Hi Gevan and all, David Stevens' ram lamb, TH Cornelius, born as I recall on Feb 19, 2009, may or may not be the first Soay lamb born in North America this...
Hi - Has anyone had sheep who shed all the way down to their bare skin? I have one ewe who has a small bare patch on her side. She did shed all her coat last...
Yes, it does happen sometimes. Some of them just shed more severely than others. I have ewes that shed out very neatly, and others that look downright bald...
Our second lambing of the season (the first was on Feb. 28th) and it's twins! One of each sex. Needless to say, I'm a very happy person at the moment!...
Congratulations. I am very envious. Perhaps you could post some photos and let the rest of us share in your good fortune. Where are you located? Gevan Marrs ...
Traci: We have an older ewe as well that is shedding to bare skin exactly as you describe. She did the same thing last year. When we first observed it, we...
Just wanted to weigh in on the fact that I also have two or three ewes (out of 68!!!) that shed down to the bare skin. Mostly on their chests. I tried to...
Hi Traci, We also have had a few sheep, both ewes and rams, shed very close, also with no ill effects and also for no apparent reason. Our severe shedders have...
Thank you everybody! I was really freaking out - she looks so....bare! I will probably wait on the coat. Although I have them enclosed right now (being new...
Babies are doing well, I'm so excited to have two ewe lambs so far. Last year was all boys! I'll send photos as soon as I can.  Annie Bourke Cairn O'Mohr...
Congratulations! Glad to here you're getting ewe lambs this year. Hope everyone is doing well. Have they gotten all the land cleared you wanted? Job in Ct ...
Hi I have done some research on Soay's and I am sold on there practical qualities to a homestead sheep flock. I have a pretty good understanding of the coast...
Hi Chris, We live just East of Winnipeg, in Manitoba and have Soay Sheep. We love them, they are very suitable for Canadian weather and are very easy keepers....
Chris - I am located on the east coast of the US, as is Laura Lane-Unsworth and we both have British Soay (possibly others, I mean no intentional slight if I...
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Sorry to intrude on your lambing season :) I still have a ways to go on my Icelandics...and rather than groping udders and being a general annoyance to my ewes...
Hi Karen, Carol Fraley made beautiful Soay horn buttons as part of a custom bookmark for her cookbook. I'm sure she'd be happy to share her "button-learning"...
Hi all! With all the lambing about to begin, everyone is thinking of names. I just received Kathie's Soay Newsletter, and it seems she is stuck with I this...
Thanks Traci! I am going with the universal letter system for livestock- this is the V year-but, I am going to every year name my animals after towns in...
This will be our food year. Our farm name is Rainbow Apple. So we will be looking at names like: Rainbow Apple Fritter Rainbow Apple Pie Rainbow Apple Sundae ...
Rainbow Apple Pandowdy! (another name for a cobbler!) Rainbow Apple Chutney Bernadette ... From: Elizabeth To: SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Apple muffin Apple cupcake Apple juice ________________________________ From: SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com] On...
Heehee. This is way too much fun, isn't it? I like the idea of apples in other languages... Manzana is a nice name. This year I need to reserve "soda" and...
I am interested in Soay fleece to spin if anyone has some, or will in the Spring. I asked last year and got a few replies but learning to spin took longer...
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