Yearly Archives: 2017

Duck Egg Pavlova

Duck Egg pavlova heritage farm

This Christmas we made a duck egg pavlova for dessert. It’s a recipe that Matt’s Mum makes regularly with chicken eggs, but the duck eggs added something extra: extra crunch on the outside, extra lightness inside, and an extra depth of flavour. Don’t wait til next christmas to try it out- suitable for any celebration, […]

Creating a Finn-Babydoll Southdown Cross: The Aim

Finn-Babydoll Southdown Cross

I’ve posted before about our Finn ewes, and our Babydoll Southdown ram. And I’ve mentioned that we are hoping to breed Finn-Babydoll Southdown cross. Once we have our F1 generation, we want to choose the traits we are interested and continue breeding until these traits are genetically stable. Eventually we’ll use our new ‘Heritage Sheep’ […]