Peanut

exploits of a tiny Soay lamb

All Soay sheep lambs, great and small

All Soay sheep lambs, great and small

Remember two years ago when we had a teeny lamb weighing only 1 pound 15 ounces? We could not resist naming him “Saltmarsh Peanut,” and Peanut he is to this day. By way of reminder, here he is in Steve’s hands a few hours after he was born: Although lambing has begun in earnest for […]

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And now, a word from the Soay Peanut Gallery

And now, a word from the Soay Peanut Gallery

Please welcome the smallest viable British Soay sheep ever born on our farm –OR119-360.  Is it any wonder we named him “Peanut”? Here he is the day he was born — all 1 pound 15 ounces of him: [Note: click on any picture to see a bigger version] We may eventually give this little guy […]

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