Kathie, Thanks for the link to the openflockbook and I will be sending them an email later today to join. I don't have any issues with North American Soays. I...
Elijah, where are you located? temperament in the rams is so interesting. I just sold Poppy who was the sweetest, nicest easist ram I have ever had, and Fir...
Hi Eli, These are the very best reasons to send Fu Man Chug packing!! (or to the freezer). I have the same sentiment about the British Soay as you do and am ...
Hi Claudia, Your points are very well taken and I certainly agree with you. I do think sometimes though that rams can be such a hazard that drastic action must...
Kathie, I am confused about flock books. There is SOA flock book that does not have the British, then is there another flock book? I know a hardy soul name...
Hi Claudia, Yes there is already a flockbook for "British Soay". The Combined Flockbook of the RBST is the registration for a number of British breeds of...
Hi Claudia, You don't have to be a member of the RBST to register your sheep (and yes you are in the flockbook). At the moment with the exchange rate the RBST...
Kathie, I am a member of the RBST. I felt it supported a good cause. I have transferred them to me. I will get in touch with Steven Weaver. Thanks, Again....
Hi Claudia, That's my reason for membership too. Kath ... From: Claudia Pettis To: SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 2:16 PM ...
Laura, Up here in Minnesota, we have to use heated water buckets all winter long. I have the flat-backed kind, that sit flush against the fenced pen inside of...
I have to disagree, Rams raised together do not need to be separated at any time of the year. Nobody is separating the wild soay from each other. The problem...
George, I know you run a wild flock, but I do not know very much about how you do that. How many acres are they on? What kind of fencing do you have and how...
Hi George, I have to respectfully disagree with your disagree. Have you ever kept a bachelor flock and have you ever reintroduced rams together after the rut? ...
I'm just entering my first season with a significant bunch of breeding groups. A few weeks ago I fenced the pastures in several new directions and made new...
Hi Claudia, My flock has (my guess) about 14 acres in long winding pastures that circle the house, so the sheep can mow a firebreak. We have had a couple brush...
Gevan - as a quick and dirty solution, try tarps draped over the fence so the rams can't see each other, or, as Steve says, they won't know where to attack the...
Hi Kathie, To run a "fenced bachelor flock" means you dont have a wild flock, so your analogy is meaningless to my philosophy and technique. The rams do tend...
I had an interesting experience a few weeks ago. I responded to an ad for Soay sheep and found a flock that the owner (Tracy Teed, Camano Island, WA) says...
Hi George, Yeah I'm the guilty one- with you can't have to many gates. I think though even I have gotten carried away with that one. I built a new barn this ...
What a great story! Wow, I would love to visit. I will get in touch. Claudia Gevan Marrs <marrstree@...> wrote:I had an interesting experience a few weeks...
sounds like they may indeed be soay, many of the color patterns you describe sound like my experience (white spots on faces), although, I've not seen any pure...
yes Kathie, pictures would be interesting, and yes on the binoculars. But 14 Gates in one barn does seem.......a bit much, but then I don't know how your ...
Thelma's a neat lady George. I met her on my first trip to Hirta- fellow shipmate and then we visited her flock on our way back from Scotland. If you check...
We had a bottle fed ram that we culled because of his horns but he was definitely not aggressive. In fact, he was not interested in us at all and acted no...
We kept a 'wild flock' for a while and it was fascinating to watch the interactions between the rams. The first year we had two rams I'll call A & B and B...
Hi Gevan. I had a chance to look at your photos of Tracy's sheep- she has been at this a long time. If she hung on to these all that time, her flock really is...
Hi everybody! My name is Marjorie, and I've had My soay's for a little more than a whole week now! I bought Poppy and two ewe's( ok, Hanna's a ewe lamb) from...
Hi Marjorie, Welcome. A whole week makes you an official soay keeper! I think you will find this crowd to be a great resource. No question is ever too stupid...
Hi Marjorie, welcome from another southern Oregon farm. There are a number of useful hints on this site already. If you can't see the old postings, let one...
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