the last two years. C...
09/26/2026

Getting ready for AI on this year’s ewes!

Hoping for the same quality of lambs as I’ve been getting the last two years. CIDRs go in Sept 30!

All set up at the Hereford Farbers Market! Come sample our small batch, honey-sweetened jams!
09/12/2026

All set up at the Hereford Farbers Market! Come sample our small batch, honey-sweetened jams!

The two fleeces we entered this year did well at the MD State Fair. Hoping to bring them to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber ...
09/08/2026

The two fleeces we entered this year did well at the MD State Fair. Hoping to bring them to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival this month!

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19636 Graystone Road
White Hall, MD
21161

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