how to tell if your lamb is “tan”
So you’ve decided you want to start a small flock of Soay sheep and you have, or can put together, the infrastructure to support your new flock: pastures or a barnful of hay, secure fencing, water and shelter, and predator control appropriate to your location. But what about the starter flock itself? How many sheep […]
Ah, the yearly dilemma of figuring out whether a Soay lamb is light phase. We Soay breeders never seem to tire of talking and fussing about it, do we? At least I don’t. I have written about it several times right here, and people tell me they find one of those posts particularly useful in […]
Few issues vex new Soay sheep owners as much as the quandary about whether one of their animals is “tan” or “light phase.” I recently stumbled across a digital “stack” of photos of our light phase Soay taken over the last several years. Posting several of them here, with minimal commentary, may help train your […]