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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 […]
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 […]
Remember the notion that the larger the dataset for lambs, the more likely the split will hover around 50%? And the corollary that as the dataset grows, the percentage of ewe lambs should move towards 50% whether it started above or below that figure? Here are the numbers for Week 4: [table th=”0″ colalign=”center|center|center|center|center|center|center”] 2014 […]
Not long after I put up the post about gender odds in British Soay lambs, it was pointed out to me that since history is no predictor, what’s going on this year? So far, the numbers are not good, but it’s still early in the lambing season. I thought about putting a daily tabulation here, […]