Welcome to The Chronicles. I hope you will enjoy my posts about the joys of raising the oldest breed of sheep in the world -- the always intriguing, easy-to-raise Soay sheep. With few exceptions, posts contain what I hope is useful information interspersed with a bit of whimsy. Feel free to comment on anything you find here. If you want to send me a private message, that's okay, too. Send your note to the address on the "contact us" page of our main website (***saltmarshranch-dot-com). Meanwhile, enjoy The Soay Sheep Chronicles! Priscilla
Where to put Soay rams and Soay ewes on the tame-to-wild spectrum seems to be this summer’s favorite question. Some folks are looking for docile sheep, some for sheep that will mimic life in the wild. Some breeders want to spend a lot of time with their animals, others want to simply watch the sheep […]
Once again our heritage sheep have confirmed the legendary hardiness of Soay. It was March 28, 2014, a full five days before our first lamb of the year “could” arrive according to the 148 days universally accepted as the length of sheep gestation, and at least 8 or 10 days before we expected the first […]
As I watched our flock moving slowly through lush early summer pastures earlier this morning, I marveled again at how these small heritage sheep came to be here after surviving centuries of the harsh conditions and the isolation of the islands of St. Kilda that made this living remnant of an earlier age so hardy […]
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 […]