When I opened the email this morning for “inquiries-at-saltmarsh-ranch-dot-com,” here’s what popped up: Dear Sir/Madam, I’m interested in buying a starter flock of Soapy sheep, Could you please advise regarding the prices and the airfreight cost to Doha, Qatar ? Looking forward to hearing from you, Best regards, Ahmad How could I possibly make this […]
It could have been worse. The better news? All the lambs are robust and cute and cavorting around the play yard, and it doesn’t get much better than that in the shepherd’s world. Here’s hoping your lambing season was as rewarding and fun as ours was! [table th=”0″ colalign=”center|center|center|center|center|center|center”] 2014 Saltmarsh Ranch British Soay Lamb […]
No sooner had I first posted about the ewe/ram lamb coin toss than my brother Jim started firing off emails to me on the finer points of odds-making, including an old game show involving cars and goats. Ordinarily I would ignore anything that concerned goats rather than sheep, but I decided to throw down a […]
Kate, a first-time Soay breeder, called me excitedly the other day to announce the arrival of her very first British Soay lamb and sure enough, she wanted to know what the furry little creature will look like when it grows up. Has any new Soay breeder not wondered what her lambs will look like as […]