Marlfield Farm

We keep small flock of rare breed sheep as a hobby, but do not breed our own. Our sheep live their whole lives with us from lamb through to old age. Having searched unsuccessfully for several months for high quality replacement stock, we came across Dan and his family who specialise in rare breeds on a beautiful farm at Earby.We were warmly greeted by Dan and shown round several groups of this year’s lambs. The animal husbandry at Marlfield farm is of a very high standard and the lambs (and everything else) are obviously, well cared for and all in excellent condition.We were offered a wide choice of breeds and Dan helped use choose wisely to suit our own fields and location. He was able to offer excellent advice regarding ongoing care of some rather special sheep, and clearly takes a great personal interest in ongoing welfare. There was absolutely no pressure to buy.We settled on 5 Shetland and 2 Ronaldsey Wethers, which Dan delivered a week later. 2 months on and our new stock are flourishing and have settled well in to their new home and hopefully a long life.We would Highly recommend Marlfield Farm for producing lovely lambs, in a caring environment and ideal for small flock holders.

We took delivery of half a box of Boreray hoggett last week and had out first joint for Sunday lunch. The smell in the house all day was amazing and the meat didn’t disappoint - so full of flavour. Lovely dark meat which fell to pieces after a good few hours in the oven. We had a traditional roast and it was one of the best meals we’ve had for ages - thanks - so glad we saw your post on social media and will definitely have another box

We've been buying meat boxes from Heather & Dan at Marlfield farm for several years now and have always been very happy with the price and the quality of the meat. The hogget and mutton from their rare breed sheep is slowly-grown and full of flavour as a consequence. The meat is a pleasure to cook, with a nice marbling of fat. It's also very important to us that the welfare of the sheep is taken so seriously. We're really interested to read on the website that not only is the meat produced in a really environmentally friendly way, but in fact carries a zero carbon footprint.

Heather and Dan have been providing me with their meadow grown prize winning hay for 2 years now for my horses. They are very reliable and provide a friendly family service and the horses love it.

We contacted Heather and Dan as we wanted to start our own small flock of rare breed sheep. As it was during lockdown and we were complete novices we had a really lengthy series of emails where all our questions were happily answered and advice given and we finally settled on a small all female flock of Soay.On the day of delivery, Dan came not just with the sheep but also armed with all the paperwork necessary and a lot more information and guidance. He spent a good hour going through everything with us both including all the red tape for registration.Six weeks on and we now have a very happy and healthy flock and the flock is registered with Grassroots and we spend far too much time just gazing at our beautiful sheep. We would happily recommend Heather and Dan and we will definitely be talking to them later in the year about introducing a ram to our flock.