Dear all Just to say I may be out of action for a bit again with my wrist - hoping to have it properly sorted tomorrow. In addition my computer has been ...
Ann Knowles
ann@...
Dec 1, 2003 9:56 pm
1359
Could somebody please tell me if this address is working? I gather the yahoo one is not! Ann...
Ann Knowles
ann@...
Dec 11, 2003 7:31 am
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Yes Ann it is . Your Soay Sheep Society newsletter should be with you in the next few days. They are in production now. Christine. ... From: Ann Knowles...
gaerllwyd
gaerllwyd@...
Dec 11, 2003 8:54 am
1361
Christine, talking of queries, have I forgotten to pay my subscription? It seems to be an awfully long time since I had a soay society newsletter....
Thelma Rowell
thelma@...
Dec 11, 2003 11:21 am
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Hello Christine I think I must have forgotten to pay my subs -no newsletters! How much do I owe? Maureen PS Thanks, Paul, for your efforts with the spam. ... ...
John Wilsher
wilsher@...
Dec 11, 2003 11:53 am
1363
Hello Both Thelma and Maureen Have passed your question to Ruth our membership Sec. Her e-mail address is ruthdinham@.... We had a big newsletter in...
gaerllwyd
gaerllwyd@...
Dec 11, 2003 1:26 pm
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Dear All Involved Have just had time to look properly at it - it is again a really excellent Issue and I thought I should just thank everyone who had anything...
Ann Knowles
ann@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:45 am
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Hi I live in New Zealand & have been reading about Soay sheep. Does anyone know if there are any down here ? TIA Seaweed...
Hello TIA As far as I know there are not - but one always waits to be contradicted. Your protocol re importations would certainly have prohibited any recent ...
Ann Knowles
ann@...
Jan 31, 2004 7:15 pm
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I wanted a soay so I could spin the fleece. I did think our import restrictions would be a bit tough but hoped one may have gotten in way back. I'm getting a...
This year NZ will be hosting the World Coloured Sheep Breeders conference. One of the guest speakers is Dr David Kinsman who knows a thing or two about which...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 1, 2004 12:38 pm
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Thanx for this. I looked it up on the net & it's only up the road - sort of ( 4hrs drive away ) I'll look into it :) ... conference. ... two about ... ...
Dear Group, The moderator has asked me to post a message saying who I am, etc. I have a 50 acre smallholding in the hills above Abernethy, which is 10 miles...
Hello David and welcome to the group. Funny old subject registration - lots of firmly-held views. My Soays are NSP tested ARQ/ARQ and ARQ/AHQ - so fall within...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 7, 2004 7:47 pm
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Hi David, Welcome to the list, You might be being rude. I'll decide when we know you better! But you have leapt straight into a topic - registration - which...
A study of Soay sheep on St Kilda, west of Lewis, showed that ewes are highly promiscuous, copulating with a large number of rams. Dr West said females in the...
Sad sheep A breakthrough in our understanding of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) comes from a study of Soay sheep on St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. ...
If Soay ewes in their native habitat are highly promiscuous, should we not try and emulate these conditions by letting our mainland Soay ewes run with several...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 22, 2004 9:26 pm
1376
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the soaysheep group. File :...
soaysheep@yahoogroups...
Feb 23, 2004 3:59 pm
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Forwarded message. The article has been placed in the files area of the elist site. ... From: Stuart West [mailto:Stu.West@...] Sent: 23 February 2004...
Ah yes, the production of melatonin by the pineal gland being seasonal. Of course, wearing a hat in summer (blanking sunlight from the pineal gland) would...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 25, 2004 8:02 pm
1380
I have had some interesting offline discussions on the subject of registered sheep. The main value of registering sheep appears to be the hopefully accurate...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 25, 2004 8:06 pm
1381
http://www.farminglife.com/fl2/content_objectid=13987934_method=full_siteid= 51658_headline=-Rare-Breeds-AGM-name_page.html [Non-text portions of this message...
And this is what the link says: Rare Breeds AGM THE annual general meeting of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust will be held on Sunday, June 20, 2004, at the...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Feb 27, 2004 8:38 pm
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Hello group, To introduce myself to the group, let me confess that I do not (yet) own any Soay. But in future I will undoubtedly ask some Soay to do the...
Hi, I am not going to offer advice about fencing - there can be problems with horned sheep. I am a member of the short-tailed-sheep group as well as the Soay...
Diane Hewitt
dph@...
Feb 29, 2004 7:41 pm
1385
Hi Frits, I have used electric fences very successfully with my Soays for several years now and I believe that your proposed 6-wire fence will be perfect...
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gordon johnston
gordon@...
Mar 1, 2004 11:20 am
1387
As regards fencing, I have so far had no problem with Soays and standard stock fencing for sheep. This is about 80 cm high, and above this I have added two...
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