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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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To tag or not to tag, that is the question for Soay sheep owners

To tag or not to tag, that is the question for Soay sheep owners

Answer?  Yes. End of post?  Not quite. In the world of pedigrees and registrations, identification is everything.  Paperwork listing a Soay sheep’s name and parentage is a great start and required for registration, but in the final analysis, ear tags (or tatoos or imbedded chips) are the only way to positively identify an animal, by […]

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