Hello, fellow Soay keepers! I am writing with apologies for my recent absence from participation...as some of you know, it has been a very stressful past few...
Hi, Gevan Marrs has contributed a new report to our web site, www.soaysheepbreeders.com, entitled "Identification of Coat Pattern in Soay Sheep". The...
Most members of this discussion group are not participating in another Soay forum - the one restricted to SOA members (only about a dozen people have...
... My Cobra and Allard (from Carol's Wind River farms) still aren't showing up in the database... do I need to re-send the information? Thanks! -Elizabeth ...
Good morning Elizabeth, Thank you for the reminder about Cobra and Allard. They are indeed missing from the OFP and I know why. The e-mail traffic we had...
hi everyone, my name is faith and i came accross this group while doing some online sheep research. i'm looking to add a few sheep to my little farm in...
hi Faith, I have owned soays for about four years now and I love them. Before I had all kinds of sheep, a true mixed flock no two were the same. In that flock...
Hi Faith, Hmm, let's see, do we think you'll get unbiased opinions on Soay vs. Icelandic on the SoaySheepBreeders' page? Doubt it, but you knew that already,...
Welcome Faith- Jen Bailey has had both Icelandics and Soay. If I'm not mistaken, she recently got rid of the icelandics. You might email her from her listing...
Anyone have any wind damage? Our little mini-hurricane blew down over 175 feet of solid wood fence panels in my pasture in Olympia. The ground was so...
we did well in Central Oregon. we only only lost two trees, they took down a small area of fence, we will have to restreach it in the spring. I hope it wasn't...
The same wind that blew your fence down in Olympia headed up my way - probably got here about 15 minutes later - and tore up one of my metal-tubing and tarp...
60-80 mile an hour winds most of the Thursday night with some gusts reported higher in the Bitterroot Valley of MT. Snapped a row of electric poles below us...
We thankfully had all of our questionable trees removed this summer, and there was no perceivable damage to any of our buildings or animal shelters. Even...
Hello everyone, Can anyone enlighten me on why my Soay sheep would suddenly start eating wool? Came home from work today and my wife says you need to come to...
Hi Job, I would suspect anything but a sheep pulling wool from another sheep. This certainly sounds more like a dog or coyote to me. Do you have a pup in with...
Hi Kathie, I've already checked those things, too cold for flies and the skin is fine. It's hunting season so the sheep are in our front yard so we can keep a...
Hi Job, This is strange. I will do some digging and see if I can find out more, in the meantime someone else here might have some ideas. You might also try...
Hi Job, Sheep ticks would cause them to pull their wool because of the skin irritation. With all the warm weather we have been having hear (60 F on December...
Hi Job, Have you checked your animals' mineral supply to be sure they have plenty and it's not frozen into an inaccessible brick? I'm trying to imagine why ...
I do not have all my books here right now, but there is a wool eating disease. I think it is related to a zinc imbalance. I read several articles awhile ago. I...
Hi and Merry Christmas Kids!!! This has happened to me (meaning my sheep!), too. It was about 15 years ago so I dont remember where I found info on it, but...
My Shetland ewes routinely eat each others wool in late winter early spring just prior to lambing. It is very mineral rich. I normally bump up available ...
Hi all, Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions. Did the google search thing a couple of days ago and Zinc imbalance is what comes up. Have also spoken...
Holiday Greetings to Everyone! I just wanted to pass along some first aid info. that I recently learned first hand when our wether somehow pulled all the skin...
I tried when I had a bottle baby once - never again! (but I have a very low tolerance for frustration!) Maile grew up on whole milk mixed with 1/2 and 1/2 -...
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There was some discussion of this last spring during lambing season. At least for the purpose of having some soay milk on hand for emergency lamb feeding. ...
I have milked them for saving the milk and using it with lambs. last year I milked one ewe for a week in hopes of putting her lamb back on her after the lamb...
Hi All, When I went outside this morning to check on everyone, I noticed that one of my Soay had one eye partially closed and there was a little white ...
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