Weight

how and why to weigh your lambs … more than once

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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How much does an “average” British Soay lamb weigh?

In our first five years of breeding British Soay sheep (2006-2010), our lambs’ birth weights ranged from 6 pounds 12 ounces all the way down to 2 pounds 5 ounces – quite a large spread.  The largest lamb was almost three times as large as the smallest lamb, yet virtually all were healthy, and although […]

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