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Out here in Oregon where we have been spared the endless rounds of blizzards and ice storms, our year-old rams can’t get enough of the emerging pastures. I was photographing parts of our fencing earlier last week for an earnest post about how to construct a fence that will keep Soay sheep safe and happy, […]
If you’ve ever visited this site before, you can tell that things are in an uproar. After rooting out the last traces of the hack attack, we have moved the blog to a new server account. Obviously, we are trying out a new and we hope more usable look and feel for the site. This […]
I am grateful to those of you who pointed out the deep spam attack on this site and I am pleased to report that the vermin who hacked it have been sent packing. Now back to posts about the joys and occasional challenges of raising Soay sheep, the oldest, most genetically interesting, and most companionable […]
Loyal readers and occasional lurkers on this blog, It appears that unauthorized “users” may have posted spam/junk here, probably in the last week. If you see any “posts” that have nothing to do with Soay sheep, could you please let me know by sending me an email? (priscilla at saltmarshranch dot com). We have changed […]
Now that the summer temperatures are approaching the 100 degree mark, the thought of having to shear our sheep and wrestle with all that hot wool gives me the willies – yuk! Thankfully, the lore about Soay shedding their own fleece is true; with one notable exception, Soay sheep really do cast off their fleece […]
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 […]