I'm actually interested in this flock...and would love to see the photos. I was planning on purchasing this year, but a head start would be great.. and I...
Hi Patti, I put the photos on this site in a folder called "craigslist sheep." I was not sent any more photos. This was the second message I got: "I get...
The Thirty-Third annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is being held this weekend at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland. I'll be...
Hello All, I updated the on-line OFP database a few minutes ago. The additions include Annika's lambs, Karen's animals, Kathie's lambs, as well as my own....
i have posted some pics to c if someone can help me? we are fostering this lamb from my wifes work. the sheep are in with the deer in the deer park, and this...
Darren - 2-3 weeks? Looks very stable but still small and not as "thuggish" as they seem to get at about 4 weeks. Great looking dog, by the way. Good luck!...
I'm not the most experienced breeder around, but to my eye that lamb looks to be pretty young - more than a week but probably less than 3 weeks. You might feel...
Gevan I think you pegged it just right, especially when I look at its slightly wobbly legs. Now here's another question for the group. In terms of husbandry,...
hey folks thanks for all the feedback. she is still abit wobbly on her legs, but is also very calm towards the dogs, and espec me! she is just starting to hop,...
Hi Darren, I'd also agree with Gevan. It looks to me to be about a week old, maybe just barely. It looks robust and healthy so whatever you are doing you are...
Sorry to bring this to the list. I am sure I have seen it but in my ditzy moment cannot find it. A neighbor is going to give my lambs their first shots. The...
Hi Carol, Four weeks is fine. I'd give them their shots today if they were mine---------in fact you reminded me I need to. Thanks So glad the little ewe with...
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ok thanks for that Kathie all my best to ya Darren ... maybe just ... you are ... point. They ... beginning ... bit. Also ... have access ... on ... she is ...
Just had to pass along that our new Soay website is up and I am so thrilled! The address is: OldLineSoays.com It was great that it was up in time for the...
Hi, Gevan Marrs has contributed four reports to the "Reports from the Field" section of our web site, www.soaysheepbreeders.com: Genetic Purity and Phenotypic...
Hi, I've added our latest Soay Sheep Breeders Cooperative participant to the breeders listing, Annika Rasmuson of Sexton Valley Soays in Sebastopol,...
Curious to know how the rest of you accomplish this daunting task, especially with the ram...we want to use the fiber for handspinning, so reclaiming it from...
Hi all, this morning we had 2 ewes have babies, we have 4 babies, 2 are with one and 1 is with the other, but there is the 4th one who cannot seem to be...
Hi Jen, I am dealing with the exact same story, in fact I called Steve all excited that I had had triplets!! Turned out one was "born" with a blue ear tag....
Hi, Jen, That lamb needs colostrum as soon as possible, definitely before it is 18 hours old. As Kathie suggested, tip the ewe with one lamb (to whom it ...
Hi, sheepless in Olympia here. I'm trying to ready my pasture for a few wethers this summer and I need to protect a few trees, but I'm not sure of the best...
Hi Angela (aka sheepless in Olympia:-) I have had great success with chicken wire "cages" around straight single trunked trees like pine and oak. I used 1"...
Good morning fellow Soayists, We may be the last people to have figured this out, but in case we aren't ... Catching and handling our sheep, especially the...
Dear Sheepless- good thing you don't live up the road in Seattle or your pun would have been over the top! I have tried many tree-fencing options - obviously I...
Hi Gevan, Your first photo is exactly what I was describing and the little hog rings a wonderful for closing it up, it has worked well for nearly ten years....
Thanks for the suggestions based on experience. This is going to make things a lot easier! Angela ... rings a ... years. The ... ponderosa pine ... at it, my ...
Kathie- Of course I have a theory why they seem to pick at mature conifer tree barks (Douglas-fir, Pine, Cedar, even spruce, fir, etc) and not mature hardwoods...
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