catchall for sales season etc (in progress)
I was out yesterday taking pictures of our adult ewes to send to people who have taken advantage of our half-price sale when a sweet 2013 ewe, Winfield, walked right up to me and began shamelessly chowing down everything in front of her nose. It was all I could do not to laugh out loud, […]
I have stalled long enough. We almost never part with one of our adult heritage ewes, and the thought of selling several of them this year makes me very wistful. But we have sent our sheep to many many other farms over the years with happy results and I know that will happen again this […]
Since we announced our half price sale a couple of weeks ago, several people have asked to see pictures of the heritage sheep we have on offer. Here is a sample of the 2015 ewe lambs available for purchase now at half price, or $250 each. We welcome your inquiries! Next up: pictures of our […]
With the number “70” getting perilously close for Priscilla, we have concluded we can no longer maintain a flock of the size we are accustomed to and that we love. We realize we need to cut back our flock of 140 heritage British Soay sheep, perhaps by as much as half, and we hope you […]
Veteran readers of this blog know what firm believers we are in using jugs to house our Soay ewes with their newborn lambs. The first couple of years we made jugs from our Shaul panels and that was nice, but the lambs sometimes crawled through and wandered off. So Steve and Shawn designed wood-sided jugs […]
When last we met, I promised to discuss the logistics of shipping Soay sheep cross-country and share with you the personal satisfaction of working with the recipients of the airborne sheep to make it happen. Business first and then the human side of things. You probably will not be surprised to learn that air-shipping Soay […]