Dear all, I have five Soay ewes and one castrated ram. In the past couple of days one of the ewes has been ostracised by the others, spending her time away...
Hello Simon, Sometimes ewes do have seniority battles but I have never seen them "Gang up" on one individual. It sounds to me that the ewe maybe is unwell....
gaerllwyd
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May 2, 2002 9:41 pm
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Hello everyone As new members we would like to take up the offer to introduce ourselves and our sheep. We live in the south of Scotland on a smallholding with...
gordon johnston
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May 2, 2002 11:10 pm
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Dear all I would also be interested in information on registering Soays Ken...
Ken Campbell
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May 3, 2002 9:22 am
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Christine, Thanks for the e-mail. As you've probably guessed, I'm relatively inexperienced at looking after livestock, so it's very reassuring to be able to...
Hi Simon My first reaction to your query was that perhaps the ewe is pregnant and about to lamb. Are you absolutely sure that a tup has not got to her, even...
gordon johnston
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May 3, 2002 11:22 am
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A couple of my ewes are showing some bare patches. I was wondering if it were scab. However when I have come across scab before, in other sheep, the skin has...
... I don't have the weights of the ewes. Will get a scale and do some more research. The yearling that had the small lamb is definitely the smallest of the...
Hello Barry, Some Soay will shed their fleece in the way that you describe. Some of the fleece will come away and leave very bald patches sometimes it also...
gaerllwyd
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May 3, 2002 9:04 pm
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Early rise, the temperatures this year are well above mean. Or wool rot, it has been very wet but I dont know if Soays are likly to have this. We have a north...
Diane Hewitt
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May 3, 2002 10:02 pm
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Hi Diane, fancy meeting you here! Juliet (Gladstone Heb - amongst others - flock) ... From: "Diane Hewitt" <dph@...> To: <soaysheep@yahoogroups.com> ...
gordon johnston
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May 3, 2002 11:58 pm
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I was interested in the ostracising of a ewe as it reminded me of a strange happening two weeks ago some hours after one of our dominant and younger ewes,...
jacqueline tucker
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May 4, 2002 6:21 am
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Congratulations to all involved with producing it yet again. I know how long it takes - even the stuffing papers in envelopes! Thank You!...
Ann Knowles (Freeserve)
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May 4, 2002 7:57 am
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Thank you Ann, To all viewers who do not belong to the Soay Sheep Society, the second society newsletter of this year has just been mailed to members. If...
gaerllwyd
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May 4, 2002 12:01 pm
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welcome gordon and Juliet. I share your interest in the question of purebred but unregistered sheep. in fact I have been asked to write an article about it...
Thelma Rowell
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May 4, 2002 8:53 pm
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re. Ouessant sheep here is a website: http://www.inapg.inra.fr/dsa/especes/ovins/ouessan.htm the photos take a while to load. & some info: 'Ouessant This is...
Thank you Thelma. One point I did not make which I think warrants a mention is this. The Soay Sheep society seems to have modelled itself on the majority of...
gordon johnston
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May 4, 2002 10:07 pm
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Do you mean Ouessant? For more info see: http://www.horsterveld.nl/Oue/ouessant-e.htm Ken ... From: Thelma Rowell [mailto:thelma@...] Sent: 04...
Ken Campbell
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May 5, 2002 8:22 am
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I ditto that Ann, my copy of the newsletter just arrived in the mail and it gets better with each issue. I think the recipe section is a great idea. And ...
... I seem to be having the same problem.Wool loss!!! It started with one ewe in December who slowly lost her coat from the neck and shoulders, a few weeks...
Ian, Thanks for your thoughts. I am due to take some scrapes, hopefully tomorrow, from the bare area plus some pulled wool. They do not take kindly to...
I am informed there is a new Rare Breeds book published by the RBST that contains the following information:- Manx sheep produce red-brown wool. Soay Sheep...
djbtrotter
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May 7, 2002 1:37 pm
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Sorry - there is a typo - I have put the missing word in red. I am informed there is a new Rare Breeds book published by the RBST that contains the following...
djbtrotter
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May 7, 2002 1:43 pm
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We have just had twin lambs, and one is almost 50% white! Others we have had with little white patches on their heads and faces but not all over the body. This...
sarah
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May 7, 2002 2:14 pm
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yes, anything on Ouessants would be of interest. I have seen a photo, and they seemed much like soays, but are supposedly much smaller. Yes, I agree soay, as...
Thelma Rowell
thelma@...
May 7, 2002 3:32 pm
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Hi Sarah, We have gotton some white over here this year too!. One ram lamb has a white head and neck with tan eye patches, black spots on his ears, a white ...
And just by way of a contrast - we have two black Soay ewes who last year each produced a mouflon tup lamb and this year one had a mouflon tup and a black ewe...
gordon johnston
gordon@...
May 7, 2002 7:20 pm
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I am settling for the 'just shedding' option. The sheep seem happy at the moment and could probably do without me trying to tear samples of fleece off them, so...
Ian, Thanks for your thoughts on bare patches. Regarding diet, I have always fed a daily supplement of Allen and Page Sheep Mix. It has a premium being GM free...
Just before I castrate all my male lambs ... I am interested in developing a feral flock, thereby following the breed character. Why should this be deemed to...
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