Soay Sheep For Sale We have stabilized our flock size to around 25 breeding ewes, so every Spring we look forward to the arrival of around 30 beautiful Soay lambs. This means every year after selecting for future breeders and processing some of the rams for meat, we have around 20 sheep to sell. Soay Sheep for Sale : Current Availability Breeding and Sales Current Availability: Winter 2022 New Lambs and Starter Flocks Even though we will not have starter flocks in 2022, we want to give you a head start on finding what works for you. The link here will take you to our notion of what a good starter flock can be.
RBSTregistered Soay sheep for sale June 2017 The Soay Sheep Chronicles
. Wild Soay ewes grazing on Hirta St. Kilda, island of Boreray in distance photo by Kathie Miller British Soay are various shades of brown (dark phase) or tan (light phase) with a wild or mouflon pattern; white belly, white rump patch and occasional white markings on the face, legs and/or body. Rams horns vary from tight to wide curls. Soay sheep for sale. For anyone responsible for conservation grazing projects using sheep, Soay wethers look a sensible option to me. We have for sale around 25 of various ages. Alternatively, they are suitable to slaughter now. We also have a selection of shearling and unbred young ewes, mostly polled or scurred and dark coloured. Stock for sale and wanted Soay sheep society members can advertise free of charge on this site (text advert only) as part of their £12 annual membership fee. To become a member click here . Soay Sheep are a very rare, very hardy, landrace sheep. They tend to look like miniature Bighorn Sheep. They are the oldest European sheep, and predate the division of Wool and Hair Sheep. They were a common livestock during the Bronze Age, but became less favored when the economies demanded larger carcasses and fleeces.
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We belong to the Soay Sheep Society, are members of the RBST and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. We offer breeding stock, as well as Soay wool for sale. Please feel free to contact us for additional information. Laura Lane-Unsworth. Old Line Soays. Hagerstown, Maryland.
[email protected]. We have a single pricing system these days: $400 for ewes of any age, and $325 for rams of any age. All are birth notified and fully clik treated and Hep Vac P+ vaccinated and boosted. Here are a couple pix - the "main flock", and Icarus, the stock ram. Further enquiries to www.soayflockscotland.com or tel / text: "Jo" 07713 402 100; or email Jo:
[email protected] ". PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND PH2 7SU, MOSSOAY FLOCK:- 4 x 2023 Tup. Welcome to The Soay & Boreray Sheep Society The Soay Sheep Society was founded by a group of Soay breeders realising the need for a representative body to speak and act on behalf of Soay and Boreray sheep breeders. Photograph by Jane Cooper Boreray Sheep Read More Photograph by Martin Stoffell Soay Sheep Read More Photograph by Jane Cooper
Yearling and adult British Soay ewes for sale The Soay Sheep Chronicles
Soay Sheep Breeders Cooperative: Introducing Soay Sheep Photo Gallery Gatherings On-line Group Reports from the Field Soay Sheep Ideal for Small Properties. Soay are easy keepers and easy lambers. These lightfooted, excellent foragers improve Small sheep for small acreage pastures while grazing. Adult ewes weigh 50 lbs, rams 75 lbs. They are thrifty, shy, curious, and kid-friendly. Origins
Soay sheep are small and light-footed, leaving little impact on the land, while grazing all manner of weeds and brush in preference to grass. This includes blackberry, thistle, and emerging poison oak. Their long history on the stormy north Atlantic islands of St. Kilda, Scotland, has given them a robust hardiness unknown to most modern sheep. To establish or expand your own flock of Soay sheep, please contact any or all of us. USA: California: Cañada Vista Soays Beverly Beaver Rudolph 8400 Bodega Avenue Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-823-5818
[email protected]: L7 Ranch: Richard & Georgeann McKee.
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They do not need to be sheered. To preserve the wool for spinning, you would roo, or simply pull the winter wool away from the skin in the spring with it released naturally. If a human does not roo a sheep, they will simply remove it themselves by running against a tree. They are extremely easy to raise compared to all other sheep. All of our Sheep are healthy and should be successful breeders for many years to come. Our Sheep are raised on organic, bio-active pasture supplemented with organic hay and grains. If you are interested in our Soay Sheep, please email us at
[email protected] or call us at 406-961-3225. Individual Sheep.
