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Hi, folks I need some advice. My children want to enter an essay contest sponsored by a local church group. The winners get a free lamb. This lamb will come around Easter. Our problem is $$$$. We realy do not have any kind of enclosure for one lamb let alone the potential of three. We do have an area that we can clean up for them but my husband is hedging on saying yes to letting the kids enter because it will cost money to make a pen and to feed them. Now I know that they will feed us when we have them butcherd and we can learn to use the wool. (I crochet allready and want to learn how to knit but spinning and carding is a whole nother thing.) But what I need is some idea of what it costs to feed a lamb that will become a sheep someday. Or do I butcher it before it becomes a sheep?? How much do they eat on a weekly average? Do y'all have any idea what is best to use for a pen? We do have an area we can put them in at night for shelter and during the rain, if they need that too. If we decide to enter this contest I would definatley start reading up on raising woolies but these are some questions I have so I can make as informed of a decision as I can as to wheater or not we even want to enteratain ideas of rasing these critters. I would appreceate any and all help.!!
God bless you and yours
Debbie
God bless you and yours
Debbie