Herdwick & Hide

Herdwick & Hide We are Leicestershire based, providing lamb & mutton meat boxes and sheepskin rugs from our Herdwicks

15/04/2026

We’re on the look out for land to expand 🤩 please share 🐑

I’m so happy with how the Herdwick & Hide lambs are doing 🤩🤩 We’ve been dagging the ewes today. This removes all the dir...
11/04/2026

I’m so happy with how the Herdwick & Hide lambs are doing 🤩🤩
We’ve been dagging the ewes today. This removes all the dirty wool around their back ends from lambing and lush spring grass, helping to avoid fly strike - a pretty nasty maggot infestation if you don’t put in preventative measures!

Easter bank holiday has been filled with good food and good company….especially when you’re eating Herdwick & Hide produ...
06/04/2026

Easter bank holiday has been filled with good food and good company….especially when you’re eating Herdwick & Hide produce 🐑🌷🐣

Recipe for slow-roasted mutton below 👇

🌿Marinade:

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp 1 lemon juice
• 1 tbsp (or more) fresh rosemary, chopped (or 1–2 tsp dried).
• 1 tsp mixed herbs
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp garlic granules (or fresh garlic)
• Salt and Pepper

Mix together well in a large bowl. Put joint into the bowl. Marinade all surfaces. Cover bowl with cling film for 12-24 hours. Keep in fridge. Overnight is best.

Remove from fridge an hour before roasting to bring it up to room temperature.

👩‍🍳Roasting:

Veg and liquid base:
• 2 large carrots roughly chopped
• 1 large onion, cut into eight segments
• 500ml boiling water with a beef stock cube dissolved in it.
Choose a roasting tin that is not too much bigger than the joint. Arrange the veg so the joint can sit on them. Pour in the stock. Sit the joint on the veg, with fat side upwards.

🔥Oven:

Pre-heat oven to 220degC (Gas Mark 9). Put joint in uncovered for 20 mins to brown the fat. Remove joint from oven.
Turn oven down to 160degC, gas mark 4. Cover the joint and roasting tin well with foil to ensure steam is retained. Return to oven for 2.5-3 hours. This timing works well for 1kg-1.5kg joint. Reduce or extend accordingly.
Remove from oven, put joint onto a plate, and re-cover loosely with the foil. Allow to stand for 30 minutes before serving.

🥘Gravy:

Using the stock and veg from the roasting tin, mash veg in stock or liquidise the veg and stock to a slurry. Make gravy with the stock/veg slurry your usual way, for example add a couple of tablespoons of beef gravy granules and stir until thickened.

31/03/2026

A nice healthy ewe lamb to mark the end of lambing! 🐑🌷
Looking forward to spring really kicking off and seeing the Herdwick & Hide flock thriving

Lamb and mutton meat boxes going out today. Prepped & packaged by Launde Farm Foods and then delivering in Melton & Oakh...
13/03/2026

Lamb and mutton meat boxes going out today.
Prepped & packaged by Launde Farm Foods and then delivering in Melton & Oakham.
You can’t get lower farm to fork food miles than that! 😍 🐑☀️

02/03/2026

A beautiful sun-filled day and full moon to mark the first day of lambing 2026

The lambs were up on their feet and sucking within the hour, which is exactly what we want to see so they can get that first antibody rich milk from their mum

14/02/2026

We’ve moved the girls onto new grazing!

This field is in need of a bit of restoration. It’s pretty poor grazing at the moment because it’s been under-grazed/managed; as a consequence brambles and other invasive species have taken over.

Herdwicks don’t mind poor grazing so will thrive better than other commercial sheep breeds, while also improving the biodiversity of the field again!

Did you know Herdwicks are fantastic for conservation grazing? They are a native breed evolved to thrive in the uplands ...
13/02/2026

Did you know Herdwicks are fantastic for conservation grazing?

They are a native breed evolved to thrive in the uplands of Cumbria and can maintain body condition without needing rich grassland pasture.

This makes them ideal for:
• Species-rich meadows
• Riverbanks and floodplain grassland
• Scrub-encroached grassland

Get in touch today for more info

We like to give the ewes a range of supplements to enable them to get what they most need at the time. Out of the genera...
12/02/2026

We like to give the ewes a range of supplements to enable them to get what they most need at the time.
Out of the general mineral bucket, the Hi Energy bucket (big bucket) and the Zinc bucket (on the right) the latter two are proving most popular (black bucket is water) 🙌

Putting some fresh supplements out for the girls. We generally put Hi Energy licks out 3 or 4 weeks before lambing to ma...
12/02/2026

Putting some fresh supplements out for the girls.
We generally put Hi Energy licks out 3 or 4 weeks before lambing to make sure the girls have enough energy to grow their lambs (especially when theh don’t have as much tummy space) and supports their milk production.

We put zinc out most of the year for our girls as it helps with fertility, keeps the immune system healthy and wool production.

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Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire

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