Subject: rare breeds on the menu The HERALD 's 'Weekend Living' magazine this weekend has a lovely picture on the front cover of a Soay ewe and her lamb....
gordon johnston
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Dec 4, 2005 7:42 pm
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Announcing the Soay Sheep Breeders Cooperative! A number of Soay breeders have formed a cooperative to focus on our mutual interest and goals in raising Soay...
Hello! Is it common for ewes to knock heads like the rams do? This morning my two ewes are suddenly having quite a difference of opinion and are doing the...
Hi Dennetta, Oh yes they do. I would watch to make certain no one is getting hurt, they can gang up on each other, and separate out those who are getting too ...
I have had my ewes battle for dominance, as well. They have always solved their problems without injuring themselves. It seems that the larger the group the...
I originally obtained Soay sheep, instead of any other breed of sheep, due largely to their wild, primitive appearance. I have recently been reading more about...
Fans of the primitive Soay sheep might be interested that St Kilda was also home to two other primitive breeds of animal. The island had unique races of both...
Hallo, and welcome. Ewes do fight, particularly at this time of year, when they are in season. Quite often it's an ovulating ewe that gets pushed about....
John Wilsher
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Dec 22, 2005 11:21 am
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Wishing everyone on these lists the compliments of the season - how nice it is to know that the shortest day is past and that even though we now feed the stock...
djbtrotter
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Dec 26, 2005 1:03 pm
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Just a test to see if I am still on line to these groups. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
djbtrotter
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Dec 27, 2005 11:09 am
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Merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone. Still, with the dark mornings and evenings, there is still something magical about seeing your torch reflected...
I am preparing to take my family on a trip to Scotland in July of 2006. We will be spending a week on Orkney with a friend and then to Oban for a week. In...
Try the Oban Farm Park - it is or used to be a Rare Breeds centre - if out of luck there try the Rare Breeds Survival Trust for information about like...
djbtrotter
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Dec 29, 2005 11:47 am
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Hi Barbara, Don't know about Kerrera. But See http://www.obanrarebreeds.com Paul Dr Paul Thornton ... From: soaysheep@yahoogroups.com...
Yes, Indeed David. Seasons greetings to all. Paul ... From: soaysheep@yahoogroups.com [mailto:soaysheep@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djbtrotter Sent: 26...
Paul, I have been to the Rare Breeds park in Oban, that is where I met my first soay and knew I had to have them! I read about the soays on Kerrera in a book...
Just logged on to register on the RBST web site for the UK FMD Breeds at Risk Register, to register for special consideration should a FMD outbreak occur again...
Keith, may I forward your email to the shorttailedsheep list, which includes Lawrence Alderson in it's membership ? He usually replies to this sort of...
gordon johnston
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Feb 2, 2006 12:00 am
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... You are quite welcome to forward my mail. I agree that 16 could form a viable flock, but so could 4 flocks of 4 spread around the country. ... includes...
Totally agree re number of breeding ewes. We have a total of nearly 80 but only 12 breeding this year. I have not applied due to this - does seem rather...
Ann Knowles
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Feb 3, 2006 6:08 pm
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Does the application of the phrase breeding ewes apply to ewes which have been put to the ram or ewes that could be put to the ram? Roger Conibear 10 Mitchell...
Roger Conibear
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Feb 4, 2006 8:44 am
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... From: "Lawrence Alderson" <lawrence@...> To: <shorttailedsheep@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:17 PM Subject: Re:...
gordon johnston
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Feb 4, 2006 4:12 pm
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Keith, to my mind, has highlighted a critical issue in the protection of rare breeds, a matter which was all too apparent during FMD. Back in the 1990's upon...
Hi, Barry I agree with you. Plenty of pure-bred Soays are not registered. I have 10 registered ewes, ranging in age from 9 to 11, of which 6 may lamb this...
Barry and others, Since taking on the breed last year, this is something I have pondered too. However I must say I can see both arguments and really can't come...
Hi Roger, hope you are well. I read this to be ewes that could be put to the Ram, rather than had. However that may just be my interpretation. Keith ... which...
My interpretation of this is that it is ewes that are capable of breeding - I don't believe many of us with larger flocks breed from every single ewe every...
There will be many possible complications to the 'must be registered to be a Soay' argument. My Suffolk and Cheviot tups will not go through a fence when they...
Buzzards are very much on the increase where we are (Southern Scotland) and we now have one who is pretty much resident. Every morning Aldrin is to be seen...
gordon johnston
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Feb 21, 2006 12:31 pm
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Hi, Gordon, This very afternoon I watched a buzzard sitting on the electricity wire, eating its prey. Couldn't make out what it was, even with binoculars, but...
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