To shorttailedsheep list, Soay list, RBST, CFB breed society contacts. Breed Description v Breed Standard. Robert Terry, RBST Executive Director, in a letter...
gordon johnston
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Dec 4, 2006 4:49 pm
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... From: Lawrence Alderson To: shorttailedsheep@yahoogroups.com ; soaysheep@yahoogroups.com ; editorial@... ; enquiries@... Cc: Paul...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Dec 6, 2006 6:43 pm
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Thank you Lawrence for taking the time to reply to my concerns about the planned introduction of breed standards for CFB breeds. Clearly a lot of work has...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Dec 7, 2006 7:04 pm
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Thank you Lawrence for taking the time to reply to my concerns about the planned introduction of breed standards for CFB breeds. Clearly a lot of work has...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Dec 7, 2006 7:10 pm
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Hi Juliet, You have very clearly expressed my concerns here as well, thank you. I also appreciated Lawrence's quick reply to your earlier post and am...
Lawrence's second reply ... From: Lawrence Alderson To: shorttailedsheep@yahoogroups.com ; soaysheep@yahoogroups.com ; editorial@... ;...
gordon johnston
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Dec 7, 2006 10:48 pm
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What is a "CFB breed" <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=339049/grpspId=1705083125/msgId= 1689/stime=1165531730/nc1=3848644/nc2=3848533/nc3=4025323>...
Ken asked " what is a CFB breed ?" These are breeds under the care of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and registered in the Combined Flock Book : Bagot goats,...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
Dec 11, 2006 5:52 pm
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New RBST chief executive, Richard Clarke, has a past research interest in Soays on St Kilda. http://www.stackyard.com/news/2006/12/sheep/04_rbst_clarke.html ...
I am sure the National Scrapie Plan has been a cause of interest if not anxiety to all of us. Speaking personally, having my Soays tested I was relieved to...
gordon johnston
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Dec 19, 2006 10:27 pm
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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...
Hi all, Sorry, I inadvertently sent a post to the wrong list it was meant for the SoaySheepBreeders list. Please ignore my last message!!! Sue -- No virus...
No need to apologise! My Soays and Hebrideans are fond of their warm water which I take round when their normal drinkers are frozen (this morning for ...
gordon johnston
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Jan 24, 2007 4:51 pm
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Hello, I am from Bad Emstal, near Kassel in the middle of Germany. I got my first soaysheeps in august 2005. In the moment i hold 9 sheps. In autumn this year...
... Hi Olaf, Guten Tag! if you pass through Belgium you're welcome to visit our breeding farm of Soay, Manx Loaghtan and Romanov sheep. I know many people in...
Hello, I assume from your email address that your name is Olaf. Welcome to the list. I have not previously known of anyone keeping Soay sheep in Germany. Do...
Hallo Paul, As far as I know the first, I think, 17 sheeps come in 1974 to Germany. A sheepfriend told me, that Ann Knowles knowes more about it. I found her...
Hallo Lieven, thanks for inviting us. In the moment we donīt have an exact plan for this journey. But when you can send me some adresses or links to homepages...
Manfred This is excellent! My German, I regret, is hopeless. But your organisation web site translates very well using the translation service at the following...
Hallo Lieven, thanks for inviting us. In the moment we donīt have an exact plan for this journey. But when you can send me some adresses or links to homepages...
Hello, I tried to contact Ann Knowles per email. But it seems the adress burstye@... dos not work. Ann, if you look to this group, pls. mail to me. Rgds....
I know that it is a long shot but if there is any one who is on any of these groups who keeps or knows of anyone who keeps Galway Sheep could they indicate...
djbtrotter
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Feb 18, 2007 8:51 pm
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See BBC article. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6453615.stm...
Hello, i real had a problem when the first lamb was born. The rams tried to jump on the ewe, run over the lamb and hunt the ewe over the meadow. It was so...
Hallo Manfred Your English is fine! Rams do tend to chase the ewes after lambing, as the ewes's hormones are giving out the wrong messages at this time. The...
John Wilsher
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May 8, 2007 4:17 pm
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I find this very interesting as my ram stands near by the ewe giving birth as if to protect her. He tends to keep even the other sheep away. ...
I have not observed this behavior in my rams, either. I have a small pasture with 2 yearling rams, 2 ewes, and 2 lambs. We used to also have 2 wethers but we...
Hi Manfred, I observed similiar behavior with my ram when the first lamb of the season was born. He chased around the mom, and went to butt the day-old ram...
Hallo, thanks for the answers. I have two adults and a yearling ram. All of them show the same behavior. I have only five ewes and there are lambs from each of...
The third annual woolfest held in Cumberland Friday June 29 - Sat June 30 was an amazing event showing all the various uses of wool with enough stalls to...