Hi all I learned something this week that I thought might be of interest to those who are enrolled in the USDA Voluntary Scrapie program. If you bring a ram ...
Kathie, I am using this ability to move rams around under this federal scrapie regulation and not set back farm date in the voluntary program now with a Black...
Hello to all members- Many of you may already know, but for others who may not, there is a Yahoo group devoted to discussion of sheep coat colors. The great ...
Hi Claudia, Val and I enrolled in the program in 1999 and have kept being set back because of our importing so this was very welcomed news and I am delighted...
A hearty welcome to Sue Furness, joining our discussion group. Sue has graciously agreed to have some of her recent postings on coat color replicated on this...
For those Soay enthusiasts who do not read the sheep-color-genetics discussion group, I am dual-posting two recent messages as it may interest some of you. ......
With Sue's permission, I am duplicating her post from another forum as it contains descriptions and a link to her posted photos of some of her Soay. ... For...
Hi Gevan, ... I have experienced white kempy fibers in a number of my ewes too- surprisingly none of the rams and I did see one ewe on Hirta. Because these ...
Announcing the Soay Sheep Breeders Cooperative! A number of Soay breeders have formed a cooperative to focus on our mutual interest and goals in raising Soay...
Good for everyone! Congratulations. I have very few soays mainly because I have increased my main breed. But community, scientific research, really great...
I originally obtained Soay sheep, instead of any other breed of sheep, due largely to their wild, primitive appearance. I have recently been reading more about...
Hi Gevan, What a great article. I did find one typo page 2 Soay Island is..... I don't think you mean via sheep cliff faces------even the sheep can't climb...
Hi Gevan, I had one other thought last night to fine tune your history ( you knew you would stir me up :-) and that was with regard the "half hearted attempt...
I am too somewhat skeptical of the reference to Elwes (1912). I have been trying to find the original article. If, by wild chance, anyone out there has access...
Hi, Gevan, I have Elwes’ article – will send exact quote when time permits. Sue ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free...
Hey Sue - Can you tell us how you found the article? I would really love to have a copy! Happy Holidays! Laura Larkspur Lane Farm Hagerstown, Maryland ... ...
Happy holidays everyone, Thought I would pass this along. The Combined Flock Book of the RBST is out now and if you did not get your copy you should write to...
... In reading Juliet Clutton-Brock's 1987 Domesticated Animals from early times (actually, the 1989 reprinted version titled A Natural History of Domesticated...
Hi Gevan, I thought Steve's suggestion of referring to the sheep we have here as "populations" was an excellent one. We can distinguish for example a west...
A few more thoughts on the "breed" question. The most troubling thing about the notion of "breed" in connection with "north american soay" is the human...
Hi Steve, Thanks for this, of course I have more questions, why aren't you surprised? :-) Do you think then that east coast, west coast (or whatever terms...
One difficulty we have in this discussion is that the notion of a breed can apply in at least two different ways. Juliet Clutton-Brock uses it in terms of...
Hi Gevan, From Steve's thoughts, which made a lot of sense to me, it would seem to me that we may be putting the cart before the horse here by trying to...
... In re-reading Steve's posting (above) on the subject of considerations for 'breed' standards for North American Soay, it finally struck me what is...
Hi Gevan, I see it as a "now AND later" rather than an "either or" issue, that one will follow the other. With the open flock book and Steve's expertise we...
... I based my earlier speculations largely on the information about domestication of sheep that was contained in Piper and Luvinsky (1997) The Genetics of...
Hi Gevan, Juliet had a long history with Soay sheep, she is Peter Jewell's wife (widow) and it was her interest in archeology that led to Peter's interest in...
Sorry to say that I am leaving this group. However, due to a sudden and totally blindsided event in my life, I have moved off my farm and have had to sell...
I'm sorry to hear of what sounds like tragic circumstances for you. Good luck. Corinne "Yup, I have one !" <ez_rhys@...> wrote: Sorry to say that I am...
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