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We are a full-service sheep breeding farm, specializing in breeding and selling high quality registered Suffolk and show-quality Club Lambs. We also sell a limited number of gourmet-quality locker lambs.
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Old Lexington Farms
Tom and Sharon Nowlin
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bond.
Thomas Jefferson
Why Sheep?
- Diversification: Local Farms and Communities Hedge Against Economic Downturns When They Diversify.
- Manageability: Minimum Investment Required Since No Real Need for Large Equipment, Barns, Etc.
- Efficiency: Sheep Provide For Several Markets Including Show, Wool Fiber, Milk and Meat.
The Shepherd's Lament
Now I lay me down to sleep
Exhausted by those doggone sheep;My only wish is that I might
Cause them not to lamb at night.I wouldn't mind the occasional ewe,
But lately it's more than just a few:Back into bed, then up again,
At two o'clock and four A.M. . .They grunt and groan with noses high,
And in between a mournful sigh,We stand there watching nature work,
Hoping there won't be a quirk:A leg turned back, or even worse,
A lamb that's coming in reverse.But once they've lambed we're glad to see
That their efforts didn't end in tragedy.There's no emotion more sublime
As a ewe and lamb that's doing fine.I'm often asked why I raise sheep,
With all the work and loss of sleep;The gratification gained at three A.M.,
From the birth of another baby lamb ---How can you explain, or even show?
'Cause only a shepherd will ever know!Dr. D.L. Salsbury, DVM
