Hi Everyone - I was wondering how many of you feed alfalfa pellets to your sheep? I am really looking for something to put some weight on my rams without ...
Hi, Laura, As far as I am aware, alfalfa is not readily available in Wales, so I have no experience of feeding it to Soays, but as you asked for suggestions I ...
When I had an ailing ewe that was off her feed I bought alfalfa pellets to give it a try (even though it didn't save her). None of my sheep will eat them....
Hi all, Sue you don't have alfalfa there like we have here , I think I saw some cubes at the feedstore, but it is not as widely available as it is here. We do...
Hi, Gevan and Laura, The instruction to soak sugar beet pellets is for horses, not sheep. Sheep can eat them quite safely without soaking; I have fed them to...
Hi, Laura and Gevan, Sugar beet shreds look like this – the piece of white paper is 1” long, to give you a scale reference. The colour is dark brown –...
Hear ye, hear ye, all Soay breeders in the Pacific Northwest -- and elsewhere, for that matter, if you're willing to travel, It's time to start thinking about...
Just wanted to thank you all for all the WONDERFUL input and information on what I should try with my rams. I can't tell you all how nice it is to know that...
Just another thought, Laura. Once when they were in very short supply I had to pay double the normal price for some bags of beet shreds which when I opened...
I'm already looking forward to Michelle's potato salad again AND Kate's wild blackberry pie. What about a "spring run" and a "fall run" oh great exchange...
Hi all- At the risk of sounding foolish I have what is a very important question for me. I am currently putting up fencing for a second sheep paddock on my ...
Corinne asks: I am installing standard field fencing, if I install it upside down, with the bigger holes on the bottom, can the lambs get out of it? Sorry,...
Rats, I was afraid it was too easy. I have installed special gates, and put up the 2x4 braces between posts and still they have trouble. Not all the time,...
I'm a new and unwitting , yet increasingly enthusiastic Soay sheep owner.....at least I think I am. Last month I bought 3 small brown hairsheep at the local...
Susan says: ‘And....the sheepdog training qualities of my new dog-schooling sheep?......In a word : Challenging!’ Let’s put it this way, Susan – if you...
Has anyone had any experience, first hand or anecdotal, with the chair-like affairs sold by sheep equipment companies for use in trimming hooves, giving ...
Hi P, Val has one. As I recall she thought it was great. I think I'm supposed to be getting it. Let me look into it and see what I can learn. and to "new...
Well, Susan, welcome to the wonderful world of Soay. Yours is a most interesting introduction! As soon as you can take some digital pictures of your sheep,...
We have used an old cloth folding chair, the ones you find in the camping department of the stores. We used an oversized one and it really cut down on the...
Barbara - I love it! Perhaps LL Bean could be persuaded to carry the "Soay Limited Edition" in fetching agouti brown, tan, black/dark brown, and the ever so...
Hi, I found your group about two weeks ago and have found it very helpful. I have a small flock of soays and I'm in need of a new ram before next fall. sense...
Hi Danielle, Where are you located? what do you know about the background of your sheep and why do you feel you have to get rid of your ewes? :-) If they are...
Hello all, We've got 10 ewes limping around the pasture as a result of a tetracycline injection we administered Sunday morning. They're getting better, but...
Kathie I'm located in Central Oregon and as far as the background on the flock. some friends of mine bought a farm about seven years ago and the sheep came...
Hi Danielle, Would it be possible to learn and share with us the name(s) of the person(s) who owned these sheep before you? We might be able to trace them. ...
Steve, I will try to find out the name of the original owner and get back to you, thank you for the help. Danielle -- In SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com,...
Hi Danielle, This story sounds very familiar to me, but I can't remember who I talked to about it- it was a couple of years ago. Kate Montgomery mentioned a ...
Hi, Steven, I had to inject about 20 of my Soays with Tetracycline twice recently, to bring an outbreak of pneumonia under control. The vet advised me to do it...
Hi Guys! I have a friend in Hermiston (formerly The Dalles) that did a lot of trading with the Driscolls in the early days and with me in the early 90's. He...
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