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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Jan 2, 2007 10:22 pm
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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 ...
William, We had a ewe with a clouded-over eye. When we caught her and got a closer look she has a hay seed in the eye. We removed the seed, but I was really...
Hi William, Steve and I talked about your problem on our way to town today. We have no particular expertise and mercifully have had no similar issues here,...
I too had a ewe this year that developed an eye problem with constant white discharge. When I caught her and inspected, she had a piece of grass hay trapped...
Hi William, I would agree with all that the others have suggested- I would look for an opthalmic antibiotic- I have always been told not to use regular...
this last spring my whole flock got pink eye. It started with one and spread like wild fire. the eye would get clowdy white and would discharge and itch. they...
Hi everyone, Last night I washed out the eye with eye wash and put some Terramycin ophthalmic antibiotic ointment in it. Today the white discharge was gone...
Happy new year to our Soay colleagues! The Open Flockbook Project has a new service -- a Gallery of Soay photos. The Gallery consists of pictures submitted by...
Bless you guys, what a gift. Clearly the devotion is evident here on the part of a few. This is such a great, conservation and education wise, project it...
Good morning fellow Soayers, Well, I'm sitting here this morning with my coffee, a little groggy after launching the Gallery last night, and the phone rings....
oops - sent last email too soon --he can call me to talk about the interaction of keeping goats and sheep together regardless of whether he wants to buy sheep...
Ward@...
Jan 8, 2007 6:50 pm
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We can fly a small starter flock pretty much anywhere on the east coast (it is crossing the Rockies in a Cessna 182 that getts hairy) -- really only have NAS...
Ward@...
Jan 8, 2007 6:54 pm
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Hi, Priscilla, I'm in Marietta, OH, but I guess Laura is closer in Maryland. We have some sheep that are suitable for sale, if Laura doesn't have anything he...
Now that the new OFP Gallery is up and running, two issues have cropped up that require a slight change in protocol: (1) the potential for nasty, non-Soay...
Good suggestion: When you are submitting pictures to the Gallery, it would be helpful for everyone to know when the photo was taken, if you know the ...
... The OFP Gallery keeps track of all the "EXIF" technical information embedded in the photo file by the digital camera when the picture was taken. If the...
Steve got all messed up trying to describe the techno-geek information he can show for photos. Let's try again. The OFP Gallery has within its innards the...
I would vote that it is clutter. This is so exciting!! Thanks you two. Kathie www.soayfarms.com ... information he ... information ... was taken. ... will...
If this is the only way to keep the date & time info in the picture, then I think the clutter is worth it. On the other hand, I have little-to-no interest in...
Hi all, I had a call from a keeper high in the Rockies of Colorado with a problem I had not encountered before. Temperatures had dropped from 60F to -15F in...
Hi Kathie, I find my Soays will drink plenty of water if I give it to them as hot as I dare let them drink it; I always test it with my finger to make sure...
Other than hunching up I haven't had any other troubles with temps as low -15* this winter. It's been pretty mild in these parts. Even though I selected ...
Hello to all- We have had, for us, fairly unsual weather here lately. About 4 inches of snow, with about 5 consecutive days with daytime highs not getting ...
Hi, Someone posted on another list that they want to help promote different breeds through Local Harvest. I wrote back to her and she said she would submit...
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