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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Ken Campbell
kCampbell@...
Mar 1, 2004 2:53 pm
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I don't know - after 5 years of them being "electrified" we gave up and now have another fence around the electric one. sharon@... ... From: Julie...
Could you give us any idea Sharon, why you decided to use non- electric fences. What kind of electric fence did you use (number of wires,height of the fence,...
We have a 7 wire New Zealand fence Our terrain is not smooth and flat. If they could find a space 5 inches off the group, those twerps would dig just...
For sale at weaning: "Bambi" 1/2 RBST brown horned ewe lamb DOB 2/19/04 twin "Birdi" 1/2 RBST brown horned ewe lamb DOB 2/19/04 twin "Alissa" 1/4 RBST medium...
Does anyone have or know of any Borreray, or perhaps Castlemilk Moorit or Eriskay ponies for sale or that might be available on loan? I am helping to...
Hello, My name is Christy, I live in the USA in Washington State and I just got my new and first Soay sheep. He is only 4 weeks old I got him when he was about...
From Royal Show website at http://www.royalshow.org.uk/exhibitors/livestock.html "New Breeds Two new breeds are being introduced in 2004 - Shetland & Norfolk...
Hi Christy Welcome to the group. What part of the great state of Washington do you call home? We live on the Olympic Peninsula. Well, welcome again to...
Hi Christy, I've had a number of bottle babies of different breeds and maybe I can put my two cents in on the subject: First off, ram lambs make tough bottle...
Val Dambacher
dambachr@...
Apr 14, 2004 9:12 pm
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Hello Everyone, I'm also from Washington State. I live in a small town in the foothills of Mt. St. Helen. I've had my Soay Sheep named Brownie for 9 years....
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