[SheepCrazy!]

There has been a bit of bad press for the Soays and other primitives recently on a different thread,
so I thought I'd share a picture of my girls for all you primitive enthusiasts out there to enjoy,

It would be nice for others to share there pictures to! 

[kumquat]

SheepCrazy, can't see your piccy....


WRT Soays....it takes some folk a little longer to "see the light"    and see them for the fantastic little sheep they are... would not be without them. much more friendly than our shetlands. here a piccy of a couple 


Jon

[SheepCrazy!]

ooops having difficulty uploading!

[kumquat]

very nice....

[SheepCrazy!]

Thanks,
 I do like the blaze down the face of yours and the 'caramac' colour!!

[jaykay]

They're so pretty!

So how old are they before you can send them to the butcher and what sort of weight are they then?

[ScotsGirl]

Why is there such a difference in appearance between two pics? White soay look like sheep and dark ones look like deer. Both lovely I just have no experience of the breed.

[Brucklay]

Peronally love my Castlemilks - so bonny, elegant etc - never going go make me a fortune but I wouldn't swap for 'pig faces' - pics tomorrow

[Mammyshaz]

  both lovely little flocks.

[SheepCrazy!]

Hi Scots Girl, If you check out the RBST or the Soay sheep website for the full breed standard, they also come with horns, polled (no horns) or scurried little stumpy horns and the colours range from 'caramac'  to black with white some even piebald.

Looking forward to seeing Brucklay's pictures tomorrow. 

[rikkib]

Being a keeper of soays I am realy biased towards them previously worked with Scottish blackface grey face and suffolks not a patch on my little soays. They are great little characters that have become realy tame in the two years I have had them.  Last autumn I bought a cracking little tup lamb and this year I will be able to enjoy his prodigy this year and when I learn how to post photos on the forum you will be all able to see them

[kumquat]

So how old are they before you can send them to the butcher and what sort of weight are they then?

Similar sort of age to shetlands, i'm still building up my flock so not sent any Soays off to slaughter so not sure about the weight, i keep a few shetlands for meat.

Why is there such a difference in appearance between two pics? White soay look like sheep and dark ones look like deer. Both lovely I just have no experience of the breed.

one of the reasons i like Soays there is such  diverse colours ranging from light mouflon (my picture) to the dark mouflon. i'm interested in the genetics so i've got a range of colour and plan to put a coloured tup against them.

Peronally love my Castlemilks - so bonny, elegant etc - never going go make me a fortune but I wouldn't swap for 'pig faces' - pics tomorrow

Brucklay...i love CM too...wished i'd got more land.

[SheepCrazy!]

To add pictures Click 'attachments and other options,' then Attach, and Choose file to upload images from you computer, can't wait to see the pictures!

Here is whats to look forward with your Soay's lots of lambs like my little Belle at two days old!

Sorry couldn't resist!

[kumquat]

such a little cuttie....

[rikkib]

Can't wait realy am jealous now hope mine are as cute as that one