Welcome, I am in Auburn - must be somewhat near you. We tried New Zealand hot fencing and ended up having to put up field fencing. If there is the smallest...
I know where Auburn, WA is! It's a few hours from here. I live southeast of Portland. We are putting up field fencing, but I was planning to augment it with a...
Hi Elizabeth You wrote : <<I'm also not very interested in having to shear sheep every year (or more). I just want something to eat my grass and convert it to...
gordon johnston
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Jun 2, 2006 12:43 am
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... that it can be difficult to kill them ! I know! They ARE very cute! That's one of my concerns, too. My husband swears that he won't have any trouble...
<<......AI. I had thought possibly of keeping 2-3 ewes and just inseminating them each year or two... will I have trouble finding a "stud" ..>> Hello again...
gordon johnston
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Jun 2, 2006 11:35 am
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Hi Elizabeth, I live about 30 miles north of Portland so am familiar with the "territory". FYI we used a Rottweiler as a part time livestock guarding dog for...
I have had great success with hotwire with my dogs, but I would be careful with hotwire inside sheep pens if you have rams. On two occasions, once with the top...
We also found a ram whose horns got caught in hot wire. I heard lots of barking and went to investigate. Neighbor dogs had chased him and were nipping at him...
Wow, thanks for all the great responses. Juliet, thanks for the info about why AI is tough for sheep. All I know about breeding is dogs, and then it's simple...
Hi Elizabeth, we are in Southern Oregon, near Medford and Jacksonville. I would love to send you more information about Soays here in the Pacific Northwest,...
Try finding some feral cats. Helped a lot here Sharon ... From: Elizabeth To: soaysheep@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:59 AM Subject:...
Interesting summary of a new paper looking at inheritance in the wild soay population http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/plos-nsi060706.php Paul ...
Hello, I'm a new member of your group and am a Soay breeder - both American and British. I live in Northwest Washington state on the Olympic Peninsula near...
Thank you Paul! I don't know if we have Yew in the northwest but I'll look it up on line or call the county and find out. Thanks for the info. Carol ... On...
Hi Carol, Oh yes, we do have a native yew- Gevan will know the details, but it is a the Pacific Yew. It is found in the Cascades and the Coast Range here in...
Hi Carol, I'm in the UK so my Soay will not have access to all the same plants as yours but - mine have access to Holly trees and do not appear to suffer any...
Thank you Julie! We have oak trees in the NW but I can't think of any on our property. My Soay LOVE maples. I can trim lower branches off and put them in the...
I got back last night from this meeting which was the first of the new Council; some old familiar faces were missing and much missed they were too - not least...
djbtrotter
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Aug 25, 2006 9:14 am
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I, too, am frustrated. It has been since March and I have not received my paperwork from SOA. I joined as a "member" and have never heard from the...
Subject: Re: [soaysheep] Slaughter age and weight Having only a small Soay flock (8 lambs this year) we have been fortunate so far in finding homes for all our...
gordon johnston
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Aug 27, 2006 9:23 pm
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Keith There are a number of options. I take my entire ram lambs to the butcher each year at the end of October aged 6 to 7 months when their live weight is...
royunsworth
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Aug 28, 2006 5:22 am
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When we were selling our's for meat so long ago we slaughtered from about 6 months, obviously taking the heaviest first. From memory the best weight we ever...
Ann Knowles
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Aug 28, 2006 7:15 am
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Thank you all for your feedback regarding this, all the information is extremely good. I'll let you know how I get on. Keith...
From the Shetland List.... ... From: Brian Barton To: ssbg-l List Member Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 2:04 PM Subject: [ssbg-l] Soays {01} Our Log man has...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Sep 6, 2006 6:50 pm
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In order: 1. No, it depends on how they are kept and range from the tame ones that feed at your feet and the wild ones who are not attended to. Mine are in ...
royunsworth
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Sep 7, 2006 8:50 am
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Can I congratulate Christine as editor and all the contributors to the latest Soay Sheep Society Newsletter. The articles are considered, constructive and, in...
The catalogue for the melton Mowbray sale this weekend is on line at http://www.grassroots.co.uk/cgi-bin/start.cgi/sales/melton/melton.html With an encouraging...
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